Council of the Nation

Council of the Nation

مجلس الأمة
Council of the Nation ; مجلس الأمة;
9th Legislature
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of Algeria
History
Founded	1997
Leadership
President	Salah Goudjil, FLN ; since 9 April 2019
Vice President	Djamel Ould Abbes, FLN ; since 28 February 2019
Structure
Seats	144 members
Political groups	Government (77) FLN (54); RND (22); TAJ (1); Opposition (21) FM (7); Binaa (5); FFS (4); PVP (2); PFJ (2); MSP (1); Others (76) Appointed Members (58); Independent (18);
Length of term	6 years
Elections
Voting system	Two-round indirect election (2/3); Appointed by the president of Algeria (1/3)
Last election	9 March 2025
Meeting place
	Palace of the Council of the Nation, Algiers
Website
	www.majliselouma.dz

The Council of the Nation (Arabic: مجلس الأمة, romanized: Majlis al-Ummah) is the upper house of the Algerian Parliament. It is composed of 144 members, 2/3 of which are elected indirectly and 1/3 of which are appointed by the president of Algeria.

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.

They were last elected on 5 February 2022.