House of Peoples' Representatives

House of Peoples' Representatives

Name in national languages

Amharic: የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት
*Ye-Hizib Tewekayochi Mikir Bēt*
Oromo: *Manni Maree Bakka Bu'oota Ummataa*
Somali: *Golaha Wakiilada Shacabka*
Tigrinya: ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ
*Bēt Mkhri Tewekelti Hzbi*
Afar: *Ummattah Awlaytiitih Malah Buxa*
Amharic:	የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት; Ye-Hizib Tewekayochi Mikir Bēt
Amharic:	የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት; Ye-Hizib Tewekayochi Mikir Bēt
Oromo:	Manni Maree Bakka Bu'oota Ummataa
Somali:	Golaha Wakiilada Shacabka
Tigrinya:	ቤት ምኽሪ ተወከልቲ ህዝቢ; Bēt Mkhri Tewekelti Hzbi
Afar:	Ummattah Awlaytiitih Malah Buxa
	Logo of the House
Type
Type	Lower house of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly
Term limits	None
History
Founded	August 1995
New session started	4 October 2021
Leadership
Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives	Tagesse Chafo ; since 18 October 2018
Structure
Seats	547
Political groups	Government (410) Prosperity Party (410); Opposition (15) NaMA (5); EZEMA (4); GPDO (2); Independent (4); Vacant (122) Vacant (122);
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last 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 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]