House of Assembly Maneaba ni Maungatabu | |
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| 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) |
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 45 members (44 elected + 1 nominated Member) |
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Political groups | Boutokaan Kiribati Moa Party (22) Independent (1) |
| Elections | |
| Plurality voting modified by two-round system | |
Last election | 14 and 21 April 2020 |
Next election | 2024 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Ambo, South Tarawa | |
| Website | |
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The House of Assembly (Gilbertese: Maneaba ni Maungatabu, lit. 'Maneaba of the Sacred Mountain') is the Legislature 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.