The
House of Nationalities (,
Amyotha Hluttaw) is the upper house of the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the
bicameral legislature of
Myanmar. It consists of 224 member of which 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the
Myanmar Armed Forces. The last elections to the Amyotha Hluttaw were held in November 2015. At its second meeting on 3 February 2016,
Mahn Win Khaing Than and
Aye Thar Aung were elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Amyotha Hluttaw and Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw as a whole.