Austrian Parliament

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bicameral legislature federal legislative body

The Austrian Parliament is the bicameral federal legislative body of Austria, consisting primarily of the National Council and the Federal Council, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Federal Council of Austria	5
National Council of Austria	5
Parliament of Austria	5
National Council (Austria)	4
Austrian parliament	1
Federal Assembly of Austria	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ federal legislative body ⓘ
architecturalStyleOfBuilding	Greek Revival ⓘ
buildingArchitect	Theophil Hansen ⓘ
buildingCompletionYear	1883 ⓘ
buildingLocation	Ringstrasse, Vienna ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse	proportional representation ⓘ
establishedInYear	1920 ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommittee	special committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasPart	Federal Council ⓘ National Council ⓘ
jurisdiction	Austria ⓘ surface form: Republic of Austria
languageUsed	German ⓘ
legislativeChamber	Federal Council ⓘ National Council ⓘ
location	Vienna ⓘ
lowerHouse	National Council ⓘ
meetsIn	Austrian Parliament Building ⓘ surface form: Parliament Building, Vienna
meetsInBuilding	Austrian Parliament Building ⓘ
numberOfChambers	2 ⓘ
oversees	implementation of federal laws ⓘ
power	approves federal budget ⓘ can express no confidence in the federal government ⓘ elects certain federal officials ⓘ passes federal laws ⓘ
predecessor	Imperial Council (Reichsrat) ⓘ surface form: Imperial Council (Austria)
reestablishedInYear	1945 ⓘ
represents	Austrian people ⓘ federal provinces of Austria ⓘ
responsibleFor	federal legislation ⓘ overseeing the federal government of Austria ⓘ
sessionType	committee sessions ⓘ plenary sessions ⓘ
shortName	Parlament ⓘ
supervises	Austrian federal government ⓘ surface form: Federal Government of Austria
termLengthLowerHouse	5 years ⓘ
upperHouse	Federal Council ⓘ
website	https://www.parlament.gv.at ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

President of the Federal Council → appointedBy → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Austria

BR → cooperatesWith → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council of Austria

Federal Council Chamber in Parliament Building → governingBody → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Austria

Federal Council → hasLowerHouse → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Council (Austria)

this entity surface form: National Council (Austria)

Landtage of the Austrian federal states → higherLegislature → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Austria

Austrian Parliament Building → houses → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council of Austria

Austrian Parliament Building → houses → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Austria

BR → isBicameralPartnerOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council of Austria

Vienna → isSeatOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

National Council → jointBodyName → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: National Council (Austria)

this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Austria

Austrian federal government → legislativeBody → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

President of the Federal Council → legislativeBody → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Austria

Austria → legislature → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

Austrian federal government → lowerHouse → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council of Austria

Karl Renner → memberOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

Kurt Schuschnigg → memberOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

Wilhelm Miklas → memberOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council (Austria)

Federal Council Chamber in Parliament Building → occupant → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Austria

President of the Federal Council → parliamentaryBody → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

Wilhelm Miklas → parliamentaryBody → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council (Austria)

BR → partOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Austria

EK → partOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

Federal Council → partOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Council (Austria)

this entity surface form: Parliament of Austria

National Council → partOf → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: National Council (Austria)

this entity surface form: Parliament of Austria

Federal Chancellor of Austria → reportsTo → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

Wilhelm Miklas → representedIn → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council (Austria)

Austrian federal government → responsibleTo → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Council of Austria

Austrian federal government → upperHouse → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of Austria

Austrian Parliament Building → usedBy → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

coat of arms of the Republic of Austria → usedBy → Austrian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austrian parliament