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House of Peoples' Representatives

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Seats
  
547

Last election
  
24 May 2015

House of Peoples' Representatives

Type
  
Lower house of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly

Speaker
  
Abadula Gemeda, OPDO Since 4 October 2010

Political groups
  
EPRDF (501)      SPDP (24)      BGPDUF (9)      ANDP (8)      GPDM (3)      APDO (1)      HNL (1)

The Federal Parliamentary Assembly of Ethiopia has two chambers. The lower house is the House of Peoples' Representatives (Amharic የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤትYehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) with 547 members (22 seats are reserved for representatives of minority nationalities and peoples), elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies.

References

House of Peoples' Representatives Wikipedia