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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Chamber of Nationalities of Burma | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
chamber of the legislature of Myanmar
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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
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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
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chamber of Nationalities of Burma
President of Myanmar (through presidential electoral college)
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electoralCollegeComponent
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Amyotha Hluttaw
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