People's Municipal Assembly

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The People's Municipal Assembly (PMA; Arabic: المجلس الشعبي البلدي, romanizedal-Maǧlis aš-Šaʿbī al-Baladī), is the political body governing the municipalities of Algeria. It is composed of an assembly (municipal council) elected on universal suffrage for five years. This assembly further elects a president, the president of the People's Municipal Assembly, which is the Algerian equivalent of a mayor. The last votes for the PMAs and the PPAs were on November 27, 2021. The building where this assembly is located is also called People's Municipal Assembly.