7th Nigeria National Assembly
2011–2015 meeting of Nigerian legislature / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 7th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was a bicameral legislature inaugurated on 6 June 2011 and ran its course till 6 June 2015.[1] The assembly comprises the Senate and the House of Representatives. The House of Representative consists of 360 elected members and the Senate, a total of 109 members from which 73 were newly elected and 36 were re-elected across the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria.[2][3] David Mark, the Senate President of the 6th Assembly was re-elected on the platform of People's Democratic Party and Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of the House of Representatives was also re-elected on the same platform following the 11 April general election.[4][5]
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7th National Assembly | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Meeting place | National Assembly Complex | ||||
Term | 6 June 2011 (2011-06-06) – 6 June 2015 (2015-06-06) | ||||
Election | 2011 | ||||
Website | Official website | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 109 | ||||
Senate President | David Mark | ||||
Deputy Senate President | Ike Ekweremadu | ||||
Party control | People's Democratic Party | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 360 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Aminu Waziri Tambuwal | ||||
Deputy Speaker of the House | Emeka Ihedioha | ||||
Party control | People's Democratic Party |
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