House of Assembly (Kiribati)

House of Assembly Maneaba ni Maungatabu
13th Parliament
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	12 July 1979 1 May 1974 (as House of Assembly of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands) 1 January 1976 (as House of Assembly of the Gilbert Islands)
Leadership
Speaker	Willie Tokataake, TKP since 13 September 2024[1]
Structure
Seats	45 members (44 elected + 1 nominated member)
Political groups	Government [fr] (33)   Tobwaan Kiribati (33) Opposition (8)   Boutokaan Kiribati Moa (8) Independents (4)   Independents (4)
Elections
Voting system	Plurality voting modified by two-round system
Last election	14 and 19 August 2024
Next election	By 2028
Meeting place
Ambo, South Tarawa
Website
www.parliament.gov.ki

Politics of Kiribati
Constitution Human rights LGBT rights
Executive President Taneti Maamau Vice-President Teuea Toatu Cabinet
Legislative House of Assembly Speaker: Willie Tokataake Members
Judiciary Court of Appeal President: Sir Peter Blanchard High Court Chief Justice: Bill Hastings (suspended)
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2016 2020 Parliamentary: 2015–16 2020 Political parties
Subdivisions
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister: Taneti Maamau Diplomatic missions of / in Kiribati Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
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The House of Assembly (Gilbertese: Maneaba ni Maungatabu, lit. 'Maneaba of the Sacred Mountain') is the sole chamber of the Parliament of Kiribati. Since 2016, it has 45 members, 44 elected for a four-year term in 23 single-seat and multi-seat constituencies and 1 non-elected delegate from the Banaban community on Rabi Island in Fiji. From 1979 to 2016, the Attorney general was an ex officio member of the legislature, until a change of the constitution modified this provision.

Created by the Constitution of 12 July 1979, in a Westminster system, its seat has been at Ambo in South Tarawa since October 2000. From 1979 to 2000, it was at Bairiki, where the House of Assembly was created in 1974, on the base of the Legislative Council of the British colony, created in 1970, and a previous House of Representatives of 1967 in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.