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The National Assembly of Sudan (Arabic: المجلس الوطني السوداني‎, Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy as-Sūdāniy) is the lower house of the newly formed National Legislature of Sudan. The Legislature was previously unicameral. The upper house is the Council of States (Majlis Welayat). Sudan is currently in an interim (transitional) period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the civil war between the Sudanese Government (based in Khartoum) and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) rebel group. The National Assembly consists of 450 appointed members who represent the government, former rebels, and other opposition political parties. The National Assembly, whose members were appointed in mid-2005 replaced the latest elected parliament. All members of the National Legislature serve six-year terms. Article 117 of the Interim Constitution calls for the 450 members of the National Assembly to be appointed according to the following power-sharing formula: ^[1]

National Congress Party (52%)

• 49% to northerners

Other Arab political parties (14%)

• Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma)
• Democratic Unionist Party
• Sudanese Communist Party
• Sudanese Ba'ath Party

Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (28%)

• 28% to southerners

Other Black political parties (6%)

• United Democratic Sudan Forum
• Union of Sudan African Parties 1
• Union of Sudan African Parties 2
• United Democratic Front
• South Sudan Democratic Forum/ Democratic Forum for South Sudan
• Sudan African National Union

Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir, an NCP MP has been the Speaker of the Interim National Assembly since 2001. ^[2] Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi was the previous speaker from 1996 until he stripped of the post and placed under arrest after a falling out with President Omar al-Bashir. Mr. Atem Garang of the SPLM is Deputy Speaker. ^[3]

Current Composition

Composition of the National Assembly after the 2010 election: ^[4]

Party	Seats
National Congress Party (NCP)	323
Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)	99
People's Congress	4
Democratic Unionist Paty (DUP)	4
Federal Umma Party	9
Umma Party for Reform and Development	2
Democratic Unionist Party - Origin	2
Sudan People's Liberation Movement for Democratic Chance (SPLM-DC)	2
Umma Collective Leadership	1
National Umma Party	1
Umma Party	1
Muslim Brotherhood	1
Independents	3
vacant	4
total	450

References

1. ^ Arab Parliaments: Sudan
2. ^ sudaneseonline.com; Dec 18, 2008
3. ^ The Government of Southern Sudan - "Atem, Deputy Speaker of National Assembly visits GoSS Mission Office in Cairo"; December 18, 2007
4. ^ Composition of the Assembly by the IPU