Opposition (13) Others (27) The Chamber of Deputies (Kinyarwanda: Umutwe w'Abadepite; French: Chambre des Députés) is the lower house of the bicameral national legislature of Rwanda.
It was created under the new Constitution adopted by referendum in 2003.
[1] The Chamber is made up of 80 deputies.
Of these, 53 are elected for five-years term by a closed party list and 24 seats are reserved for women who are elected by provincial councils;[2] of the remainder, two are appointed by the National Youth Council, and one by the Federation of the Associations of the Disabled.
[citation needed] Deputies elected to serve from 2018 to 2023 are as follows:[3]