THE LOWER HOUSE
The House of Peoples’ Representatives is known as the lower house of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly Located in the capital Addis Ababa, the House has 547 members.
All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The proceedings in the chamber are led by Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives. Of the 547 seats, 122 are vacant.
In 1995, Ethiopia’s ethnic federalism system was set up with a bicameral federal parliamentary assembly, of which the lower chamber with not more than 550 members as per the constitution. 22 of the 547 seats were reserved for representatives of minority nationalities.
SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF PEOPLES’ REPRESENTATIVES
The Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives is the presiding officer of the house of people’s representatives.
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
| Dawit Yohannes | August 23, 1995 | October 10, 2005 |
| Teshome Toga | October 10, 2005 | October 3, 2010 |
| Abadula Gemeda | October 4, 2010 | April 19, 2018 |
| Muferiat Kamil | April 19, 2018 | October 16, 2018 |
| Tagesse Chafo | October 18, 2018 | Present |