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mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_South_Sudan" title="List of heads of state of South Sudan">President</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Salva_Kiir_Mayardit" title="Salva Kiir Mayardit">Salva Kiir Mayardit</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_South_Sudan" title="Vice President of South Sudan">Vice Presidents</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Riek_Machar" title="Riek Machar">Riek Machar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Taban_Deng_Gai" title="Taban Deng Gai">Taban Deng Gai</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/James_Wani_Igga" title="James Wani Igga">James Wani Igga</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Nyandeng_De_Mabior" title="Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior">Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hussein_Abdelbagi" title="Hussein Abdelbagi">Hussein Abdelbagi</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of South Sudan">Government</a> <dl><dd><a 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class="hlist"><ul><li>General: <a href="/wiki/2010_South_Sudanese_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 South Sudanese general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2026_South_Sudanese_general_election" title="2026 South Sudanese general election"><i>2026</i></a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Referendums: <a href="/wiki/2011_South_Sudanese_independence_referendum" title="2011 South Sudanese independence referendum">2011</a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_South_Sudan" title="List of political parties in South Sudan">Political parties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_South_Sudan" title="Foreign relations of South Sudan">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" 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The Transitional National Legislature consists of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_States_of_South_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of States of South Sudan">Transitional Council of States</a> (upper house) and the <a href="/wiki/National_Legislative_Assembly_of_South_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Legislative Assembly of South Sudan">Transitional National Legislative Assembly</a> (lower house). </p><p>The National Legislature has its seat in <a href="/wiki/Juba,_South_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Juba, South Sudan">Juba</a>, South Sudan. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role">Role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Legislature_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legislative competencies of the National Government of South Sudan are vested in the National Legislature in respect of all matters assigned to it in Schedules A, C and D of the Transitional Constitution (read together with Schedule E of the Transitional Constitution).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Legislative Assembly exercises the following functions<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Overseeing the performance of the National Government institutions;</li> <li>Approving plans, programmes and policies of the National Government;</li></ul> <p>Approving budgets; </p> <ul><li>Ratifying international treaties, conventions and agreements;</li> <li>Adopting resolutions on matters of public concerns;</li> <li>Summoning Ministers to answer questions of members of the Assembly on matters related to their ministries;</li> <li>Interrogating Ministers about their performance or the performance of their ministries;</li> <li>Approving appointments as required by the Transitional Constitution or the law;</li> <li>Casting a vote of no confidence against the Vice President and any Minister;</li> <li>Enacting legislation to regulate the conditions and terms of service of the Judiciary and its oversight mechanisms; and</li> <li>Performing any other function as determined by the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_constitution" title="Provisional constitution">Transitional Constitution</a> or the law.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eligibility">Eligibility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Legislature_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A candidate for membership of the National Legislature must: </p> <ul><li>be a <a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Sudanese_citizen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South Sudanese citizen (page does not exist)">South Sudanese citizen</a>;</li> <li>be at least twenty-one years of age;</li> <li>be of sound mind;</li> <li>be literate; and</li> <li>not have been convicted during the last seven years of an offence involving honesty or moral turpitude.</li></ul> <p>Members of the National Legislature and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Council_of_Ministers_of_South_Sudan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Council of Ministers of South Sudan (page does not exist)">Council of Ministers</a> are eligible for membership of state legislatures or state councils of ministers. A member of the National Legislative Assembly cannot also be a member of the Council of States (and vice versa). The term of the National Legislature shall be four years from July 9, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Constitution is a transitional Constitution and the terms relating to future general elections are not contained in it. However, there are provisions included for by-elections should vacancies arise during the first four-year period. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Legislature_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The establishment of the National Legislature is one of the new institutions created upon the independence of South Sudan in 2011. In substance, it is also a successor to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Sudan_Legislative_Assembly" title="Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly">Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly</a>, itself established in 2005 by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Southern_Sudan" title="Constitution of Southern Sudan">Constitution of Southern Sudan</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/2024_South_Sudanese_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 South Sudanese general election">General elections</a> will be held in 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Legislature_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">Bicameralism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative branch">Legislative branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_legislatures_by_country" title="List of legislatures by country">List of legislatures by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_South_Sudan" title="Politics of South Sudan">Politics of South Sudan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Legislature_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Art. 55(1) of the Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan gives the body its name stating - 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South Sudan">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_South_Sudan" title="Cinema of South Sudan">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_South_Sudan" title="Coat of arms of South Sudan">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_South_Sudan" title="Flag of South Sudan">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literature_of_South_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Literature of South Sudan">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_South_Sudan" title="Mass media in South Sudan">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_South_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Music of South Sudan">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_South_Sudan" title="Public holidays in South Sudan">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_South_Sudan" title="Sport in South Sudan">Sport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div 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title="National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Belize)" title="National Assembly (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Bhutan" title="Parliament of Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plurinational_Legislative_Assembly" title="Plurinational Legislative Assembly">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Burundi" title="Parliament of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Cambodia" title="Parliament of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Cameroon" title="Parliament of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Congress_of_Chile" title="National Congress of Chile">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Colombia" title="Congress of Colombia">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Parliament of the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Parliament of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Congress of the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Parliament of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Eswatini" title="Parliament of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Parliament" title="French Parliament">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Gabon" title="Parliament of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Grenada" title="Parliament of Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Haiti)" title="National Assembly (Haiti)">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Consultative_Assembly" title="People's Consultative Assembly">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Parliament" title="Italian Parliament">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Parliament of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jamaica" title="Parliament of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Diet" title="National Diet">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jordan" title="Parliament of Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Kazakhstan" title="Parliament of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Kenya" title="Parliament of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Lesotho" title="Parliament of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Liberia" title="Legislature of Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Madagascar" title="Parliament of 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href="/wiki/General_Assembly_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire (1876–1878, 1908–1920)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">Unicameralism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricameralism" title="Tricameralism">Tricameralism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multicameralism" title="Multicameralism">Multicameralism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_legislatures_by_country" title="List of legislatures by country">List of legislatures by country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_unicameral_legislatures" title="Template:National unicameral legislatures">National unicameral legislatures</a></li> <li><a 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