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{{Infobox legislature
| name = Chamber of Nationalities
| native_name = {{my|လူမျိုးစုလွှတ်တော်}}
| native_name_lang = Burmese
| transcription_name = Lumyozu Hluttaw
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| house_type = [[Upper house]]
| body = Union Parliament
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| foundation = {{Start date|1948}}
| disbanded = {{End date|1962}}
| leader1_type = Speaker
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| preceded_by = Legislature of Burma
| succeeded_by = [[People's Assembly (Burma)|People's Assembly]] (1974-1988)
| seats = 125
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| last_election1 = [[1960 Burmese general election|1960]]
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| meeting_place = [[Ministers' Building|Government Secretariat]], [[Rangoon]]
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The '''Chamber of Nationalities''' ({{lang-my|လူမျိုးစုလွှတ်တော်}}) was the [[upper house]] of the [[bicameralism|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 (Burma)|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 [[Karen people|Karens]], and 53 to all other territories (including divisions), including 4 seats reserved specifically for the [[Anglo-Burmese people|Anglo-Burmese]] community. The Parliament was abolished after [[Ne Win]] suspended the 1947 Constitution in a [[1962 Burmese coup d'état|military coup]]. A [[Single-party system|single-party]] [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] [[People's Assembly (Burma)|People's Assembly]] replaced the Parliament in 1974.

==Speakers of the Chamber of Nationalities==
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Notes
|-
|[[Sao Shwe Thaik]]
|1952
|1960
|<ref>{{cite book|last=Houtman|first=Gustaaf|title=Traditions of Buddhist Practice in Burma|publisher=School of Oriental and African Studies, London University|pages=275}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sao Hkun Kyi]]
|11 April 1960
|1962
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZoJMAAAAMAAJ|title=Who's who in Burma 1961|publisher=People's Literature Committee and House|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bC4IAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Mahn+ba%22|title=Political Handbook and Atlas of the World|publisher=Harper & Row [etc.] for Council on Foreign Relations.|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.blc-burma.org/html/Constitution/1947.html |title=The Constitution of the Union of Burma |accessdate=2006-07-07 |year=1947 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630025838/http://www.blc-burma.org/html/Constitution/1947.html# |archive-date=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead }}

{{Legislatures of Burma}}

[[Category:Legislatures of Myanmar]]
[[Category:1948 establishments in Burma]]
[[Category:1962 disestablishments in Burma]]
[[Category:Defunct upper houses]]

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