Congress of the Republic of Peru

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national legislature parliament unicameral legislature

The Congress of the Republic of Peru is the country’s unicameral national legislature, responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the Peruvian people.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Congreso de la República del Perú 1
Congress of Peru 1
Legislative Branch of Peru 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
canDissolveBy President of Peru ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of the State ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
countryCapital Lima ⓘ
electoralSystem open list proportional representation ⓘ
electorate Peruvian citizens ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Peru ⓘ
surface form: 1993 Constitution of Peru
foundationDate 1993 ⓘ
governmentBranch Congress of the Republic of Peru self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Legislative branch of Peru
hasCommittee Budget and General Account Committee ⓘ
Constitution and Regulation Committee ⓘ
Foreign Relations Committee ⓘ
hasLeader President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
leaderTitle President of Congress ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Peru ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Peru
location Lima ⓘ
meetingCity Lima ⓘ
meetingPlace Legislative Palace of Peru ⓘ
memberTitle Congressman ⓘ
Congresswoman ⓘ
Member of Congress ⓘ
nativeName Congress of the Republic of Peru self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Congreso de la República del Perú
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 130 ⓘ
oversees Council of Ministers of Peru ⓘ
President of the Council of Ministers of Peru ⓘ
power to amend the Constitution ⓘ
to authorize troop movements abroad and foreign troops in Peru ⓘ
to censure ministers ⓘ
to pass laws ⓘ
precededBy Bicameral Congress of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Peru

Bicameral Congress of Peru ⓘ
surface form: Senate of Peru
replaces Bicameral Congress of Peru ⓘ
responsibility approval of the national budget ⓘ
constitutional reform ⓘ
granting or denying confidence to the Cabinet ⓘ
impeachment of high officials ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
ratification of international treaties ⓘ
representation of the Peruvian people ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
shortName Congress of the Republic of Peru self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Congress of Peru
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Coat of arms of Peru → adoptedBy → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
President of Congress → appointedBy → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
subject surface form: President of Congress of the Republic of Peru
Constitutional Court of Peru → appointmentBy → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
President of the Council of Ministers of Peru → checkedBy → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Constitution of Peru → establishes → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
this entity surface form: unicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru
Bicameral Congress of Peru → functionedBefore → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
this entity surface form: current unicameral Congress of Peru
Congress of the Republic of Peru → governmentBranch → Congress of the Republic of Peru self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Peru
Government of Peru → hasBranch → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Branch of Peru
Central Coast of Peru → hostsInstitution → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Lima → hostsInstitution → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Budget and General Account Committee → jurisdiction → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Budget and General Account Committee → legislativeBody → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Foreign Relations Committee → legislativeBody → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
subject surface form: Foreign Relations Committee (Peruvian Congress)
Government of Peru → legislativeBody → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
President of Congress → legislativeBody → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
subject surface form: President of Congress of the Republic of Peru
Constitution and Regulation Committee → legislativeBodyOf → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Peru → legislature → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Congress of the Republic of Peru → nativeName → Congress of the Republic of Peru self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congreso de la República del Perú
President of the Council of Ministers of Peru → oversightBy → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Budget and General Account Committee → partOf → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Constitution and Regulation Committee → partOf → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Foreign Relations Committee → partOf → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
subject surface form: Foreign Relations Committee (Peruvian Congress)
President of Congress → positionHeldInOrganization → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
subject surface form: President of Congress of the Republic of Peru
Bicameral Congress of Peru → replacedBy → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
President of Congress → reportsTo → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
subject surface form: President of Congress of the Republic of Peru
this entity surface form: plenary of the Congress of the Republic of Peru
Council of Ministers of Peru → responsibleTo → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
Congress of the Republic of Peru → shortName → Congress of the Republic of Peru self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of Peru
Bicameral Congress of Peru → succeededBy → Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
this entity surface form: unicameral Congress of Peru