Landtag of Lower Saxony

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The Landtag of Lower Saxony is the unicameral state parliament responsible for enacting laws and overseeing the government of the German federal state of Lower Saxony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
state parliament
unicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Lower Saxony
buildingLocatedIn Mitte, Hanover
surface form: Hanover city centre
coatOfArmsUsed Arms of the Kingdom of Hanover
surface form: Coat of arms of Lower Saxony
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Lower Saxony
country Germany
electionInterval 5 years
elects Minister-President of Lower Saxony
governingBodyOf Land of Lower Saxony in legislative matters
hasAbbreviation Landtag of Lower Saxony self-linksurface differs
surface form: Niedersächsischer Landtag
hasAuthorityOver state budget of Lower Saxony
state legislation in Lower Saxony
hasCommitteeType special committees
standing committees
hasLegislativePeriodNumbering electoral terms numbered sequentially
hasNumberOfHouses 1
hasOfficialLanguage German
hasPower amendment of state constitution within federal limits
approval of state budget
initiation of state legislation
vote of no confidence in Minister-President
hasSeats 146
hasSessionType plenary sessions
hasTypeOfMembers directly elected constituency members
list members
headOfGovernmentChosenBy Minister-President of Lower Saxony
houseType unicameral
inception 1947
isElectedBy citizens of Lower Saxony
isPartOf federal system of Germany
isSubjectTo Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
jurisdiction public law of Lower Saxony
legislativeBodyFor Lower Saxony
location Hanover
mainFunction enacting state laws
overseeing the state government of Lower Saxony
meetsIn Leineschloss
meetsInCapital capital of Lower Saxony, Hanover
nativeLabel Landtag of Lower Saxony self-linksurface differs
surface form: Niedersächsischer Landtag
oversees State Government of Lower Saxony
partOf political system of Lower Saxony
replaces provincial parliaments of predecessor territories in Lower Saxony
termLength 5 years
votingSystem mixed-member proportional representation

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Minister-President of Lower Saxony appointedBy Landtag of Lower Saxony
Minister-President of Lower Saxony electedBy Landtag of Lower Saxony
Landtag of Lower Saxony hasAbbreviation Landtag of Lower Saxony self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Niedersächsischer Landtag
Leineschloss hasParliament Landtag of Lower Saxony
Leineschloss houses Landtag of Lower Saxony
this entity surface form: Lower Saxony state parliament
Lower Saxony legislativeBody Landtag of Lower Saxony
Doris Schröder-Köpf memberOf Landtag of Lower Saxony
Landtag of Lower Saxony nativeLabel Landtag of Lower Saxony self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Niedersächsischer Landtag