People's House of Representatives

The People's House of Representatives ( Amharic የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር trans , transcribed Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet , or Parlama for short ; also Council of Representatives of the Nations or House of Representatives of the Nations ) is the lower house of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly of Ethiopia ( Amharic Shengo ), the bicameral parliament of Ethiopia .

Like the Federal Council, it is a chamber of the Ethiopian parliament. The building of the House of Representatives of the Peoples is located in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and was established in 1995.

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See also : Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

The working language is Amharic . However, each individual MP has the right to express his or her own opinions and views in their own language. The People's House of Representatives has a maximum of 550 members of parliament (currently there are 546), most of whom are directly elected by the people for a term of five years , and of which 22 are reserved for representatives of smaller national minorities.

Its powers include the election of the President for a period of six years and the convening of proposed candidates for government members in the Council of Ministers. In addition, it has the power to appoint the President and Vice-President of the Supreme Federal Court of Justice as well as the other judges for federal affairs.

Speaker of the People's House of Representatives

Surname	from	to
Dawit Yohannes	1995	2005
Teshome Toga Chanaka	October 10, 2005	October 3, 2010
Abadula Gemeda	4th October 2010	April 19, 2018
Muferiat Kamil	April 19, 2018	October 16, 2018
Chafo of the day	October 18, 2018	officiating

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The People's House of Representatives has been working for the parliamentary elections on May 23, 2010 as follows:

Party or coalition	proportion of	Seats
Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian Peoples Tigray People's Liberation Front Amhara National Democratic Movement Democratic organization of the Oromo people Democratic Front of the South Ethiopian Peoples	91.2%	499
Democratic Party of the Somali People	4.4%	24
Democratic united front of the peoples of Benishangul-Gumuz	1.6%	9
National Democratic Party of the Afar	1.5%	8th
Democratic unity movement of the people of Gambellas	0.5%	3
Harari National League	0.2%	1
Democratic Movement of the Argobba People	0.2%	1
Forum for Democratic Dialogue : United Ethiopian Democratic Forces All-Amhara People's Organization Revolutionary Democratic United Front of the Afar Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party Revolutionary Ethiopian People's Party All-Ethiopian Socialist Movement Ethiopian Federal Social Democratic Party Oromo National Congress Democratic Coalition of the South Ethiopian Peoples Unity for democracy and justice Federalist Democratic Oromo Movement Somali Democratic Alliance Forces Union of Tigrians for Democracy and Sovereignity	0.2%	1
More independent	0.2%	1
total	100%	547
Source: IPU Parline ; by proportion is meant the proportion of votes cast

See also

• Political system of Ethiopia
• List of political parties in Ethiopia

Web links

• Official website (English)

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1. ↑ Ethiopian Parliament , Article 25 of Regulation No. 3/1998.
2. ↑ Source: Vips. World Parliaments
3. ↑ Source: Official website of the House of Representatives
4. ↑ National Electoral Authority of Ethiopia : Elections 2010 , accessed on June 22, 2010.
5. ↑ Ethiopian Embassy in the United Kingdom ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( English ).