House of Councillors (Morocco)

The House of Councillors (Arabic: مجلس المستشارين [maʒlis al-mustaʃaːriːn], Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵙⵇⵇⵉⵎ ⵏ ⵉⵏⵙⴼⴰⵡⵏ, romanized: Asqqim n Insfawn) is the upper house of the Parliament of Morocco and has 120 members, elected for a six-year term:^[2]

• 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level - they represent the regions and the subnational administrative areas (French: collectivités territoriales)
• 20 members are elected in the regions by a single electoral college made up of all those in the relevant region that have been elected to the following professional associations:
  • the agriculture associations
  • the commerce, industry and services associations
  • the arts-and-crafts associations
  • the marine-fisheries associations
• 8 members are elected nationally by an electoral college made up of those elected from the most representative employers' professional organizations
• 20 members are elected nationally by an electoral college made up of employees.

House of Councillors مجلس المستشارين ⴰⵙⵇⵇⵉⵎ ⵏ ⵉⵏⵙⴼⴰⵡⵏ
Type
Type	Upper house
Established	1962 1996 (re-established)
Leadership
President of the House of Councillors	Mohamed Ould Errachid, PI since 12 October 2024[1]
Structure
Seats	120
Political groups	Government (63)   RNI (27)   PAM (19)   PI (17) Support (9)   UGTM (6)   UC (2)   MDS (1) Opposition (48)   MP (12)   USFP (8)   UMT (8)   CGEM (8)   PJD (3)   CDT (3)   UNTM (2)   FDT (1)   PRD (1)   Al amal (1)   Independent (1)
Length of term	6 years
Elections
Voting system	Indirect election
Last election	5 October 2021 [fr]
Meeting place
Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Kingdom of Morocco
Website
www.chambredesconseillers.ma/en
Constitution
Constitution of Morocco

The 2011 Constitution of Morocco retained this second chamber, but reduced its term of office from 9 to 6 years and its size to 120 seats.^[2]

See also

• List of presidents of the House of Councillors of Morocco