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Parliament of Rwanda Inteko Ishinga Amategeko y’u Rwanda | |
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| Houses | Chamber of Deputies Senate |
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Speaker of the Senate | |
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Seats | 106 members
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| Parliament Building,Kigali | |
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United Nations in Rwanda |
TheParliament ofRwanda (French:Parlement du Rwanda;Kinyarwanda:Inteko Ishinga Amategeko y’u Rwanda) has consisted of two chambers since 2003:[1]
Rwanda had a unicameral legislature,National Assembly of Rwanda, established in January 1961. It was dissolved following thecoup d'état of 1973.
Rwanda had a unicameral legislature,National Development Council of Rwanda from 1982 to 1994.
UnicameralTransitional National Assembly of Rwanda was established in 1994 followingRwandan Civil War. It was replaced in 2003 by a bicameral legislature.
Rwanda's parliament has the highest percentage of women in a single house parliament worldwide.[2] The government has reserved 24 out of the 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies for women. The 24 seats allocated to women are divided up between each province and the city of Kigali, where they are elected by an assembly made up of various councils and committees members.[3]
More women were granted seats due to the effects of theRwandan Genocide on the population. After the Genocide against the Tutsi, the population was made up of more women than men, and this was reflected in the makeup of Parliament.[4]
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