House of Representatives (Annam)

The House of Representatives of the People of Annam (Vietnamese: Trung kỳ Nhân dân Đại biểu viện, Hán-Nôm: 中圻人民代表院, French: Chambre des Représentants du Peuple de l'Annam) was an advisory body for the French Indochinese colonial government in the protectorate of Annam (nowadays Central Vietnam). It was involved with economic, financial and social issues of the protectorate. The chamber was established by a decree on February 24, 1926, of Governor-General of Indochina Alexandre Varenne. The predecessor of the chamber was the Indigenous Consultative Council of Annam (Vietnamese: Hội đồng Tư vấn Bản xứ Trung Kỳ, French: Chambre consultative Indigène l’Annam). The body officially ceased its operation on May 12, 1945, after a decree of dissolution by Emperor Bảo Đại following the Japanese coup d'état against the French colonial authorities in Indochina.

Trung kỳ Nhân dân
Đại biểu viện

中圻人民代表院

Chambre des Représentants du Peuple de l'Annam
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
History
EstablishedFebruary 24, 1926
DisbandedMay 12, 1945
Preceded byIndigenous Consultative Council
Seats33
Meeting place
Huế, Annam, French Indochina

Prominent figures of the Vietnamese independence and anti-colonial movements had been members of the house, most notably Huỳnh Thúc Kháng, who was the President of the House of Representatives (1926-1928) and later became the Acting President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.[1][2]

Organization

There were 33 deputies to the House of Representatives, headed by a president. The constituency is limited to one of these six categories:

  1. civil servants
  2. university graduates
  3. cai tổng (heads of local communes)
  4. delegates of local councils selected by the Privy Council
  5. mandarins
  6. businessmen with high tax bracket

List of presidents

Seat

The former seat of the House of Representatives has been used as administrative offices for the University of Huế.[3]

References
  1. Hemery, Daniel (1977). "Aux origines des guerres d'indépendance vietnamiennes: pouvoir colonial et phénomène communiste en Indochine avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale". Le Mouvement social (101): 35. doi:10.2307/3777877. ISSN 0027-2671.
  2. Hồng, Khanh (2015-06-21). "Tiêng Dân, la voix du peuple sous la colonisation française". Le Courrier du Vietnam (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  3. "Direction de l’Université de Hué, anciennement Chambre des réprésentants du peuple"

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