Assembly of the Republic (Mozambique)

Assembly of the Republic Assembleia da República
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker of the Assembly	Veronica Macamo, FRELIMO since 12 January 2010
Structure
Seats	250
Political groups	FRELIMO (191)   RENAMO (51)   MDM (8)
Elections
Last election	28 October 2009
Meeting place
Maputo, Mozambique

The unicameral Assembly of the Republic (Template:Lang-pt) is the legislative body of Mozambique.

The first President of the National Assembly of the People's Republic of Mozambique was President Samora Moises Machel.
The current equivalent is FRELIMO politician Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè as President of the Assembly of the Republic and the Secretary General is Carlos Manuel.
The current parliament has 250 members who are directly elected through a system of party-list proportional representation and serve five-year terms. Parties must receive at least five percent of the vote nationally to gain parliamentary representation. Currently only three parties are represented in the parliament, FRELIMO, RENAMO and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique.

2009 parliamentary election results

Constituency-wise results

The numbers of the deputies of the FRELIMO, RENAMO and MDM elected from each constituency on 28 October, 2009 are as follows:

Party	Niassa	Cabo Delgado	Nampula	Zambezia	Tete	Manica	Sofala	Inhambane	Gaza	Maputo Province	Maputo City	Africa	Rest of the world	Total
FRELIMO	12	19	32	26	18	12	10	15	16	15	14	1	1	191
RENAMO	2	3	13	19	2	4	5	1	0	1	1	0	0	51
MDM	0	-	-	-	-	-	5	0	-	-	3	-	-	8

Previous parliamentary election results

Political Party	Election Year
	1994	1999
Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO)	129	133
Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO)	112	-
Mozambican National Resistance-Electoral Union (RENAMO-UE)	-	117
Democratic Union (UD)	09	-
Total	250	250

See also

• History of Mozambique
• Legislative Branch
• List of national legislatures