Arab Parliament

The Arab Parliament is the legislative body of the Arab League. At the Arab League Summit of 2001–Amman, the Arab states agreed to create an Arab Parliament, and came up with a resolution to give Amr Moussa the Secretary General of the Arab League the power to start and create the Parliament. In 2004, in the ordinary Arab League Summit in Algiers was the official date where all Arab League Members agreed to send their representative to the temporary Parliament sessions that took place in the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo, Egypt, with each member state sending four members, until the Parliament is reassigned permanently to its under-construction office in Damascus.

Arab Parliament
البرلمان العربي
Parliamentary Union overview
FormedDecember 27, 2002 (2002-12-27)
HeadquartersTahrir Square, Cairo
MottoFor the promotion of democracy and stable development
Parliamentary Union executive
  • Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami, Saudi Arabia, President
Websitewww.ar-pr.org
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A chart indicates the number of seats for each member state in the Arab Parliament, 2020
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The headquarters was in Damascus until on May 22, 2012, the sessions were suspended and transferred to Cairo. The Arab League is now preparing to move the headquarters of the parliament to Baghdad.

Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami (of Saudi Arabia) is the current Speaker of the Parliament.

List of Members of the Parliament

Observers

References
  1. "Turkey to join Arab Parliament as observer". Hurriyet Daily News. August 9, 2010.
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