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Trung kỳ Nhân dân Đại biểu viện 中圻人民代表院 Chambre des Représentants du Peuple de l'Annam | |
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| History | |
| Established | February 24, 1926 |
| Disbanded | May 12, 1945 |
| Preceded by | Indigenous Consultative Council |
| Seats | 33 |
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| Huế,Annam,French Indochina | |
TheHouse of Representatives of the People of Annam (Vietnamese: Trung kỳ Nhân dân Đại biểu viện,Hán-Nôm: 中圻人民代表院,French: Chambre des Représentants du Peuple de l'Annam) was an advisory body for theFrench Indochinese colonial government in theprotectorate of Annam (nowadays Central Vietnam). It was involved with economic, financial and social issues of the protectorate. The chamber was established by a decree on February 24, 1926, ofGovernor-General of IndochinaAlexandre Varenne. The predecessor of the chamber was theIndigenous Consultative Council of Annam (Vietnamese: Hội đồng Tư vấn Bản xứ Trung Kỳ, French: Chambre consultative Indigène l’Annam). The body officially ceased its operation on May 12, 1945, after a decree of dissolution byEmperor Bảo Đại following theJapanese coup d'état against the French colonial authorities in Indochina.
Prominent figures of theVietnamese independence and anti-colonial movements had been members of the house, most notablyHuỳnh Thúc Kháng, who was the President of the House of Representatives (1926-1928) and later became theActing President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.[1][2]
There were 33deputies to the House of Representatives, headed by a president. Theconstituency is limited to one of these six categories:
The former seat of the House of Representatives has been used as administrative offices for theUniversity of Huế.[3]
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