National Assembly of Burkina Faso

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The National Assembly of Burkina Faso is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in Burkina Faso.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliament
unicameral legislature
branchOf legislative branch
budgetaryPowerOver state budget of Burkina Faso
buildingType parliament building
canDissolve no, cannot dissolve itself unilaterally (under normal constitutional order)
canInterpellate government ministers of Burkina Faso
capitalOfJurisdiction Ouagadougou
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ
continentOfJurisdiction Africa
country Burkina Faso
countryCallingCodeContext BF
elects President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso
establishedForJurisdiction Burkina Faso
surface form: Republic of Burkina Faso
governmentType unicameral
hasAuthorityOver national legislation
hasJurisdiction Burkina Faso
hasLegislativeCompetenceIn civil and criminal law of Burkina Faso
national policy
public finance
hasOfficialLanguage French
hasPart parliamentary committees
hasSeats 127
hasWebsite official website of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso
houseType unicameral house
legalSystemContext civil law system of Burkina Faso
legislativeBranchOf government of Burkina Faso
surface form: Government of Burkina Faso
locatedInCountry Burkina Faso
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ouagadougou
meetsIn Ouagadougou
meetsInTimeZone UTC+0
nativeName National Assembly of Burkina Faso self-linksurface differs
surface form: Assemblée nationale du Burkina Faso
officialLanguageUsed French
oversees government of Burkina Faso
surface form: Government of Burkina Faso
precededBy National Assembly of Upper Volta
represents citizens of Burkina Faso
role government oversight
lawmaking
representation of the people
sessionType extraordinary sessions
ordinary sessions
shortName National Assembly
supervises implementation of laws in Burkina Faso
termLength 5 years
usesVotingSystemForElections proportional representation
votingSystem multi-member constituencies
party-list proportional representation

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Burkina Faso nationalAssemblyName National Assembly of Burkina Faso
Centre Region hostsInstitution National Assembly of Burkina Faso
this entity surface form: Burkina Faso National Assembly
National Assembly of Burkina Faso nativeName National Assembly of Burkina Faso self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Assemblée nationale du Burkina Faso