Swiss Federal Assembly

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bicameral national legislature federal legislature parliament

The Swiss Federal Assembly is Switzerland’s bicameral national legislature, composed of the National Council and the Council of States, responsible for federal lawmaking and overseeing the federal government.

Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form As subject As object
Federal Assembly of Switzerland 0 10
Council of States (Switzerland) 0 2
Conseil des États 0 1
Consiglio degli Stati 0 1
Council of State of Switzerland 0 1
Council of States of Switzerland 0 1
Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation 0 1
National Council of Switzerland 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral national legislature →
federal legislature →
parliament →
budgetaryPower yes →
canCall extraordinary sessions →
canInitiateLegislation yes →
chamberType lower house: National Council →
upper house: Council of States →
country Switzerland →
electoralSystemForCouncilOfStates cantonal rules →
electoralSystemForNationalCouncil proportional representation →
establishedIn 1848 →
function amends the Federal Constitution →
approves federal budget →
approves international treaties →
elects federal judges →
elects members of the Federal Council →
elects the Federal Chancellor →
elects the General of the Swiss Army in time of war →
oversight of the Federal Council →
hasPart Council of States →
National Council →
jointSessionName Assemblée fédérale →
surface form: United Federal Assembly
jurisdiction Switzerland →
surface form: Swiss Confederation
language French →
German →
Italian →
Romansh language →
surface form: Romansh
legalBasis Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation →
legislativeFunction federal lawmaking →
location Bern →
meetsIn Federal Palace of Switzerland →
membersElectedBy Swiss electorate →
nativeName Assemblée fédérale →
surface form: Assamblea federala

Assemblée fédérale →
surface form: Assemblea federale

Assemblée fédérale →
Bundesversammlung →
numberOfHouses 2 →
officialName Swiss Federal Assembly self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Council of States →
President of the National Council →
sessionsPerYear 4 regular sessions →
supervises Federal Council →
federal administration →
termLengthCouncilOfStates 4 years →
termLengthNationalCouncil 4 years →
votingSystem cantonal election for Council of States →
popular election for National Council →
website https://www.parlament.ch →

Referenced by (23)

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

this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Cussegl federal → electedBy → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Swiss Federal Council → electedBy → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Swiss federal government → electedBy → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Federal Palace of Switzerland → governingBody → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Council of State of Switzerland
Romandy → hasParliamentaryRepresentation → Swiss Federal Assembly →
Federal Palace of Switzerland → houses → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: National Council of Switzerland
Federal Palace of Switzerland → houses → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Council of States of Switzerland
National Council → isLargerChamberOf → Swiss Federal Assembly →
subject surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Bern → isSeatOf → Swiss Federal Assembly →
Bern, Switzerland → isSeatOf → Swiss Federal Assembly →
subject surface form: Bern
Switzerland → legislativeBody → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Council of States → legislature → Swiss Federal Assembly →
National Council → meetsJointlyWith → Swiss Federal Assembly →
subject surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: Council of States (Switzerland)
Council of States → officialName → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Conseil des États
Council of States → officialName → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Consiglio degli Stati
Swiss Federal Assembly → officialName → Swiss Federal Assembly self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation
Council of States → partOf → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
National Council → partOf → Swiss Federal Assembly →
subject surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Swiss Federal Council → reportsTo → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Swiss Federal Council → responsibleTo → Swiss Federal Assembly →
this entity surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
National Council → sharesLegislativePowerWith → Swiss Federal Assembly →
subject surface form: National Council (Switzerland)
this entity surface form: Council of States (Switzerland)