Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay

Chamber of Representatives

Cámara de Representantes
49th Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Lower House of the General Assembly of Uruguay
History
Founded19 October 1830[1]
Leadership
Ana Olivera, Broad Front
since 1 March 2024
Structure
Seats99
Political groups
Government (56)
  •   National Party (30)
  •   Colorado Party (13)
  •   Open Cabildo (11)
  •   Independent Party (1)
  •   Partido de la Gente (1)

Opposition (43)

Elections
Party-list proportional representation
D'Hondt method
Last election
27 October 2019
Next election
2024
Meeting place
Chamber of Representatives, Legislative Palace, Montevideo, Uruguay
Website
Official website

The Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes)[2] is the lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (Asamblea General de Uruguay). The Chamber has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation with at least two members per department.[3]

The composition and powers of the Chamber of Representatives are established by Article Ninety of the Uruguayan Constitution. It also requires that members must be aged at least 25 and have been a citizen of Uruguay for five years.[4] It is the competence of the Chamber of Representatives to accuse in the Senate members of both houses, the President and Vice President of the Republic, the Ministers of State, the members of the Supreme Court, the Administrative Litigation Court, the Court of Accounts and the Electoral Court, either for violating the Constitution or other serious crimes.[5]

  1. ^ Presidencia De La Asamblea General Y Del Senado Presidencia De La Camara De Representantes (October 29, 2013). "Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005" (PDF). www.parlamento.gub.uy. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013.
  2. ^ "Uruguay Cámara de Representantes (House of Representatives)". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  3. ^ "Cámara de Representantes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. ^ "Cámara de Representantes | Parlamento". parlamento.gub.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  5. ^ "Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay". www.impo.com.uy. Retrieved 2020-03-27.