Union Parliament
Union Parliament ပြည်ထောင်စုပါလီမန် Pyidaungzu Parliman | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Chamber of Nationalities Chamber of Deputies |
| History | |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Disbanded | 1962 |
| Preceded by | Constituent Assembly of Burma |
| Succeeded by | Pyithu Hluttaw (1974–1988) |
| Elections | |
Last Chamber of Nationalities election | 1960 |
Last Chamber of Deputies election | 1960 |
The Union Parliament (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုပါလီမန်)[1] or simply Parliament (ပါလီမန်)[a][2] was the bicameral legislature of the Union of Burma from 1948 to 1962, when it was disbanded by the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma. It consisted of an upper house, the Chamber of Nationalities and a lower house, the Chamber of Deputies.
From 1957 to 1963, the Union Parliament was a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).[3]
Notes
- ^ The 1947 Constitution simply called it "ပါလီမန်" in Burmese and "Parliament" in English
References
- ^ ၁၉၅၆ ခုနှစ်၊ ပြည်ထောင်စုပါလီမန်ဆိုင်ရာ လူမျိုးစုလွှတ်တော်နာယကနှင့် ဒုတိယနာယက၊ ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ဥက္ကဋ္ဌနှင့် ဒုတိယဥက္ကဋ္ဌတို့၏ လစာငွေများ (ပြင်ဆင်ချက်) အက်ဥပဒေ။ (၁၉၅၆ ခုနှစ်၊ အက်ဥပဒေအမှတ် ၃၈။)[1]
- ^ Constitution of the Union of Burma (1947), in Burmese: [2], in English:[3]
- ^ Soe Than Lynn (26 March 2012). "Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to join International Parliamentary Union". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- "The Constitution of the Union of Burma". 1947. Retrieved 2015-06-27.