Chamber of Nationalities

Chamber of Nationalities

လူမျိုးစုလွှတ်တော်

Lumyozu Hluttaw
Chamber of Nationalities ; လူမျိုးစုလွှတ်တော်; Lumyozu Hluttaw
Type
Type	Upper house of the Union Parliament
History
Founded	1948
Disbanded	1962
Preceded by	Legislature of Burma
Succeeded by	People's Assembly (1974–1988)
Seats	125
Elections
Last election	1960
Meeting place
	Government Secretariat, Rangoon

The Chamber of Nationalities (Burmese: လူမျိုးစုလွှတ်တော်) was the upper house of the bicameral Union Parliament of Burma (Myanmar) from 1948 to 1962. Under the 1947 Constitution, bills initiated and passed by the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, were to be sent to the Chamber of Nationalities for review and revision. The Chamber of Nationalities was primarily formed to give minorities within Burma some political power in the national government.

It consisted of 125 seats, with the constitution providing for specified numbers of representatives from all states and divisions. 25 seats were allotted to Shan State, 12 to Kachin State, 8 seats to Special Division of the Chins (now Chin State), 3 seats to Karenni State (now Kayah State), 24 to ethnic Karens, and 53 to all other territories (including divisions), including 4 seats reserved for the Anglo-Burmese community. The parliament was abolished after Ne Win suspended the 1947 Constitution following a military coup on 3 March 1962.^[1]

A single-party unicameral People's Assembly replaced the parliament in 1974.

Speakers of the Chamber of Nationalities[edit]

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Sao Shwe Thaik	March 1952^[1]	1960	^[2]
Sao Hkun Kyi	11 April 1960^[1]	March 1962	^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "World Parliaments in Brief".
^ Houtman, Gustaaf (1990). Traditions of Buddhist Practice in Burma. School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. p. 275.
^ "Who's who in Burma 1961". People's Literature Committee and House. August 1, 1961 – via Google Books.
^ "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". Harper & Row [etc.] for Council on Foreign Relations. January 4, 1961 – via Google Books.

"The Constitution of the Union of Burma". 1947. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2006-07-07.

[parlasia-1] "World Parliaments in Brief".

[2] Houtman, Gustaaf (1990). Traditions of Buddhist Practice in Burma. School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. p. 275.

[3] "Who's who in Burma 1961". People's Literature Committee and House. August 1, 1961 – via Google Books.

[4] "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". Harper & Row [etc.] for Council on Foreign Relations. January 4, 1961 – via Google Books.

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