People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma

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The People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma was the unicameral national legislature that operated under Burma’s socialist one-party system from the 1970s until the late 1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature
parliament
unicameral legislature
capitalCityOfJurisdiction Yangon
surface form: Rangoon
constitutionalContext 1974 Constitution of Burma
surface form: 1974 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
country Myanmar
surface form: Burma

Myanmar
Myanmar
surface form: Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
dominantParty Burma Socialist Programme Party government
surface form: Burma Socialist Programme Party
endTimeApprox late 1980s
governanceModel one-party socialist state
governmentTypeContext single-party socialist republic
historicalPeriod Burmese socialist era
ideologyContext Burmese Way to Socialism
jurisdiction entire territory of Burma
languageOfProceedings Burmese
legalAuthoritySource constitution
legislativeBodyFor Myanmar
surface form: Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
legislativeBranchOf Burma Socialist Programme Party government
surface form: government of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
legislatureType unicameral
meetsIn Yangon
surface form: Rangoon
nativeNameLanguage Burmese
numberOfChambers 1
operatedDuringDecade 1970s
1980s
oversightRole oversight of state organs
politicalOrientation socialist
politicalSystem one-party system
predecessor pre-1974 parliamentary institutions of Burma
replacedBy Pyithu Hluttaw
role law-making body
supreme organ of state power
startTimeApprox 1970s
status defunct legislature
subordinateTo Burma Socialist Programme Party government
surface form: Burma Socialist Programme Party
successorContext post-1988 military-dominated institutions in Burma
supervises Cabinet of Myanmar
surface form: Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
timePeriodContext Cold War
votingSystemContext one-party electoral system

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Assembly of the Union replaced People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw replaced People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
this entity surface form: People's Assembly of the Union of Burma
House of Nationalities predecessor People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
this entity surface form: People's Assembly of the Union of Burma
Pyithu Hluttaw precededBy People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
this entity surface form: People's Assembly of the Union of Burma