Seats 224 MPs | ||
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Type Upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Founded 31 January 2011 (2011-01-31) Preceded by People's Assembly (1974-1988) Speaker Mahn Win Khaing Than, NLD
Since 3 February 2016 Deputy Speaker Aye Thar Aung, ANP
Since 3 February 2016 | ||
The House of Nationalities (Burmese: အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, [ʔəmjóðá l̥ʊʔtɔ̀] Amyotha Hluttaw) is the upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 224 member of which 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces. The last elections to the Amyotha Hluttaw were held in November 2015. At its second meeting on 3 February 2016, Mahn Win Khaing Than and Aye Thar Aung were elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw and Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as a whole.
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Composition
House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw) consists of 224 members including with the 168 directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces. The representatives are elected in equal numbers of 12 representatives from each state or region inclusive of relevant Union territories and including one representative from each Self-Administered Division or Self-Administered Zone.
2016-present
2015 results are as of 20 November 2015. Military appointees are not included in the Amyotha Hluttaw by Regions and States, 2015 table.