Amyotha Hluttaw

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The Amyotha Hluttaw is the upper chamber of Myanmar's national legislature, representing the country's states and regions in a bicameral parliamentary system.

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Chamber of Nationalities of Burma 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the legislature of Myanmar
upper house of parliament
abbreviation AH NERFINISHED
appointedMembersAppointedBy Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) NERFINISHED
constitutionalBasis 2008 Constitution of Myanmar NERFINISHED
country Myanmar
countryLongName Republic of the Union of Myanmar NERFINISHED
electoralConstituenciesBasedOn states and regions of Myanmar
establishedInPeriod post-2010 constitutional framework of Myanmar
governingLaw Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar NERFINISHED
governmentSystem bicameral legislature
hasCommitteeSystem parliamentary committees
hasJurisdiction Union-level legislation
hasRole upper chamber of the Assembly of the Union
hasSessionType extraordinary sessions
regular sessions
houseType federal-style upper chamber
languageUsed Burmese
legislativeBodyFor Myanmar NERFINISHED
legislativePowers enacts laws for the Union of Myanmar
participates in joint sessions of the Assembly of the Union
legislativeProcess bills may originate in either chamber of the Assembly of the Union
legislatureName Assembly of the Union of Myanmar NERFINISHED
meetingPlace Assembly of the Union complex, Naypyidaw NERFINISHED
meetsInCity Naypyidaw NERFINISHED
militaryRepresentationQuota 25 percent of seats
nativeName အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် NERFINISHED
numberOfAppointedMembers 56
numberOfElectedMembers 168
numberOfMembers 224
otherChamber Pyithu Hluttaw NERFINISHED
partOf Assembly of the Union NERFINISHED
politicalContext parliament of a military-influenced political system
primaryFunction representation of states and regions at the Union level
relatedInstitution Government of Myanmar NERFINISHED
Judiciary of Myanmar NERFINISHED
represents regions of Myanmar
states of Myanmar
representsLevel subnational units (states and regions)
seat Naypyidaw NERFINISHED
secondaryFunction review and amendment of legislation passed by the Pyithu Hluttaw
status component of Myanmar’s national legislature
supervises Union-level executive through legislative oversight
symbolizes representation of Myanmar’s nationalities
termLength 5 years
translation House of Nationalities NERFINISHED
typeOfParliament national parliament upper house
usesScript Burmese script NERFINISHED
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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House of Nationalities alsoKnownAs Amyotha Hluttaw
Prime Minister of Burma confersWith Amyotha Hluttaw
this entity surface form: Chamber of Nationalities of Burma
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hasChamber Amyotha Hluttaw
Pyithu Hluttaw hasChamber Amyotha Hluttaw
Government of Myanmar upperHouse Amyotha Hluttaw
Pyithu Hluttaw upperHouseCounterpart Amyotha Hluttaw