The Pyithu Hluttaw or People's Assembly () was the
unicameral legislature of the
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma from 1974 to 1988. It was established under the
1974 Constitution of Burma and disbanded with the takeover of the
State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in 1988.
Following the
1962 Burmese coup d'état, there was no functional legislature in existence from 1962 to 1974, as the
Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma served in its capacity.
Under the 1974 Constitution, the People's Assembly was composed of members of the
Burma Socialist Programme Party. Each term was four years. (In August 2010, the old Hluttaw complex on
Yangon
Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...
's
Pyay Road used by Gen.
Ne Win's military government was slated for occupation by
Yangon Region government office and
Yangon Region Hluttaw)
References
{{Legislatures of Burma
Legislatures of Myanmar
1974 establishments in Burma
1988 disestablishments in Burma
Defunct unicameral legislatures