National Assembly of Togo

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The National Assembly of Togo is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Togolese Republic.

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Label Occurrences
National Assembly of Togo canonical 1
Togolese National Assembly 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliament
unicameral legislature
approves state budget
belongsTo Francophone parliamentary tradition
canAmend bills
canInterpellate government ministers
canPropose bills
capitalOfJurisdiction Lomé
constitutionalRole legislative power
oversight of executive power
country Togo
countryGainedIndependenceFrom France
electoralConstituencies multi-member constituencies
electoralSystem party-list proportional representation
establishedInPeriod post-independence era
governsFor Togo
surface form: Togolese Republic
hasAuthorityOver national legislation
hasCommittee standing committees
hasMembersCalled deputies
hasPower to pass motions of censure
houseType unicameral
jurisdiction Togo
surface form: Togolese Republic
languageUsed French
legalSystemContext civil law system of Togo
legislativeBranchOf Government of Togo
location Lomé
mainFunction budget approval
government oversight
lawmaking
representation of citizens
meetsIn Lomé
meetsInBuilding National Assembly building in Lomé
numberOfHouses 1
oversees Government of Togo
partOf political system of Togo
passes laws
region West Africa
represents Togolese people
sessionType plenary sessions
supervises implementation of laws
termLength 5 years
typeOfParliament national parliament
votingSystem proportional representation

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Togo legislature National Assembly of Togo
Lomé isSeatOf National Assembly of Togo
this entity surface form: Togolese National Assembly