Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of Paraguay’s bicameral National Congress, responsible for legislating and representing the country’s population through elected deputies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
canApprove international treaties
canImpeach certain public officials
canInitiate legislation
country Paraguay
electoralSystem proportional representation
elects its own president
its own vice presidents
governedBy Constitution of Paraguay
hasConstituencies Capital district of Asunción
Paraguayan departments
hasHouseType lower house
hasLegislature Congress of Paraguay
hasNumberOfMembers 80
hasOfficialLanguage Guaraní
Spanish
hasSessionType extraordinary sessions
ordinary sessions
hasUpperHouse Chamber of Senators of Paraguay
hasVotingSystem party-list proportional representation
hasWebsite official website of the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
isChamberOf Congress of Paraguay
surface form: National Congress of Paraguay
jurisdiction Paraguay
surface form: Republic of Paraguay
legislativeBranchOf Paraguay
legislativePower national legislation of Paraguay
meetsIn Asunción
meetsInBuilding Palacio del Congreso
membersElectedBy popular vote
membersTitle deputies
nativeName Chamber of Deputies
surface form: Cámara de Diputados
nativeNameLanguage es
partOf Congress of Paraguay
surface form: National Congress of Paraguay
represents population of Paraguay
responsibleFor approving the national budget
oversight of the executive branch
passing laws
role government oversight
lawmaking
representation of the people
termLength 5 years
typeOfParliament bicameral legislature component
votingAgeForElectors 18 years

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Paraguay lowerHouse Chamber of Deputies