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The chamber of deputies is the legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or also a unicameral legislature.
Contents
1 Description
2 Lower house in bicameral legislature
3 Unicameral legislatures
4 Defunct chambers of deputies
5 See also
6 References
Description
Historically, "French Chamber of Deputies" was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon Restoration, the July Monarchy, and the French Third Republic; the name is still informally used for the National Assembly under the nation's current Fifth Republic.
The term "chamber of deputies" — although it was used as the name of the lower house of parliament in Burma, a former British colony — is not widely used by English-speaking countries, the more popular equivalent being "House of Representatives". It was also the official description of Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Irish parliament) during the period of the Irish Free State.
In Malta, the House of Representatives is known, in Maltese, as "Kamra tad-Deputati". In Lebanon, the literal Arabic name of that country's parliament is Majlis an-Nuwwab, or, "Chamber of Deputies" (although officially used French and English translations are "Assemblée Nationale" and "National Assembly", respectively).
A member of a "chamber of deputies" is generally called a "deputy", the definition of which is similar to that of "congressperson" or "member of parliament". The term "deputy" may be used to refer to any member of a legislative body or chamber; this usage is particularly common in those French- and Spanish-speaking countries whose parliaments or legislative chambers refer to themselves as "national assemblies"; the term is also used by Portugal's Assembly of the Republic, and often in Ireland as a form of address when referring to members of Dáil Éireann.[1][2]
Lower house in bicameral legislature
In the following countries, the Chamber of Deputies is the name of the lower house of the bicameral legislature.
Country | Article | Local name(s) |
---|---|---|
Argentina | Chamber of Deputies of Argentina | Cámara de Diputados |
Bahrain | Chamber of Deputies of Bahrain | Majlis an Nuwab |
Bolivia | Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia | Cámara de Diputados |
Brazil | Chamber of Deputies (Brazil) | Câmara dos Deputados |
Chile | Chamber of Deputies of Chile | Cámara de Diputados |
Czech Republic | Chamber of Deputies (Czech Republic) | Poslanecká sněmovna |
Dominican Republic | Chamber of Deputies (Dominican Republic) | Cámara de Diputados |
Haiti | Chamber of Deputies of Haiti | Chambre des Députés |
Italy | Chamber of Deputies (Italy) | Camera dei Deputati |
Jordan | Chamber of Deputies of Jordan | Majlis al-Nuwaab |
Mexico | Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) | Cámara de Diputados |
Paraguay | Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay | Cámara de Diputados |
Romania | Chamber of Deputies (Romania) | Camera Deputaților |
Rwanda | Chamber of Deputies of Rwanda | Umutwe w'Abadepite Chambre des Députés Chamber of Deputies |
Spain | Congress of Deputies of Spain | Congreso de los Diputados |
Uruguay | Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay | Cámara de Diputados |
Unicameral legislatures
In the following countries, 'Chamber of Deputies' is the name given to the unicameral parliaments :
Country | Article | Local Name |
Lebanon | Chamber of Deputies (Lebanon) | Parlement (Parliament)/ مجلس النواب (Majles Nuweb) |
Luxembourg | Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) | Chambre des députés (French) / D'Chamber (Luxembourgish) |
Malta | Chamber of Deputies (Malta) | Kamra tad-Deputati (Maltese) |
Tunisia | Chamber of Deputies (Tunisia) | Majlis al-Nuwaab |
Defunct chambers of deputies
Burma1
Congo-Kinshasa1[3]
Ecuador2
Egypt2
Ethiopia1
France1- Czechoslovakia2 3
Iraq1
Libya1
Nicaragua2- Ottoman Empire
Peru2
Chamber of Deputies of the Portuguese Nation, lower house of the Cortes Gerais1
Venezuela2
Republic of Negros (now a region of the Philippines)3
Bahia2
Ceará2
Pernambuco2
São Paulo2
1. Legislature disbanded
2. New constitution, unicameral system adopted
3. Government abolished, absorbed into another country
See also
- List of national legislatures
References
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^ Constitution de Luluabourg (1964 constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) (in French)