House of Peoples' Representatives

House of Peoples' Representatives የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት
Type
Type	Lower house of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly
History
Founded	August 1995
Leadership
Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives	Tagesse Chafo since 18 October 2018
Structure
Seats	547
Political groups	Government (512) Prosperity Party: 512 seats Opposition (35) TPLF: 35 seats
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	24 May 2015
Next election	2021
Meeting place
Ethiopian Parliament Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 9°01′48″N 38°45′45″E / 9.0301235°N 38.7623748°E

The House of Peoples' Representatives (Amharic: የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት, yehizb tewekayoch mekir bet) is the lower chamber of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly, the legislative body of the country. 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.

History - 2015 elections

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 currently 547 seats are reserved for representatives of minority nationalities. Ethiopia is a dominant-party state in that, a coalition, the EPRDF, dominates politics even while opposition parties are allowed.

Speakers of the House of Peoples' Representatives

The Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives is the presiding officer of the house of peoples representatives.

See also

• House of Federation (upper house of the Federal Assembly)

References

External links

• The House of Peoples' Representatives