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Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature.

Description

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

In Malta, the House of Representatives is known, in Maltese, as "Kamra tad-Deputati" (although "Kamra tar-Rappreżentanti" has also been used). In Lebanon, the literal Arabic name of that country's parliament is Majlis an-Nuwwab, or, "Chamber of Deputies" (although officially used French and English translations are "Assemblée Nationale" and "National Assembly", respectively).

A member of a "chamber of deputies" is generally called a "deputy", the definition of which is similar to that of "congressperson" or "member of parliament". The term "deputy" may be used to refer to any member of a legislative body or chamber; this usage is particularly common in those French- and Spanish-speaking countries whose parliaments or legislative chambers refer to themselves as "national assemblies"; the term is also used by Portugal's Assembly of the Republic, and often in Ireland as a form of address when referring to members of Dáil Éireann.^[1][2]

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
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
Uruguay	Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay	Cámara de Diputados

Unicameral legislatures

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

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

Defunct Chambers of Deputies

• Burma¹
• Congo-Kinshasa^1[3]
• Egypt²
• Ethiopia¹
• France¹
• Iraq¹
• Libya¹
• Nicaragua²
• Peru²
• Portugal¹
• Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies²

1. Legislature disbanded
2. New constitution, unicameral system adopted

See also

• List of national legislatures

References

1. ^ "Kamra Tad-Deputati (Maltese Parliament) website". http://www.parliament.gov.mt. 
2. ^ "Department of Information (Malta - Maltese language only)". http://www.doi.gov.mt/EN/archive/Historyaudio/text2.asp. 
3. ^ Constitution de Luluabourg (1964 constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) (French)