House of Peoples' Representatives


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, 74 are vacant.
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History

In 1995, Ethiopia's ethnic federalism system was set up, with a bicameral federal parliamentary assembly, of which the lower chamber with not more than 550 members as per the constitution. 22 of the 547 seats were reserved for representatives of minority nationalities.

Speakers of the House of Peoples' Representatives

The Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives is the presiding officer of the house of peoples representatives.
NameEntered officeLeft office
Dawit YohannesAugust 23, 1995October 10, 2005
Teshome TogaOctober 10, 2005October 3, 2010
Abadula GemedaOctober 4, 2010April 19, 2018
Muferiat KamilApril 19, 2018October 16, 2018
Tagesse ChafoOctober 18, 2018Present