Amyotha Hluttaw

House of Nationalities အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော် Amyotha Hluttaw
1st Amyotha Hluttaw
Type
Founded	31 January 2011 (2011-01-31)
Type	Upper house of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Leadership
Speaker	Khin Aung Myint, USDP since 31 January 2011
Deputy Speaker	Mya Nyein, USDP since 31 January 2011
Structure
Members	224 MPs
Amyotha Hluttaw Political groups	Union Solidarity and Development Party (124)      Military (56)      Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (7)      National Unity Party (5)      National League for Democracy (4)      National Democratic Force (4)      Chin Progressive Party (4)      Shan Nationalities Democratic Party (4)      All Mon Region Democracy Party (3)      Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party (3)      Chin National Party (2)      Wa Democratic Party (1)      Other parties (7)
Elections
Amyotha Hluttaw Last election	7 November 2010
Meeting place
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Complex, Naypyidaw

Burma (Myanmar)
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The Amyotha Hluttaw (Burmese: အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်, IPA: [ʔəmjóðá l̥ʊʔtɔ̀]; House of Nationalities) is the upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Burma (Myanmar). 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 2010.^[1] At its first meeting on 31 January 2011, Khin Aung Myint was elected Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw and Chairman of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as a whole.^[2]

Members of the Amyotha Hluttaw

After Burma by-election 2012

References

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