| Background Color: | blue |
| House of Peoples' Representatives | |
| Native Name Lang: | am |
| House Type: | Lower house |
| Body: | Federal Parliamentary Assembly |
| Session Room: | Ethiopian Parliament.jpg |
| Election1: | 18 October 2018 |
| Members: | 547 |
| Structure1: | Ethiopia House of Peoples' Representatives.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (410) Opposition (15) Vacant (122) |
| Meeting Place: | Ethiopian Parliament Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Logo Pic: | File:House of Peoples' Representatives logo of Ethiopia.png |
| New Session: | 4 October 2021 |
| Logo Res: | 250px |
| Term Limits: | None |
The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower house of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly. Located in the capital Addis Ababa, the House has 547 members. All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The proceedings in the chamber are led by Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives. Of the 547 seats, 122 are vacant.[1]
See main article: Ethiopian general election, 2015. In 1995, Ethiopia's ethnic federalism system was set up, with a bicameral federal parliamentary assembly, of which the lower chamber with not more than 550 members as per the constitution. 22 of the 547 seats were reserved for representatives of minority nationalities.
See also: 2021 Ethiopian general election.
The Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives is the presiding officer of the house of peoples representatives.
| Name | Entered office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawit Yohannes[2] | August 23, 1995 | October 10, 2005 | |
| October 10, 2005 | October 3, 2010 | ||
| Abadula Gemeda | October 4, 2010 | April 19, 2018 | |
| Muferiat Kamil[3] | April 19, 2018 | October 16, 2018 | |
| Tagesse Chafo[4] | October 18, 2018 | Present |