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	Proportional representation (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.^[2]

Composition[]

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.

Election results[]

Deputies elected to serve from 2018 to 2023 are as follows:^[3]

Name	Political party	Province
Médiatrice Ahishakiye	Women representative	Southern Province
Speciose Ayinkamiye	Women representative	Western Province
Christine Bakundufite	Women Representative	Eastern Province
Eugène Barikana	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
Marcelline Basigayabo	Women representative	Northern Province
Theoneste Begumisa Safari	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
Diogene Bitunguramye	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Northern Province
Emmanuel Bugingo	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
Frank Habineza	Democratic Green Party	City of Kigali
Jean Pierre Celestin Habiyaremye	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Northern Province
Mussa Fazil Harerimana	Ideal Democratic Party	City of Kigali
Jean Pierre Hindura	Social Democratic Party	City of Kigali
Clarisse Imaniriho	Youth representative	Western Province
Marie Mediatrice Izabiliza	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
Ernest Kamanzi	Youth Representative	Southern Province
Phoebe Kanyange	Women representative	City of Kigali
Emmanuel Karemera	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Western Province
Francis Karemera	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
Barthélemy Karinijabo	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Southern Province
Annoncée Manirarora	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Western Province
Chantal Mbakeshimama	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Southern Province
Gamariel Mbonimana	Liberal Party	Southern Province
Winifrida Mpembyemungu	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Northern Province
Valens Muhakwa	Social Democratic Party	Eastern Province
Christine Muhongayire	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Southern Province
Edda Mukabagwiza	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
	Women Representative	Southern Province
Donatille Mukabalisa	Liberal Party	Eastern Province
	Women representative	Western Province
	Social Party Imberakuri	Eastern Province
	Women representative	Eastern Province
	Party for Progress and Concord	Southern Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Eastern Province
	Women representative	Eastern Province
	Liberal Party	Northern Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Eastern Province
	Liberal Party	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Northern Province
	Women representative	Northern Province
Cécile Murumunawabo	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
	People with disability representative	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
	Women representative	City of Kigali
	Centrist Democratic Party	City of Kigali
	Women representative	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Northern Province
	Women representative	Northern Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
	Social Party Imberakuri	City of Kigali
	Democratic Union of the Rwandan People	City of Kigali
	Democratic Green Party	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Southern Province
	Women representative	Western Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Southern Province
	Women representative	City of Kigali
	Social Democratic Party	Eastern Province
	Women representative	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Southern Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Eastern Province
	Social Democratic Party	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Southern Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Western Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	City of Kigali
	Women representative	Eastern Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Eastern Province
	Women representative	Southern Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Western Province
	Women representative	Western Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Southern Province
	Women representative	Southern Province
	Women representative	Southern Province
Jeanne d’Arc Uwimanimpaye	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Eastern Province
	Women representative	Eastern Province
	Women representative	Northern Province
	Rwandan Patriotic Front	Western Province
Marie Claire Uwumuremyi	Women representative	Southern Province

References[]

^ http://www.parliament.gov.rw/index.php?id=125&width=650&detailId=384
^ https://www.parliament.gov.rw/chamber-of-deputies/chamber-of-deputies/
^ "MPs Profile 2018-2023". Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-05-03.

External links[]

Chamber of Deputies

[1] ttp://www.parliament.gov.rw/index.php?id=125&width=650&detailId=384

[2] ttps://www.parliament.gov.rw/chamber-of-deputies/chamber-of-deputies/

[3] "MPs Profile 2018-2023". Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-05-03.

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References[]

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Chamber of Deputies Umutwe w'Abadepite Chambre des Députés

Type
Type	Lower House of the Parliament of Rwanda
Leadership
Speaker	Donatille Mukabalisa^[1], 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	Proportional representation (53 seats) and indirect election (27 seats)
Last election	2-3 September 2018
Meeting place

Kigali
Website
www.parliament.gov.rw