Assembly of the Union

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bicameral legislature national parliament

The Assembly of the Union is Myanmar’s bicameral national parliament, comprising an upper and a lower house responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national parliament ⓘ
abbreviation Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
canAmend 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Myanmar (with special procedures)
compositionFeature includes elected members ⓘ
includes military-appointed members ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryOfficialName Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
elects President of Myanmar (through presidential electoral college) ⓘ
establishedBy 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Myanmar ⓘ
hasChamber Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
surface form: Amyotha Hluttaw

Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
hasLowerHouse House of Representatives ⓘ
Pyithu Hluttaw ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
surface form: Amyotha Hluttaw

House of Nationalities ⓘ
jurisdiction Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Union of Myanmar
languageOfProceedings Burmese ⓘ
legalBasis 2008 Constitution of Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
legislativeFunction federal lawmaking ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
locationCity Naypyidaw ⓘ
lowerHouseRepresents townships and population ⓘ
meetingPlace Pyidaungsu Hluttaw complex ⓘ
meetsIn Naypyidaw ⓘ
memberOf Government of Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Union-level institutions of Myanmar
militaryRepresentationShare 25 percent of seats in each house (constitutionally reserved) ⓘ
nativeName Pyidaungsu Hluttaw ⓘ
power approval of national budget ⓘ
enactment of union laws ⓘ
impeachment proceedings ⓘ
scrutiny of the executive branch ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
replaced People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma ⓘ
structure bicameral ⓘ
supervises Government of Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Union Government of Myanmar
termLengthLowerHouse 5 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 5 years ⓘ
upperHouseRepresents states and regions ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Myanmar → nationalLegislature → Assembly of the Union ⓘ