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.
house, peoples, representatives, lower, house, ethiopian, federal, parliamentary, assembly, located, capital, addis, ababa, house, members, elected, theory, five, year, term, single, seat, constituencies, proceedings, chamber, speaker, seats, vacant, name, nat. 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 House of Peoples Representatives Name in national languages Amharic የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Ye Hizib Tewekayochi Mikir BetOromo Manni Maree Bakka Bu oota UmmataaSomali Golaha Wakiilada ShacabkaTigrinya ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ Bet Mkhri Tewekelti HzbiAfar Ummattah Awlaytiitih Malah BuxaLogo of the HouseTypeTypeLower house of the Federal Parliamentary AssemblyTerm limitsNoneHistoryFoundedAugust 1995 1995 08 New session started4 October 2021LeadershipSpeaker of the House of Peoples RepresentativesTagesse Chafo since 18 October 2018StructureSeats547Political groupsGovernment 410 Prosperity Party 410 Opposition 15 National Movement of Amhara 5 Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice 4 Gedeo People s Democratic Organization 2 Independent 4 Vacant 122 Vacant 122 ElectionsVoting systemFirst past the postLast election2021Meeting placeEthiopian Parliament Building Addis Ababa Ethiopia9 01 48 N 38 45 45 E 9 0301235 N 38 7623748 E 9 0301235 38 7623748 Contents 1 History 1 1 2015 elections 1 2 2021 elections 2 Speakers of the House of Peoples Representatives 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp This article contains Ethiopic text Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters 2015 elections edit Main article Ethiopian general election 2015 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 edit Further information 2021 Ethiopian general electionSpeakers of the House of Peoples Representatives editThe Speaker of the House of Peoples Representatives is the presiding officer of the house of peoples representatives Name Entered office Left officeDawit Yohannes 2 August 23 1995 October 10 2005Teshome Toga October 10 2005 October 3 2010Abadula Gemeda October 4 2010 April 19 2018Muferiat Kamil 3 April 19 2018 October 16 2018Tagesse Chafo 4 October 18 2018 PresentSee also editHouse of Federation upper house of the Federal Assembly References edit Interpreting the Election Results Vips World Parliaments Official website of the House of Peoples Representatives Official website of the House of Peoples RepresentativesExternal links editThe House of Peoples Representatives nbsp This article about government in Ethiopia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This legislature related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title House of Peoples 27 Representatives amp oldid 1146430937, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
