10th legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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The 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly (Persian: دوره دهم مجلس شورای اسلامی) was the 34th Parliament of Iran that commenced on 28 May 2016 following the legislative elections on 26 February and 29 April 2016 and ended on 26 May 2020.
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Jurisdiction | Islamic Republic of Iran | ||||||||
Meeting place | Baharestan | ||||||||
Term | 28 May 2016 (2016-05-28) – 26 May 2020 (2020-05-26) | ||||||||
Election | 26 February and 29 April 2016 | ||||||||
Government | Rouhani I (2016–2017) Rouhani II (2017–2020) | ||||||||
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Members | 290 | ||||||||
Speaker | Ali Larijani (2016–2020) | ||||||||
1st Deputy | Masoud Pezeshkian (2016–2020) | ||||||||
2nd Deputy | Ali Motahhari (2016–2019) Abdolreza Mesri (2019–2020) | ||||||||
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Hope | Mohammad Reza Aref | ||||||||
Wilayi | Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee | ||||||||
Independents | Kazem Jalali (2016–2019) Gholam Ali Jafarzadeh (2019–2020) | ||||||||
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According to Anoushiravan Ehteshami, three things make this parliament noteworthy: return of the reformists to the parliamentary arena, a record of 17 seats held by female lawmakers and the fact that only 26% of the incumbent MPs were re-elected in the elections, making it a less experienced parliament.[1]