Pyithu Hluttaw

House of Representatives

ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်

Pyithu Hluttaw
Type
Type
History
Founded31 January 2011 (2011-01-31)
Preceded byPeople's Assembly (1974–1988)
Leadership
T Khun Myat[1]
since 22 March 2018
Deputy Speaker
Vacant
since 31 January 2021
Seats440 MPs
Elections
Last Pyithu Hluttaw election
8 November 2020 (annulled)
Meeting place
Hluttaw Complex, Naypyidaw
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Complex, Naypyidaw
Website
www.pyithuhluttaw.gov.mm
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The Pyithu Hluttaw (Burmese: ပြည်သူ့ လွှတ်တော်, pronounced [pjìðṵ l̥ʊʔtɔ̀]; House of Representatives) is the de jure lower house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 440 members, of which 330 are directly elected through the first-past-the-post system in each townships (the third-level administrative divisions of Myanmar), and 110 are appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces, under a constitutional provision that has no parallel in the world.

After the 2010 general election, Thura Shwe Mann was elected as the first Speaker of House of Representatives. The last elections to the Pyithu Hluttaw were held in November 2015.[2] At its first meeting on 1 February 2016, Win Myint and T Khun Myat were elected as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw.[3]

As of 8 November 2015, 90% of the members are men (389 members) and 10% are women (44 members).[4]

Hillary Clinton at a conference chamber in the Pyithu Hluttaw

After the coup d'état on 1 February 2021, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw was dissolved by Acting President Myint Swe, who declared a one-year state of emergency and transferred all legislative powers to Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing.[5]

  1. ^ "National Defence and Security Council (1/2022)" (in Burmese).
  2. ^ "Myanmar election commission publishes election final results". Xinhuanet. 17 November 2010. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Burma's parliament opens new session". BBC News. 31 January 2011.
  4. ^ Union, Inter-Parliamentary. "IPU PARLINE database: MYANMAR (Pyithu Hluttaw), Full text". ipu.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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