Senate of Rwanda
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The Parliament of Rwanda
(Inteko Ishinga Amategeko or Parlement) has two chambers
. The upper house is the Senate (Umutwe wa Sena or Sénat). The Senate has 26 members elected or appointed for an eight-year term: 12 elected by provincial and sectoral councils, 8 appointed by the president to ensure the representation of historically marginalized communities, 4 by the Forum of political formations and 2 elected by the staff of the universities. Additionally former presidents can request to become a member of the senate.
Dr Jean Damascene NTAWUKULIRYAYO
is the current President of the Senate from October 10, 2011.
Parliament of Rwanda
The Parliament of Rwanda consists of two chambers:*The Senate *The Chamber of Deputies Prior to 2003 the Parliament of Rwanda was unicameral...
(Inteko Ishinga Amategeko or Parlement) has two chambers
Bicameralism
In the government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses....
. The upper house is the Senate (Umutwe wa Sena or Sénat). The Senate has 26 members elected or appointed for an eight-year term: 12 elected by provincial and sectoral councils, 8 appointed by the president to ensure the representation of historically marginalized communities, 4 by the Forum of political formations and 2 elected by the staff of the universities. Additionally former presidents can request to become a member of the senate.
Dr Jean Damascene NTAWUKULIRYAYO
Jean Damascène Ntawukuliryayo
Jean Damascène Ntawukuliryayo is a Rwandan politician and the former Minister of Health in the Rwandan government. He is currently the vice-president of low chamber of parliament in Rwanda; he ran for 2010 presidential elections, where he failed , and Paul Kagame was re-elected with more than 90%...
is the current President of the Senate from October 10, 2011.