House of Federation
Upper house in the parliament of Ethiopia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The House of Federation (Amharic: የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት, romanized: Ye-Fēdērēshin Mikir Bēt) is the upper house of the bicameral Federal Parliamentary Assembly, the parliament of Ethiopia. It has 112 members.
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House of Federation የፌዴሬሽን ምክር ቤት | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Chambers | Second |
Term limits | Five years |
History | |
Founded | 21 August 1995; 28 years ago (1995-08-21) |
New session started | 9 October 2023 |
Leadership | |
Deputy Speaker | Zahara Umud since 4 October 2021 |
Structure | |
Seats | 112 |
Joint committees |
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Meeting place | |
Federal Parliamentary Assembly | |
Website | |
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Constitution | |
1995 Constitution |
Each Nation, Nationality and People shall be represented in the House of the Federation by at least one member. Each Nation or Nationality shall be represented by one additional representative for each one million of its population (Article 61:2 of the constitution).
Members of the House of the Federation shall be elected by the State Councils. The State Councils may themselves elect representatives to the House of the Federation, or they may hold elections to have the representatives elected by the people directly (Article 61:3 of the constitution).