Chamber of Deputies

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Politics series
List of politics topics Consent of the governed Politics by country Politics by subdivision Political economy Political history Political philosophy Political science International relations International relations theory Political scientists Comparative politics Public administration Bureaucracy Street-level bureaucracy Adhocracy Separation of powers Executive Judiciary Legislature Sovereignty Theories of political behavior
Subseries of Politics
Elections Electoral systems Voting Federalism Forms of government Ideology Political campaign Political parties
Politics Portal This box: view • talk • edit

Chamber of Deputies is the name given to a legislative body, be it the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or the name of a unicameral legislature.

Historically, France's "Chamber of Deputies" was the lower house of parliament during the Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy and 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" is not widely used by English-speaking countries, the more popular equivalent being House of Representatives, although it was used as the name of the lower house of parliament in Burma, a former British colony. It was also the official description of Dáil Éireann (the lower house of the Irish parliament) during the Irish Free State.

In Malta, the House of Representatives is known in Maltese as Kamra tad-Deputati [1], although Kamra tar-Rappreżentanti has also been used. [2] In Lebanon, the Arabic name of the country's parliament translates as 'Chamber of Deputies', although in French and English, the name 'National Assembly' is used.

Members of these bodies are generally called "deputies", similar to "congressperson", "member of parliament". The term "deputy" may be extended to refer to any member of a legislative body; this usage is particularly common among those parliaments or legislative chambers in French and Spanish-speaking countries that style themselves National Assemblies, as well as in Portugal's Assembly of the Republic. The term is often used in Ireland as a form of address when referring to members of Dáil Éireann.

1 Lower house in bicameral legislature
2 Unicameral legislatures
3 Defunct Chambers of Deputies
4 See also

[edit] 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 of Brazil	Câmara dos Deputados
Canada	House of Commons of Canada	House of Commons/Chambre des communes
Chile	Chamber of Deputies of Chile	Cámara de Diputados
Czech Republic	Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic	Poslanecká sněmovna
Dominican Republic	Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic	Cámara de Diputados
Haiti	Chamber of Deputies of Haiti	Chambre des Députés
Italy	Chamber of Deputies of Italy	Camera dei Deputati
Jordan	Chamber of Deputies of Jordan	Majlis al-Nuwaab
Mexico	Chamber of Deputies of Mexico	Cámara de Diputados
Paraguay	Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay	Cámara de Diputados
Romania	Chamber of Deputies of Romania	Camera Deputaţilor
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

[edit] Unicameral legislatures

In the following countries, 'Chamber of Deputies' is the name given to the unicameral parliaments :

Country	Article	Local Name
Lebanon	Parliament of Lebanon	Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly) / مجلس نواب (Majles Nuweb)
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg	Chambre des députés (French) / D'Chamber (Luxembourgish)
Québec	Assemblée Nationale du Québec	Assemblée Nationale
Tunisia	Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia	Majlis al-Nuwaab