The Chamber of Deputies (Kinyarwanda: Umutwe w'Abadepite; French: Chambre des Députés) is the lower house of the bicameral national legislature of Rwanda. It was created under the new Constitution adopted by referendum in 2003.
Composition
The Chamber is made up of 80 deputies. Of these, 53 are elected for five-years term by a closed party list and 24 seats are reserved for women who are elected by provincial councils; of the remainder, two are appointed by the National Youth Council, and one by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled.
Election results
Deputies elected to serve from 2018 to 2023 are as follows:
See also
- List of speakers of the Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda
- Senate of Rwanda, the upper house of the legislature
References
External links
- Chamber of Deputies Archived 2018-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
