House of Representatives of Yemen

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Representatives of Yemen is the country's elected lower legislative chamber responsible for making national laws and overseeing the executive branch.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
House of Representatives of Yemen canonical	2
Parliament of Yemen	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ lower house of parliament ⓘ
affectedBy	Yemeni Civil War ⓘ
budgetaryPower	approves state budget ⓘ monitors public expenditure ⓘ
composition	elected members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Yemen ⓘ
constitutionalPower	proposes constitutional amendments ⓘ
country	Yemen ⓘ
electionPostponementsReason	political instability ⓘ security situation ⓘ
electoralDistrictBasis	geographic constituencies ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ multi-member constituencies ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm	1990 ⓘ
governmentTypeContext	unitary republic ⓘ
hasChamber	Shura Council of Yemen ⓘ
historicalContext	created after unification of North Yemen and South Yemen ⓘ
jurisdiction	Yemen ⓘ surface form: Republic of Yemen
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ
lastGeneralElectionBeforeMajorConflict	2003 ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	House of Representatives of Yemen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Yemen
legislativeProcess	approves state budget ⓘ passes laws ⓘ ratifies international treaties ⓘ
meetingPlaceBeforeConflict	Parliament building in Sana'a ⓘ Sanaʽa ⓘ surface form: Sana'a
minimumAgeOfCandidates	25 years ⓘ
minimumAgeOfVoters	18 years ⓘ
numberOfMembers	301 ⓘ
oversightFunction	can withdraw confidence from the government ⓘ questions government ministers ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Yemen ⓘ
power	approves government program ⓘ can question cabinet members ⓘ can question the Prime Minister ⓘ proposes and amends legislation ⓘ
predecessor	People's Council of the Yemen Arab Republic ⓘ Supreme People's Council of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen ⓘ
relatedPoliticalSystem	multi-party system ⓘ
responsibleFor	representing Yemeni citizens at the national level ⓘ
role	enacts national legislation ⓘ oversees the executive branch of Yemen ⓘ
selectionMethod	direct popular vote ⓘ
statusDuringConflict	divided between rival political authorities ⓘ
supervises	implementation of laws ⓘ
termLength	6 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature	unicameral in practice during some periods ⓘ
votingSystemType	majoritarian ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yemen → hasLegislature → House of Representatives of Yemen ⓘ

House of Representatives of Yemen → legislativeBranchOf → House of Representatives of Yemen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Yemen

Government of Yemen → legislativeBranch → House of Representatives of Yemen ⓘ