The House of Peoples' Representatives is the

lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...

of the

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Federal Parliamentary Assembly The Federal Parliamentary Assembly () is the federal legislature of Ethiopia. It consists of two chambers: *The House of Federation ( upper chamber) *The House of Peoples' Representatives ( lower chamber) Created with the adoption of the ...

. Located in the capital

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, the House has 547 members. All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat

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. The proceedings in the chamber are led by Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives. Of the 547 seats, 122 are vacant.

History

In 1995, Ethiopia's

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system was set up, with a bicameral federal parliamentary assembly, of which the lower chamber with not more than 550 members as per the constitution. 22 of the 547 seats were reserved for representatives of minority nationalities.

2015 elections

2021 elections

Speakers of the House of Peoples' Representatives

The Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives is the presiding officer of the house of peoples representatives.

References

External links

The House of Peoples' Representatives
1995 establishments in Ethiopia

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