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Chamber of Nationalities

Upper house of the Union Parliament of Burma from 1948 to 1962

Field	Value
name	Chamber of Nationalities
native_name	လူမျိုးစုလွှတ်တော်
native_name_lang	Burmese
transcription_name	Lumyozu Hluttaw
house_type	Upper house
body	Union Parliament
foundation
disbanded
leader1_type	Speaker
preceded_by	Legislature of Burma
succeeded_by	People's Assembly (1974–1988)
seats	125
last_election1	[1960](1960-burmese-general-election)
meeting_place	Government Secretariat, Rangoon
website

The Chamber of Nationalities () was the upper house of the bicameral Union Parliament of Burma (Myanmar) from 1948 to 1962. Under the 1947 Constitution, bills initiated and passed by the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, were to be sent to the Chamber of Nationalities for review and revision. The Chamber of Nationalities was primarily formed to give minorities within Burma some political power in the national government.

It consisted of 125 seats, with the constitution providing for specified numbers of representatives from all states and divisions. 25 seats were allotted to Shan State, 12 to Kachin State, 8 seats to Special Division of the Chins (now Chin State), 3 seats to Karenni State (now Kayah State), 24 to ethnic Karens, and 53 to all other territories (including divisions), including 4 seats reserved for the Anglo-Burmese community. The parliament was abolished after Ne Win suspended the 1947 Constitution following a military coup on 3 March 1962.

A single-party unicameral People's Assembly replaced the parliament in 1974, under a new Constitution that was approved in a 1973 referendum, and adopted on 3 January 1974.

Speakers of the Chamber of Nationalities

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Sao Shwe Thaik	title=World Parliaments in Brief	url=https://fliphtml5.com/xwipd/xebb/Parliament/	language=en}}	1960
Sao Hkun Kyi	11 April 1960	March 1962

References

"World Parliaments in Brief".
Houtman, Gustaaf. (1990). "Traditions of Buddhist Practice in Burma". School of Oriental and African Studies, London University.
(August 1, 1961). "Who's who in Burma 1961". People's Literature Committee and House.
(January 4, 1961). "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". Harper & Row [etc.] for Council on Foreign Relations..

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