People's Representative Council

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The People's Representative Council is the main legislative chamber of Indonesia's national parliament, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Indonesian people.

Observed surface forms (2)


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature
lower house
parliamentary chamber
authorityDerivedFrom Constitution of Indonesia
buildingStyle modernist architecture
continent Asia
country Indonesia
electoralSystem open-list proportional representation
establishedInYear 1950
hasCommittee Commission I
Commission II
Commission III
Commission IV
Commission IX
Commission V
Commission VI
Commission VII
Commission VIII
Commission X
Commission XI
hasJurisdiction Indonesia
hasPower budget approval
impeachment initiation
oversight of the executive branch
hasUpperHouse Regional Representative Council
hasWebsite https://www.dpr.go.id/
houseType elected chamber
languageOfWorkOrName Indonesian
lastElectionDate 2024-02-14
legislativeBodyOf Indonesia
surface form: Republic of Indonesia
locatedIn Jakarta
Java
Jakarta
surface form: Special Capital Region of Jakarta
mainFunction government oversight
lawmaking
representation of the people
meetsIn Parliament Complex, Senayan
nativeName Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat
numberOfMembers 580
oversees Government of Indonesia
partOf People's Consultative Assembly
passes laws
precededBy Central Indonesian National Committee
previousElectionDate 2019-04-17
sessionType commission meeting
plenary session
shortName DPR
termLength 5 years
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

Referenced by (5)

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

People's Consultative Assembly hasPart People's Representative Council
this entity surface form: House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia
Regional Representative Council isBicameralPartnerOf People's Representative Council
Indonesia lowerHouse People's Representative Council
People's Consultative Assembly nativeName People's Representative Council
this entity surface form: Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat
Regional Representative Council worksAlongside People's Representative Council