Bali Regional House of Representatives

[[Category:1950 establishments in Indonesia]]

[[Category:1950 establishments in Indonesia]]

[[Category: Government of Indonesia]]

[[Category: Government of Indonesia]]

==History==

{{see also|Paruman Agung}}

[[File:Pandji Tisna, Kami Perkenalkan (1952), p75.jpg|190px|thumb|[[Pandji Tisna|Anak Agung Nyoman Pandji Tisna]] (pictured) was elected as the Speaker of the Paruman Agung (Bali's first legislature).]]

During the [[Dutch East Indies]] government and throughout the [[Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies|Japanese occupation]], Bali maintained a quasi-legislative/advisory body, the [[Paruman Agung]], founded in 1938 and counting [[List of monarchs of Bali|eight monarchs of Bali]] as members. In the [[Indonesian National Revolution]], the Paruman Agung was expanded to include 36 members in 1946, and in 1947 the body was divided into a council for the monarchs and a separate council of representatives to be elected.<ref name="geertz2022"/>

By 1950, the council of monarchs was abolished, and legislative functions was transferred to a democratically elected Regional House of Representatives (DPRD). [[I Gusti Putu Merta]] served as the council's inaugural chairman. Among the early laws adopted by the council was the annulling of all local laws prohibiting [[inter-caste marriage]] in 1951, greatly changing Balinese society.<ref name="geertz2022">{{cite book |last1=Geertz |first1=H. |title=State and Society in Bali |date=4 July 2022 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-48814-4 |pages=199–202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eYx6EAAAQBAJ&dq=Paruman+Agung+bali+1938&pg=PA199 |language=en}}</ref> The first election to the DPRD was held in [[1955 Indonesian legislative election|1955]], with the [[Indonesian National Party]] winning the most votes and seats, followed by the [[Indonesian Socialist Party]] and the [[Indonesian Communist Party]].{{sfn|Geertz|2022|p=205}}

The legislature's current building was inaugurated in 1988, and was renovated after a fire in 2000. Prior to the current building, the legislature convened in a one-story building in the [[Sanur, Bali|Sanur]] area of Denpasar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gedung DPRD Bali |url=https://setiapgedung.id/2022/11/gedung-dprd-bali.html |website=setiapgedung.id |access-date=21 May 2024 |language=id |date=11 November 2022}}</ref>

==Membership composition==

==Membership composition==