House of Representatives (Yemen)

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The House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab) is the lower house of the Parliament of Yemen. It shares the legislative power with the Shura Council, the upper house.[1][2]

The Assembly of Representatives has 301 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies. It is one of the few parliamentary chambers in the world to currently have no female representation.[3]

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  1. "Constitutional history of Yemen". ConstitutionNet. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. "Yemen". Freedom House. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. "Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. Retrieved 2021-09-28.