Grand Council of Geneva

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cantonal parliament legislative body unicameral legislature

The Grand Council of Geneva is the unicameral legislative parliament of the Swiss canton of Geneva, responsible for making cantonal laws and overseeing the cantonal government.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Grand Council of Geneva canonical	3
Council of Geneva	1
Grand Conseil de Genève	1
Grand Conseil de la République et canton de Genève	1
Representative Council of Geneva	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cantonal parliament ⓘ legislative body ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation	GC ⓘ surface form: GC (informal)
buildingUsed	Geneva City Hall ⓘ surface form: Hôtel-de-Ville de Genève
chamber	unicameral ⓘ
convenesIn	Old Town of Geneva ⓘ surface form: Geneva Old Town
country	Switzerland ⓘ
electionInterval	every 5 years ⓘ
electoralSystem	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
electorate	citizens of the canton of Geneva ⓘ
elects	its president ⓘ
function	approves cantonal budget ⓘ elects certain cantonal officials ⓘ enacts cantonal laws ⓘ oversees cantonal administration ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommittee	parliamentary commissions ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	canton of Geneva ⓘ
hasPower	budgetary authority at cantonal level ⓘ cantonal legislative power ⓘ oversight of cantonal executive ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOversight	Council of State of Geneva ⓘ
inception	1847 ⓘ
isPartOf	Swiss political system ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Republic and Canton of Geneva ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	canton of Geneva ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	cantonal ⓘ
locatedIn	Geneva ⓘ canton of Geneva ⓘ
meetingPlace	Geneva City Hall ⓘ surface form: Hôtel-de-Ville, Geneva
nativeName	Grand Council of Geneva self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grand Conseil de la République et canton de Genève
numberOfMembers	100 ⓘ
officeHeldByMember	President of the Grand Council of Geneva ⓘ
officialLanguage	French ⓘ
oversees	Council of State of Geneva ⓘ
partOf	Council of State of Geneva ⓘ surface form: cantonal authorities of Geneva political system of the canton of Geneva ⓘ
precededBy	Grand Council of Geneva self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Representative Council of Geneva
sessionType	plenary sessions ⓘ
shortName	Grand Council of Geneva self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grand Conseil de Genève
supervises	Council of State of Geneva ⓘ surface form: cantonal government of Geneva
termLength	5 years ⓘ
uses	party groups (parliamentary groups) ⓘ
votingSystem	proportional representation ⓘ
website	https://grandconseil.ch ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

canton of Geneva → highestGoverningBody → Grand Council of Geneva ⓘ

Grand Council of Geneva → nativeName → Grand Council of Geneva self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Conseil de la République et canton de Genève

Grand Council of Geneva → shortName → Grand Council of Geneva self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Conseil de Genève

Grand Council of Geneva → precededBy → Grand Council of Geneva self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Representative Council of Geneva

Council of State of Geneva → legislativePartner → Grand Council of Geneva ⓘ

Genevan Academy → foundedBy → Grand Council of Geneva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Geneva

Constitution of the Republic and Canton of Geneva → establishes → Grand Council of Geneva ⓘ