- Note also the House of Elders of Somaliland
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Mesherano Jirga (Pashto: مشرانوجرګه) or the House of Elders, is the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the Wolesi Jirga ("people's assembly" or lower house, the main legislature).
It has 102 members. One-third of it (34) are elected by district councils (one per province) for 3-year terms, one-third (34) by provincial councils (one per province) for 4-year terms, and one-third (34) are nominated by the president for 5-year terms. However, elections for the district councils were not held in the 2005 parliamentary elections. As such, each provincial council also selected one of its elected members to temporarily hold seats in the house until district council elections are held. Half of the presidential nominees have to be women, two representatives from the disabled and impaired and two from the Kuchis.[1]
This house forms more of an advisory role rather than a maker of law. Still, the house has some veto power.
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Members of Meshrano Jirga[2] incumbent nature
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termnotes Professor Hazrat Sebgatullah Mojadeddi Sayed Hamed Gailani Doctor Borhanullah Shinwari “Poehiali” Aminuddin Mozafari Abdul Khaliq Hussaini Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim Ahmadshah Ramazan Maolawy Arsalan Rahmani Bakhtar Aminzai Bilqis Kochi Torday Akhon Qazi Soraya Ahmadyar “Pohanmal” Homayrah Nemati Hyatullah Haji Khadim Hussain Khodayar Khan Mohammad Khagy Khadija Husseini Haji Khairo Jan Haji Raz Muhammad Roshan Arah Alkozai Ryda Azimi Doctor Zalmay Sarah Sorkhabi Haji Sakhy Moshwani Amer Sahedullah Qazi Sahedullah Aboaman Peer Sayed Ibrahim Gylani Sultan Jan Khaksar Al-Haj Suliman Yari Samih Jan Shirzada Sohilah Sharifi Sayed Hamed Agha Haji Sayed Dawood Nasseri Sayed Saleh Muhammad Saleh Abdul Basir Ahmadi Haji Mullah Sayed Muhammad Akhund Sayed Muhammad Mohsen Doctor Shah Bi Bi Wakeel Shah Nawaz Al-Haj Mullah Sheer Mohammad Akhundzada Haji Sheer Muhammad Nooristani Haji Sabir Khan Sediqah Balkhi Safar Muhammad Kakar Tayba Zahedi Hallya Qazizada Qardash Ebadullah Naqshbandi Doctor Abdulahmad Zahdi Abdul Baqi Baryal Maolawy Abdul Hafiz Zahir Haji Abdul Hameed Aimaq Qazi Abdul Hay Khadim Maolana AbdulRahman Hakimi Abdul Satar Ostad Abdul Sabor Farid Abdul Qader Dostum “Pohand” Abdullah Haqani Abdul Wali Ahmadzai Attahullah Abdul Wahed Karizwal Ghulam Farooq Farahi Fazel Karim Mohammadi Haji Faqeer Muhammad Qurban Ali Orfani Qamer Khosti Kubra Aman Kubra Mostafawoi Gongarem Haji Mahbob Khan “Pohanwal” Mahboba Hoqoqmal Mohtrama Habibi Moslema Hussaini Muhammad Afzal Ahmadzai Muhammad Akbar Wahedat Muhammad Anwar Muradi Muhammad Baqir Sharifi Muhammad Hassan Hotak Muhammad Hassan Qazizada Muhammad Hanif Hanifi Muhammad Rangin Moshkwani Doctor Muhammad Zaman Mohebi Bahlol Engineer Muhammad Harif Sarwari Al-Haj Muhammad Halam Eizedyar Muhammad Omar Shirzad Al-Haj Doctor Muhammad Omar Asim Muhammad Eysa Khan Shinwari Muhammad Kabir Marzban Muhammad Naser Attahy Engineer Muhammad Hashim Ortaq Muhammad Yunos Sheerin Agha Khwaja Mahmmood Rashed Mokaram Khan Nasseri Mirbat Khan Mangal Najeebah Hussaini Najeebah Rokhshani Balooch Nasereen Parsah Haji Nazar Muhammad Nafas Gul Khedmat Bi Bi Haji Nafisa Sultani Noorullah Mehmar Kafeel Noor Muhammad Haji Wakeel Muhammad Laiq Hedayetullah Rehay
References
- ^ Article 84 of the Afghan Constitution.
- ^ "Meshrano Jirga". Government of Afghanistan. http://www.parliament.af/pme/showdoc.aspx?Id=12. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
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