House of Nationalities

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The House of Nationalities is the upper chamber of Myanmar’s national legislature, representing the country’s various regions and ethnic groups.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
House of Nationalities canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Upper House of the Assembly of the Union ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForAppointedMembers Myanmar Armed Forces ⓘ
buildingType parliament building ⓘ
compositionIncludes civilian members ⓘ
military-appointed members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Chapter IV of the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
createdBy 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
eachStateAndRegionElects 12 members ⓘ
electoralConstituenciesBasedOn states and regions of Myanmar ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 2011 ⓘ
ethnicRepresentationSeats ethnic constituencies in some states and regions ⓘ
governsUnder Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
hasAppointedMembers 56 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasElectedMembers 168 ⓘ
hasLegislativePowerOver matters concerning states and regions ⓘ
union legislation ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 224 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite Pyidaungsu Hluttaw official site ⓘ
hasPower to amend legislation ⓘ
to initiate legislation ⓘ
to review bills passed by the House of Representatives ⓘ
hasRoleIn electing the President of Myanmar (through Assembly of the Union) ⓘ
impeachment procedures (through Assembly of the Union) ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerOf House of Representatives ⓘ
jointMeetingForms Assembly of the Union ⓘ
jurisdiction Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
languageUsed Burmese ⓘ
legislativeRole upper chamber of Myanmar’s national legislature ⓘ
locatedIn Naypyidaw ⓘ
meetsIn Pyidaungsu Hluttaw complex ⓘ
meetsJointlyWith House of Representatives ⓘ
partOf Assembly of the Union ⓘ
predecessor People's Assembly of the Union of Burma ⓘ
represents ethnic groups of Myanmar ⓘ
regions of Myanmar ⓘ
states of Myanmar ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
regular sessions ⓘ
supervises executive branch of Myanmar ⓘ
symbolizes representation of Myanmar’s nationalities ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation territorial representation ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Assembly of the Union → hasUpperHouse → House of Nationalities ⓘ
Government of Myanmar → upperHouse → House of Nationalities ⓘ
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw → comprises → House of Nationalities ⓘ
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw → upperHouse → House of Nationalities ⓘ
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw complex → occupant → House of Nationalities ⓘ
2008 Constitution of Myanmar → establishesBody → House of Nationalities ⓘ
Assembly of the Union of Myanmar → upperHouse → House of Nationalities ⓘ
Amyotha Hluttaw → translation → House of Nationalities ⓘ