National Assembly

The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. The best known, if not first, National Assembly, was that established following the French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée nationale. Consequently, the name is particularly common in Francophone countries, but is also found in some Commonwealth countries.

It was also the name of the legislature during France's First Republic and the Consulate, and since 1946 has been the lower house of the French parliament, first under the Fourth Republic, and from 1958, the Fifth Republic.

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List of National Assemblies

Unicameral national legislatures

Country Article Local Name
Angola National Assembly of Angola Assembleia Nacional
Armenia National Assembly of Armenia
Azerbaijan National Assembly of Azerbaijan
Benin National Assembly of Benin
Bhutan National Assembly of Bhutan
Bulgaria National Assembly of Bulgaria
Burundi National Assembly of Burundi
Cameroon National Assembly of Cameroon
Cape Verde National Assembly of Cape Verde
Chad National Assembly of Chad
Côte d'Ivoire National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba National Assembly of People's Power Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular
Eritrea National Assembly of Eritrea
Gambia National Assembly of Gambia
Guinea People's National Assembly of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau People's National Assembly of Guinea-Bissau
Guyana National Assembly of Guyana
Hungary National Assembly of Hungary
Kenya National Assembly of Kenya
Kuwait National Assembly of Kuwait
Korea, South National Assembly of Korea
Laos National Assembly of Laos
Malawi National Assembly of Malawi
Mali National Assembly of Mali
Mauritius National Assembly of Mauritius
Nicaragua National Assembly of Nicaragua Asamblea Nacional
Niger National Assembly of Niger
Senegal National Assembly of Senegal
Saint Kitts and Nevis National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis
São Tomé and Príncipe National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal National Assembly of Sengal
Seychelles National Assembly of Seychelles
Sudan National Assembly of Sudan
Suriname National Assembly of Suriname
Tanzania National Assembly of Tanzania
Togo National Assembly of Togo
Turkey Grand National Assembly of Turkey Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi
Uganda National Assembly of Uganda
Venezuela National Assembly of Venezuela Asamblea Nacional
Vietnam National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Úốc huy nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
Zambia National Assembly of Zambia


Lower house of bicameral national legislature

Country Article Local Name
Algeria National People's Assembly
Botswana National Assembly of Botswana
Burkina Faso National Assembly of Burkina Faso
Cambodia National Assembly of Cambodia
France French National Assembly Assemblée nationale
Gabon National Assembly of Gabon
Madagascar National Assembly of Madagascar
Mauritania National Assembly of Mauritania
Namibia National Assembly of Namibia
Nigeria National Assembly of Nigeria
Pakistan National Assembly of Pakistan
Slovenia National Assembly of Slovenia Državni zbor
South Africa National Assembly of South Africa


Upper house of bicameral national legislature

Country Article Local Name
Tajikistan National Assembly of Tajikistan Majlisi Milliy


Entire bicameral legislature

Country Article Local Name
Belize National Assembly of Belize
Jordan National Assembly of Jordan
Nigeria National Assembly of Nigeria
Poland National Assembly of Poland Zgromadzanie Narodowe
Thailand National Assembly of Thailand


Other

Country/Territory Name Notes
Quebec, Canada National Assembly of Quebec
Assemblée nationale du Québec
A provincial legislative assembly
Iraq National Assembly of Iraq A constitutional convention
Taiwan National Assembly of the Republic of China A dormant constitutional convention
Wales, United Kingdom National Assembly for Wales
Cynulliad Genedlaethol i Gymru
Can only make secondary legislation


See also

es:Asamblea Nacional fr:Assemblée nationale nl:Assemblée Nationale ja:国民議会 pl:Zgromadzenie Narodowe