Amyotha Hluttaw

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The Amyotha Hluttaw is the upper chamber of Myanmar's national legislature, representing the country's states and regions in a bicameral parliamentary system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amyotha Hluttaw canonical 15
Chamber of Nationalities of Burma 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the legislature of Myanmar ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation AH ⓘ
appointedMembersAppointedBy Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) ⓘ
constitutionalBasis 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryLongName Republic of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
electoralConstituenciesBasedOn states and regions of Myanmar ⓘ
establishedInPeriod post-2010 constitutional framework of Myanmar ⓘ
governingLaw Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
governmentSystem bicameral legislature ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Union-level legislation ⓘ
hasRole upper chamber of the Assembly of the Union ⓘ
hasSessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
regular sessions ⓘ
houseType federal-style upper chamber ⓘ
languageUsed Burmese ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Myanmar ⓘ
legislativePowers enacts laws for the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
participates in joint sessions of the Assembly of the Union ⓘ
legislativeProcess bills may originate in either chamber of the Assembly of the Union ⓘ
legislatureName Assembly of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
meetingPlace Assembly of the Union complex, Naypyidaw ⓘ
meetsInCity Naypyidaw ⓘ
militaryRepresentationQuota 25 percent of seats ⓘ
nativeName အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် ⓘ
numberOfAppointedMembers 56 ⓘ
numberOfElectedMembers 168 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 224 ⓘ
otherChamber Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
partOf Assembly of the Union ⓘ
politicalContext parliament of a military-influenced political system ⓘ
primaryFunction representation of states and regions at the Union level ⓘ
relatedInstitution Government of Myanmar ⓘ
Judiciary of Myanmar ⓘ
represents regions of Myanmar ⓘ
states of Myanmar ⓘ
representsLevel subnational units (states and regions) ⓘ
seat Naypyidaw ⓘ
secondaryFunction review and amendment of legislation passed by the Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
status component of Myanmar’s national legislature ⓘ
supervises Union-level executive through legislative oversight ⓘ
symbolizes representation of Myanmar’s nationalities ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
translation House of Nationalities ⓘ
typeOfParliament national parliament upper house ⓘ
usesScript Burmese script ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

Government of Myanmar → upperHouse → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Prime Minister of Burma → confersWith → Chamber of Nationalities of Burma ⓘ
linked to: Amyotha Hluttaw
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw → hasChamber → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
House of Nationalities → alsoKnownAs → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw → hasChamber → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw → upperHouseCounterpart → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
2015 Myanmar general election → elects → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Region and State Hluttaws → relatedTo → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
Thein Sein administration → upperHouse → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
House of Representatives (Myanmar) → upperChamber → Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Representatives