Chamber of Deputies (Rwanda)

Chamber of Deputies 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 (12)      Liberal Party (5) Social Democratic Party (1)      Indirectly elected members (27)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation and indirect election
Last election	16-18 September 2013
Meeting place
Kigali
Website
www.parliament.gov.rw

     RPF Coalition (41)

Opposition (12)

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.

The Chamber is made up of 80 deputies. Of these, 53 are elected for five-years term by proportional representation and 24 are elected by provincial councils; of the remainder, two are appointed by the National Youth Council, and one by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled.