Arab Parliament

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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
Websitewww.ar-pr.org
Map
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Arab League members
A chart indicates the number of seats for each member state in the Arab Parliament, 2020.

The Arab Parliament (Arabic: البرلمان العربي) is the legislative body of the Arab League.[1] At the 19th Arab League Summit in 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.

Mohamed Ahmed Al Yamahi (of UAE) is the current president of the Parliament.[4]

List of Members of the Parliament

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Observers

References

  1. Bakkar, Aya (October 31, 2024). "Arab Parliament". Retrieved June 28, 2025.
  2. "Arab Parliament | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
  3. Abdulhameed, Mudher Abullraheem (January 1, 2019). "Measuring the Arab Parliament's institutional development". Review of Economics and Political Science. 8 (6): 448–468. doi:10.1108/REPS-06-2019-0079. hdl:10419/316092. ISSN 2631-3561.
  4. "UAE elected president of Arab Parliament". Khaleej Times. October 26, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Arabic Parliament". ar-pr.org. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  6. "Turkey to join Arab Parliament as observer". Hurriyet Daily News. August 9, 2010.