Other Systems
Member of Parliament can be the term (often a translation) for representatives in other parliamentary democracies that do not follow the Westminster system and who are usually referred to in a different fashion such as Deputé in France, Diputado, Deputado in Portugal and Brazil, Mitglied des Bundestages (MdB) in Germany. However, better translations are often possible.
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