The Chamber of Deputies ( rw, Umutwe w'Abadepite; french: Chambre des Députés) is the
lower house
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of the
bicameral
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national legislature
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of
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
.
It was created under the new Constitution adopted by referendum in 2003.
Composition
The Chamber is made up of 80 deputies. Of these, 53 are elected for five-years term by
proportional representation
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and 24 are elected by
provincial councils; of the remainder, two are appointed by the National Youth Council, and one by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled.
Election results
Deputies elected to serve from 2018 to 2023 are as follows:
See also
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List of speakers of the Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda
*
Senate of Rwanda, the upper house of the legislature
References
External links
Chamber of Deputies
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Parliament of Rwanda
Government of Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
2003 establishments in Rwanda