| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Sanghiya Sansad / Federal Parliament |
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| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Rastriya Sabha / National Assembly |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Pratinidhi Sabha / House of Representatives
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| Affiliation to the IPU |
Yes |
| Affiliation date(s) |
1967 - |
| LEADERSHIP |
| President |
Ganesh Prasad Timilsina (M)
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| Notes |
Elected on 14 March 2018. |
| Secretary General |
Manohar Prasad Bhattarai (M)
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| COMPOSITION |
| Members (statutory / current number) |
59 / 59 |
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
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| Women (current number) |
22 (37.29%) |
| Mode of designation |
indirectly elected 56
appointed 3 |
| Notes |
- 56 members (8 per province) elected by an Electoral College comprising members of the Provincial Assembly and chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of village councils and Mayors and Deputy Mayors of municipal councils who will have different weights of votes. The eight members representing each province must include at least three women, one Dalit, one person with disability or minority.
- Three members, including at least one woman, appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Government. |
| Term |
6 years; one-third of the membership is renewed every two years |
| Notes |
For the first National Assembly established under the 2015 Constitution, one-third of the members will retire on the expiry of two years, another one-third on the expiry of four years, and the final one-third on the expiry of six years. |
| Last renewal dates |
7 February 2018
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| CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Address |
Parliament Secretariat
Parliament House
Singh Durbar - KATHMANDU
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| Phone |
(977) 1 420 0210
1 420 0159 (Speaker's Office)
1 420 0021 (Secretary General's Office) |
| Fax |
(977) 1 420 0137 (Speaker's Office)
1 422 2923 (Secretary General's Office) |
| E-mail |
info@parliament.gov.np
nepal.parliament@parliament.gov.np |
| Website |
http://www.parliament.gov.np
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