The Union Parliament ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုလွှတ်တော်) was the
bicameral legislature of the
Union of Burma
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from 1948 to 1962, when it was disbanded by the
Union Revolutionary Council
The Union Revolutionary Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်တော်လှန်ရေးကောင်စီ), officially the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာန ...
. It consisted of an
upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restric ...
, the
Chamber of Nationalities
The Chamber of Nationalities ( my, လူမျိုးစုလွှတ်တော်) was the upper house of the bicameral Union Parliament of Burma (Myanmar) from 1948 to 1962. Under the 1947 Constitution, bills initiated and passed by the ...
and a
lower house, the
Chamber of Deputies.
From 1957 to 1963, the Union Parliament was a member of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
References
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{{Legislatures of Burma
Legislatures of Myanmar
1947 establishments in Burma
1962 disestablishments in Burma
Defunct bicameral legislatures