Pyithu Hluttaw (1974-1988)


The Pyithu Hluttaw was the unicameral legislature of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma from 1974 to 1988. It was established under the 1974 Constitution of Burma and disbanded with the takeover of the State Law and Order Restoration Council in 1988. By the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, one of the houses of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, current parliament of Myanmar, is also called Pyithu Hluttaw.
Following the 1962 Burmese coup d'état, there was no functional legislature in existence from 1962 to 1974, as the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma served in its capacity.
Under the 1974 Constitution, the People's Assembly was composed of members of the Burma Socialist Programme Party. Each term was four years.