Conseil national

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Conseil national is the French name for Switzerland’s National Council, the lower house of the Federal Assembly and one of the country’s two federal legislative chambers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nationalrat 8
National Council (Switzerland) 6
Conseil national canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland
lower house of parliament
belongsTo federal level of government
compositionPrinciple proportional to population of cantons
constitutionalArticle Articles 149–153 of the Swiss Federal Constitution
constitutionalBasis Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation
country Switzerland
electoralDistricts Swiss cantons
electoralFrequency every 4 years
electorate Swiss citizens
establishedInYear 1848
hasChamber Swiss Federal Assembly
surface form: Conseil des États
hasCommitteeSystem standing committees
hasPower amend federal legislation
approve international treaties
elect members of the Federal Council (jointly with Council of States)
initiate federal legislation
houseType lower house
jointSessionName Assemblée fédérale
surface form: United Federal Assembly
languageUsed French
German
Italian
Romansh language
surface form: Romansh
legislativeBodyOf Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
surface form: Swiss Confederation
legislativeFunction budget approval
federal law-making
federal oversight
locatedIn Bern
meetsFrequency regular sessions annually
meetsIn Federal Palace of Switzerland
meetsJointlyWith Council of States
minimumSeatsPerCanton 1
numberOfMembers 200
officialName Conseil national self-link
National Council
Conseil national self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nationalrat
partOf Swiss Federal Assembly
surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
presidingOfficerTitle President of the National Council
represents Swiss population
sessionLocation Federal Palace of Switzerland
surface form: National Council chamber, Federal Palace
supervises Federal Council
federal administration
federal courts
termLength 4 years
votingAge 18
votingSystem proportional representation

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Referenced by (17)

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

National Council nativeName Conseil national
subject surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
Bundesversammlung hasChamber Conseil national
this entity surface form: Nationalrat
Assemblée fédérale hasPart Conseil national
Assemblée fédérale hasPart Conseil national
this entity surface form: Nationalrat
Assemblée fédérale hasPart Conseil national
this entity surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
Parlament hasPart Conseil national
this entity surface form: Nationalrat
Parlament lowerHouse Conseil national
this entity surface form: Nationalrat
Cussegl dals Stadis hasLegislativePowerWith Conseil national
this entity surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
Cussegl dals Stadis hasEqualPowersAs Conseil national
this entity surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
President of the National Council partOf Conseil national
subject surface form: President of the National Council (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
President of the National Council chamber Conseil national
subject surface form: President of the National Council (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
Conseil national officialName Conseil national self-link
Conseil national officialName Conseil national self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nationalrat
Cussegl naziunal correspondsTo Conseil national
this entity surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
Ständerat hasSisterChamber Conseil national
this entity surface form: Nationalrat
Ständerat legislativePeriodSynchronizedWith Conseil national
this entity surface form: Nationalrat
Ständerat legislativePowerSharedWith Conseil national
this entity surface form: Nationalrat