7th Nigeria National Assembly
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. 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. 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.
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National Assembly Building | |||||
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| Meeting place | National Assembly Complex | ||||
| Term | 6 June 2011 – 6 June 2015 | ||||
| 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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