Back مجلس الأمة (الجزائر) Arabic Əlcəzair Millət Şurası Azerbaijani Савет Нацыі Алжыра Byelorussian Nationalrat (Algerien) German Συμβούλιο του Έθνους Greek Council of the Nation English Consejo de la Nación de Argelia Spanish Conseil de la nation (Algérie) French Dewan Negara (Aljazair) ID Consiglio della Nazione Italian
The Council of the Nation (majlis al'umma) is the upper house of the Algerian Parliament. It is made of 144 members, 2/3 of which are elected indirectly and 1/3 of which are appointed by the president.[1]
Abdelkader Bensalah was elected as President of the Council of the Nation on July 2, 2002, re-elected on January 11, 2007 and January 10, 2008. Zohra Drif was elected as vice-president of the Council of the Nation on September 10, 2002, re-elected on March 7, 2007 and March 8, 2008.
- ↑ "CIA World Factbook". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-12-07.