What is National Assembly of Zambia?
{{Infobox legislature | background_color = #3063AE | name = National Assembly | legislature = | coa_pic = Coat of arms of Zambia.svg | coa_res = 110px | house_type = Unicameral | leader1_type = [[List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Zambia|Speaker]] | leader1 = [[Patrick Matibini]] | party1 = | election1 = 6 October 2011 | members = 156 (+ Vice President and 9 appointees) | structure1 = National Assembly of Zambia diagram.svg | structure1_res = 250px | political_groups1 = '''[[Government of Zambia|Government]] (89)''' * {{Color box|#3063AE|border=darkgray}} [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] (89) '''[[Opposition (parliamentary)|Opposition]] (63)''' * {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} [[United Party for National Development|UPND]] (58) * {{Color box|#006400|border=darkgray}} [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]] (4) * {{Color box|#00D600|border=darkgray}} [[Forum for Democracy and Development|FDD]] (1) '''Non-partisan''' * {{Color box|#B8B8B8|border=darkgray}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (14) | committees1 = | voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post]] | last_election1 = [[2021 Zambian general election|12 August 2021]] | session_room = Zambia National Assembly Building.jpg | session_res = | meeting_place = [[Lusaka]] | website = [http://www.parliament.gov.zm/ National Assembly of Zambia] | footnotes = }} The '''National Assembly''' is [[Zambia]]'s [[unicameral]] legislative body. Between 1972 and 1990, Zambia was a [[one-party state]] with the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) as the sole legal party.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mushingeh|first=Chiponde|title=Unrepresentative 'democracy': One-Party Rule in Zambia, 1973-1990|date=1994|journal=Transafrican Journal of History|volume=23|pages=117–141|jstor=24520273|issn=0251-0391}}</ref> The Speaker, first deputy speaker and the [[