Seats 80 | Last election 16-18 September 2013 | |
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Speaker Donatille Mukabalisa, Liberal PartySince 3 October 2013 Political groups RPF Coalition: 41 seats Social Democratic Party: 7 seats Liberal Party: 5 seats Indirectly elected members: 27 seats Voting system Proportional representation and indirect election | ||
The Chamber of Deputies (Kinyarwanda: Umutwe w'Abadepite; French: Chambre des Députés) is the lower house of the bicameral national legislature of Rwanda. It was created under the new Constitution adopted by referendum in 2003.
Composition
The Chamber is made up of 80 deputies. Of these, 53 are elected for five-years term by proportional representation and 24 are elected by provincial councils; of the remainder, two are appointed by the National Youth Council, and one by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled.
References
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