Chamber of Deputies (Rwanda)

Chamber of Deputies

*Umutwe w'Abadepite*
*Chambre des Députés*
Chamber of Deputies ; Umutwe w'Abadepite; Chambre des Députés
Type
Type	Lower House of the Parliament of Rwanda
Leadership
Speaker	Donatille Mukabalisa, Liberal Party ; since 3 October 2013
Structure
Seats	80
Political groups	RPF Coalition (41) Rwandan Patriotic Front (37); Centrist Democratic Party (1); Ideal Democratic Party (1); Party for Progress and Concord (1); Rwandan Socialist Party (1); Opposition (13) Social Democratic Party (5); Social Party Imberakuri (2); Liberal Party (4); Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (2); Others (27) Indirectly elected members (27);
Elections
Voting system	Closed party list (53 seats) and indirect election (27 seats)
Last election	2-3 September 2018
Meeting place
	Kigali
Website
	www.parliament.gov.rw

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.

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