Council of States

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chamber of the national legislature upper house of parliament

The Council of States is the upper chamber of South Sudan’s national legislature, representing the interests of the country’s states at the federal level.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Council of States canonical	1
council of states	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chamber of the national legislature ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ
associatedWith	Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan 2011 ⓘ surface form: Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan
compositionBasis	representation of the states ⓘ
country	South Sudan ⓘ
establishedInContextOf	post‑independence constitutional framework of South Sudan ⓘ
function	representation of state interests at the national level ⓘ review of legislation passed by the lower house ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of South Sudan ⓘ
hasChamberType	upper chamber ⓘ
jurisdiction	South Sudan ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Sudan
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legislativeRole	upper chamber of South Sudan’s national legislature ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal level ⓘ
meetsIn	Juba ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ
parallelChamber	Transitional National Legislative Assembly ⓘ
partOf	National Legislature of South Sudan ⓘ
politicalSystemContext	federal-style arrangement within a unitary state ⓘ
represents	states of South Sudan ⓘ
role	oversight of the executive on matters affecting states ⓘ participation in the law‑making process ⓘ safeguarding state interests in national legislation ⓘ
system	bicameral legislature of South Sudan ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation	territorial representation ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

South Sudan → upperHouse → Council of States ⓘ

Council of States of Sudan → hasChamberType → Council of States ⓘ

this entity surface form: council of states