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| native_name_lang = ar,es| transcription_name = List of members of the Sahrawi National Council, 2023–2026>12th Period| coa_pic = Sahrawi National Council logo.png| coa_res = 150px | foundation = 1976| preceded_by = Djema’a| house_type = Unicameral | leader1_type = President| leader1 = Hamma Salama| party1 = Polisario Front| election1 = 16 March 2020| members = 51 members| structure1 = File:Sahrawi_National_Council_2.svg17th Government of the Sahrawi Republic>Government title=SixLA REPúBLICA ÁRABE SAHARAUI DEMOCRáTICA (RASD) >TRANS-TITLE=THE SAHRAWI ARAB DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (SADR) WEBSITE=SAHARAOCCIDENTAL.ES ACCESS-DATE=2023-11-09, Una mirada al Sáhara Occidental, 2023 Sahrawi legislative election>8–9 April 2023| meeting_place = Sahrawi refugee camps or Tifariti}}{{Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}The Sahrawi National Council (SNC; , ) or Sahrawi Parliament is the legislature of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Its structure and competences are guided by the Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). The present speaker since 2020 is Hamma Salama.It was first created by Polisario Front members and Sahrawi tribal notables as the Provisionary National Council in April or November 1975, after the proclamation of Guelta Zemmur. On February 27, 1976, POLISARIO leader El-Ouali Mustapha Sayed announced that the Council had declared the creation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, of which it became the first parliament. On the POLISARIO’s III General Popular Congress (August 26–30, 1976), a newly elected membership was formally installed as the Sahrawi National Council.The SNC is a unicameral body, with 53 seats,WEB, The Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic,www.policinglaw.info/assets/downloads/2015_Constitution_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.pdf, live,web.archive.org/web/20210227145307/https://www.policinglaw.info/assets/downloads/2015_Constitution_of_the_Sahrawi_Arab_Democratic_Republic.pdf, February 27, 2021, PDF, en, PDF, Article 77: The National Council shall have 53 (fifty three) members., elected every two years (since the XIII POLISARIO CongressNEWS, Elections of the Saharawi National Council on Feb 21st (official),www.spsrasd.info/en/content/elections-saharawi-national-council-feb-21st-official, SPS, 22 January 2012, 15 March 2013, dead,www.spsrasd.info/en/content/elections-saharawi-national-council-feb-21st-official," title="web.archive.org/web/20150711005802www.spsrasd.info/en/content/elections-saharawi-national-council-feb-21st-official,">web.archive.org/web/20150711005802www.spsrasd.info/en/content/elections-saharawi-national-council-feb-21st-official, 11 July 2015, ) at the General Popular Congresses by delegates from the Sahrawi refugee camps at Tindouf province, Algeria, supplemented by representatives of the Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army and the civil society organizations (UJSARIO, UNMS, UGTSARIO).NEWS, Formation of a committee to oversee elections of the Saharawi National Council (Presidential Decree),www.spsrasd.info/en/content/formation-committee-oversee-elections-saharawi-national-council-presidential-decree, SPS, 2012-01-16, 2013-02-17, dead,www.spsrasd.info/en/content/formation-committee-oversee-elections-saharawi-national-council-presidential-decree," title="web.archive.org/web/20160308194716www.spsrasd.info/en/content/formation-committee-oversee-elections-saharawi-national-council-presidential-decree,">web.archive.org/web/20160308194716www.spsrasd.info/en/content/formation-committee-oversee-elections-saharawi-national-council-presidential-decree, 2016-03-08, In the last election (2012), 35% of the parliamentarians were women. It usually convenes in Tifariti, at the Liberated Territories of Western Sahara, but on occasion also in the refugee camps.Among the reforms enacted by the SNC is the abolishment of death penalty. In 1999, the SNC caused the fall of then Prime Ministers Mahfoud Ali Beiba government through a motion of no-confidence. The powers of the SNC were substantially expanded in the 1991 constitutional reforms of the SADR, and has since been further enhanced.

List of presidents of the Sahrawi National Council

Below is a list of presidents of the Sahrawi Provisional National Council:{|class=“wikitable“!Name!Image!Took office!Left office!Notes |Mohamed Ould Ziou||28 November 1975|August 1976PUBLISHER=SPSACCESS-DATE=19 MAY 2013ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.TODAY/20130616113721/HTTP://WWW.SPSRASD.INFO/EN/CONTENT/SAHARAWI-PEOPLE-MARKS-40TH-ANNIVERSARY-OUTBREAK-ARMED-STRUGGLE-TOMORROW, 16 June 2013, File:Khatri adduh parlamento extremadura.JPG|thumb|right|Khatri Addouh, president and speaker of the Sahrawi National Council, during a speech at the (:es:Parlamento de Extremadura|Asamblea de Extremadura), SpainSpainBelow is a list of presidents of the Sahrawi National Council:{|class=“wikitable“!Name!Image!Took office!Left office!Notes|Sidi Ahmed Ould Mohamed Mahmoud ||August 1976|September 1978FIRST=BELKACEMDATE=DECEMBER 27, 1985VIA=GOOGLE BOOKS, HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=DUOPAQAAMAAJ>TITLE=SPSC LETTERPUBLISHER=SAHARAN PEOPLES SUPPORT COMMITTEE, Google Books, |El-Kenti Ould Jouda||September 1978|1984DATE=DECEMBER 27, 1982VIA=GOOGLE BOOKS, |Hamoudi Ould Ahmed Baba||? – 1985|1986DATE=OCTOBER 27, 1985VIA=GOOGLE BOOKS, |Mohamed Ould Mubarek Ould Rahal||1986|1987 – ?DATE=DECEMBER 27, 1986VIA=GOOGLE BOOKS, HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=61JVAAAAMAAJ>TITLE=SUMMARY OF WORLD BROADCASTS: FAR EASTPUBLISHER=MONITORING SERVICE OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, Google Books, |Mohamed Lamine Ould Ahmed60px)|?|?||Abdelkader Taleb Omar60px)|1995|1999WEBSITE=WWW.ARSO.ORG, HTTP://WWW.ARSO.ORG/01-E96-3132.HTM>TITLE=WEEKS 31–32, www.arso.org, |Salem Lebsir||20 October 1999|2003WEBSITE=WWW.ARSO.ORG, HTTP://WWW.ARSO.ORG/01-E99-42.HTM>TITLE=WESTERN SAHARA – WEEKLY NEWS 1999 – WEEK 42, www.arso.org, |Mahfoud Ali Beiba||2003|2 July 2010WEBSITE=WWW.ARSO.ORG, |Mbarek Lehdeib||2 July 2010|10 July 2010|Acting|Khatri Addouh60px)|10 July 2010|16 March 2020PUBLISHER=SAHARA PRESS SERVICEACCESS-DATE=2013-02-17ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150109154450/HTTP://WWW.SPSRASD.INFO/EN/CONTENT/KHATRI-ADDUH-RE-ELECTED-SPEAKER-PARLIAMENT, 2015-01-09, |Hamma Salama||16 March 2020|PresentWEBSITE=SADR EMBASSY IN BOTSWANA, 6 November 2019, File:Parlament SARD 2005.jpg|thumb|right|2005 drawing plan of the future building of the Sahrawi National Council in Tifariti, Liberated Territories.]]{{election table|title=Composition of the Sahrawi National Council}}! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;” |Party! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;” |SeatsPolisario Front>Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de OroTotal53

International membership

The Sahrawi National Council is a member of the Pan-African Parliament.Pan-African Parliament Members {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312084541www.pan-africanparliament.org/AboutPAP_PAPMemberCountries.aspx |date=2008-03-12 }} Pan-African ParliamentSince October 14, 2011, the SNC is a permanent observer member of the Andean Parliament.NEWS, Venezuela es invitada por el Parlamento Andino a volver a la Comunidad Andina,www.parlamentoandino.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=379:venezuela-es-invitada-por-el-parlamento-andino-a&catid=2:sala&Itemid=28, Parlamento Andino – Oficina de Comunicaciones, 2011-10-14, 2011-10-29, es, dead,www.parlamentoandino.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=379%3Avenezuela-es-invitada-por-el-parlamento-andino-a&catid=2%3Asala&Itemid=28," title="web.archive.org/web/20111216085021www.parlamentoandino.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=379%3Avenezuela-es-invitada-por-el-parlamento-andino-a&catid=2%3Asala&Itemid=28,">web.archive.org/web/20111216085021www.parlamentoandino.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=379%3Avenezuela-es-invitada-por-el-parlamento-andino-a&catid=2%3Asala&Itemid=28, 2011-12-16,

References

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See also

• Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
• List of legislatures by country

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