Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

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Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is the national-level bicameral legislature of Myanmar, comprising both houses of its parliament.

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
buildingLocation Zabuthiri Township ⓘ
canForm parliamentary committees ⓘ
canInitiate bills ⓘ
comprises House of Nationalities ⓘ
House of Representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Chapter IV of the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative body of Myanmar ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryFormerName Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
establishedBy 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
function amends Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
approves national budget ⓘ
elects President of Myanmar ⓘ
enacts national legislation ⓘ
governs Union-level legislation ⓘ
hasChamber Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
hasMemberType elected members ⓘ
military-appointed members ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.pyidaungsu.hluttaw.mm/ ⓘ
hasRoleIn selection of Vice Presidents of Myanmar ⓘ
houseType bicameral ⓘ
inception 2011 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
languageUsed Burmese ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Government of Myanmar ⓘ
locatedIn Naypyidaw ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives ⓘ
meetsIn Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Complex ⓘ
militaryRepresentationQuota 25 percent of seats in each house (under 2008 Constitution) ⓘ
nameMeaning Assembly of the Union ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage my ⓘ
precededBy People's Assembly ⓘ
replaced People's Assembly of the Union of Burma ⓘ
sessionType unicameral joint session of both houses ⓘ
supervises Union government through parliamentary oversight ⓘ
typeOfBody representative democracy institution ⓘ
upperHouse House of Nationalities ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assembly of the Union → nativeName → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
Assembly of the Union → hasUpperHouse → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Assembly of the Union → abbreviation → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
State Administration Council → suspended → parliament of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw → legislatureClaimed → Union Parliament of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Prime Minister of Burma → confersWith → Parliament of Burma ⓘ
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw complex → occupant → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw complex → legislatureServed → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
2008 Constitution of Myanmar → establishesBody → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
Yangon Region Hluttaw → seeAlso → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
State Counsellor Law → enactedBy → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
Assembly of the Union of Myanmar → nativeName → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
Assembly of the Union of Myanmar → shortName → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
Assembly of the Union of Myanmar → alsoKnownAs → Union Parliament of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Union Government of Myanmar → accountableTo → Union Parliament of Myanmar ⓘ
subject linked to: Union Government
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
U Nu government → legislature → Union Parliament of Burma ⓘ
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Region and State Hluttaws → relatedTo → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
Thein Sein administration → legislature → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
CRPH → legislativeBodyRepresented → Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
CRPH → legislativeBodyRepresented → Union Parliament of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw