House of Representatives

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The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Myanmar’s national legislature, composed of elected members who help draft and pass the country’s laws.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
House of Representatives canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of legislature ⓘ
abbreviation Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
constitutionalQuotaMilitary 25 percent of seats ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative body together with House of Nationalities ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
createdBy 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
electoralConstituencies township-based constituencies ⓘ
electoralCycle aligned with general elections in Myanmar ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 2011 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasPower amend laws ⓘ
approve national budget ⓘ
introduce bills ⓘ
question government ministers ⓘ
jurisdiction Union-level legislation ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Burmese ⓘ
legislativeFunction drafts laws ⓘ
passes laws ⓘ
levelOfGovernment national ⓘ
locatedInCity Naypyidaw ⓘ
locatedInCountry Myanmar ⓘ
locatedInRegion Naypyidaw Union Territory ⓘ
meetsIn Pyidaungsu Hluttaw complex ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Assembly of the Union Hluttaw complex ⓘ
memberSelection appointment by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services for military seats ⓘ
direct election for civilian seats ⓘ
numberOfElectedMembers 330 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 440 ⓘ
numberOfMilitaryAppointedMembers 110 ⓘ
oversightFunction scrutiny of executive branch ⓘ
parentLegislature Assembly of the Union (Myanmar) ⓘ
partOf Assembly of the Union (Myanmar) ⓘ
predecessor People's Assembly (Burma) ⓘ
roleInGovernment represents townships and population in national legislature ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
regular sessions ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature component ⓘ
upperChamber Amyotha Hluttaw ⓘ
House of Nationalities (Myanmar) ⓘ
usesTitleForMembers Pyithu Hluttaw Representative ⓘ
linked to: Pyithu Hluttaw
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Government of Myanmar → lowerHouse → House of Representatives ⓘ
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw → comprises → House of Representatives ⓘ
House of Nationalities → meetsJointlyWith → House of Representatives ⓘ
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw complex → occupant → House of Representatives ⓘ
2008 Constitution of Myanmar → establishesBody → House of Representatives ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw → officialName → House of Representatives ⓘ
Assembly of the Union of Myanmar → legislativeChamber → House of Representatives ⓘ
Assembly of the Union of Myanmar → lowerHouse → House of Representatives ⓘ