Member State of the Arab League The Senate (Arabic: مجلس الشيوخ, romanized: Majlis ash-Shuyūkh, French: Sénat) was the upper house of Parliament in Mauritania from April 1992[1] to August 2017.
The Senate was an attempt to guarantee a minimum level of representation to every part of Mauritania, irrespective of population.
The Senate had especially budgetary, financial and oversight powers.
[1] In 2017, the Senate was abolished as a result of a constitutional referendum;[3] the last election was held in 2007.
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