House of Peoples' Representatives

Lower house of the parliament of Ethiopia

House of Peoples' Representatives Name in national languages Amharic: የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Ye-Hizib Tewekayochi Mikir Bēt Oromo: Manni Maree Bakka Bu'oota Ummataa Somali: Golaha Wakiilada Shacabka Tigrinya: ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ Bēt Mkhri Tewekelti Hzbi Afar: Ummattah Awlaytiitih Malah Buxa
Logo of the House
Type
Type	Lower house of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly
Term limits	None
History
Founded	August 1995 (1995-08)
New session started	4 October 2021
Leadership
Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives	Tagesse Chafo since 18 October 2018
Structure
Seats	547
Political groups	Government (410)   Prosperity Party (410) Opposition (15)   NaMA (5)   EZEMA (4)   GPDO (2)   Independent (4) Vacant (122)   Vacant (122)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2021
Meeting place
Ethiopian Parliament Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 9°01′48″N 38°45′45″E / 9.0301235°N 38.7623748°E / 9.0301235; 38.7623748

The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower house of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly. Located in the capital Addis Ababa, the House has 547 members. All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The proceedings in the chamber are led by Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives. Of the 547 seats, 122 are vacant.^[1]

History

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Politics of Ethiopia
Constitution Presidency Constitution History President (List) Sahle-Work Zewde
Executive Prime Minister (List) Abiy Ahmed Deputies Debretsion Gebremichael Demeke Mekonnen Muktar Kedir Council of Ministers
Legislature House of Federation House of Peoples' Representatives
Judiciary Federal Supreme Court
Elections Recent elections Presidential: 2013 2018 Parliamentary: 2015 2021 NEBE Political parties
Administrative divisions Regions Zones Districts
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Gedu Andargachew Diplomatic missions of / in Ethiopia Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Foreign aid
Related topics Human rights Human Rights Commission Reconciliation Commission Inquiry Board (Tigray War)
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2015 elections

In 1995, Ethiopia's ethnic federalism system was set up, with a bicameral federal parliamentary assembly, of which the lower chamber with not more than 550 members as per the constitution. 22 of the 547 seats were reserved for representatives of minority nationalities.

2021 elections

Speakers of the House of Peoples' Representatives

The Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives is the presiding officer of the house of peoples representatives.

See also

• House of Federation (upper house of the Federal Assembly)

References

External links

• The House of Peoples' Representatives

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