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myanmar**

H.E. U Hla Thein,
Chairman, UEC

PArt i PArt ii
CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingnganda
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Bicameral
Parliamentary Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities)
President HTIN KYAW
Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives)
4. Head of government Designation
President HTIN KYAW 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
5. Capital Through absolute majority vote, 168 members are
Naypyidaw elected in the Amoyotha Hluttaw (House of Na-
tionalities) while 56 members are appointed by
6. Currency the military. Through absolute majority vote, 330
Kyat members are elected in the Pyithu Hluttaw (House

7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) of Representatives) while 110 members are ap-
The Kachin, the Kayah, the Chin, the Mon the pointed by the military.
Bamar, the Rakhine, and the Shan 4. Popular House

8. Date of Independence Both the Amoyotha Hluttaw and the Pyithu Hluttaw
gained in 1921 5. Type of Electoral System
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution First-past-the-post, Single-member constituency
3 January 1974 voting system

10. Language (s)
Burmese

11. Literacy Levels
Male: 92.6% Female: 86.9 %
Total: 89.5% (2014)

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