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| body = National Assembly of Burkina Faso
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{{Politics of Burkina Faso}}
'''Chamber of Representatives of Burkina Faso''' was the upper house of the bicameral legislature of [[Burkina Faso]] from 1991 to 2002.

The upper chamber was established in June 1991 by the [[Constitution of Burkina Faso|constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/statutan.htm |title=L'assemblée nationale : création et statut |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010421040254fw_/http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/statutan.htm |archive-date=21 April 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It had 132 members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/pdtch_r.htm |title=Le président de la chambre des représentants |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020203022243fw_/http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/pdtch_r.htm |archive-date=3 February 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The members were elected with indirect elections from provincial councils, religious communities, trade unions, universities, NGOs, and other interest groups. Four members were appointed by the [[President of Burkina Faso]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/creationch_r.htm |title=La chambre des représentants : création - composition et mode de désignation |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010630220000fw_/http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/creationch_r.htm |archive-date=30 June 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The chamber had advisory role on legislation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/attribch_r.htm |title=La chambre des représentants : attributions - missions - fonctionnement |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010630215336fw_/http://www.primature.gov.bf/republic/attribch_r.htm |archive-date=30 June 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The upper chamber was abolished in January 2002.

== Presidents ==
{| class="wikitable"
! President of the Chamber
! Period
! Notes
|-
|[[Abdoulkader Cissé]]
|December 1995 - January 1999
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.aouaga.com/h/9542.html|title=Moussa Sanogo, ancien président de la Chambre des représentants : " Avec le Sénat, la Chambre des représentants a été réhabilitée "|website=aOuaga.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h10msjtHYycC|title=Constitutional and Parliamentary Information|first=Inter-parliamentary|last=Union|publisher=Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments.|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
|[[Burkina Faso|Moussa Sanogo]]
|January 1999 - January 2002
|<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ekXY2d6WQgC|title = Burkina Faso Foreign Policy and Government Guide|date = 7 February 2007|isbn = 9781433004780}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
|}

==See also==
*[[Politics of Burkina Faso]]
*[[List of legislatures by country]]

==References==
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[[Category:Government of Burkina Faso]]
[[Category:Politics of Burkina Faso]]
[[Category:Defunct national legislatures]]
[[Category:National legislatures|Burkina Faso]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Burkina Faso]]
[[Category:2002 disestablishments in Burkina Faso]]

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