Nepal House of Representatives
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The House of Representatives was the lower house of parliament
Parliament
A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...

 during the 1990 Constitution in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. It consisted of 205 members directly elected by the people. It had five-year terms, but it could be dissolved by the king on the advice of the prime minister before the ending of its term.

On January 15, 2007, the Pratinidhi Sabha was dissolved and substituted by an interim legislature
Interim legislature of Nepal
On January 15, 2007 the Pratinidhi Sabha, the legislature of Nepal, was dissolved and a new Interim legislature was formed. The old parliament was elected in 1999...

. The new interim legislature is largely composed of former Pratinidhi Sabha MPs.

Speakers

Name Period
Daran Nath Dhungana 1991 - 1994
Ram Chandra Poudel 1994 - 1999
Taranath Ranabhat
Taranath Ranabhat
Taranath Ranabhat is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress. Ranabhat served as its chairman from the same year.-References:...

1999 - 2002

1999 Elections

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