Council of States

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component of the Swiss Federal Assembly legislative chamber upper house

The Council of States is the smaller chamber of the Swiss Federal Assembly, representing the cantons at the national legislative level.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Council of States canonical	8
Council of States chamber	3
Council of States in relations with the National Council	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of the Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ legislative chamber ⓘ upper house ⓘ
buildingStyle	neo-Renaissance (Federal Palace) ⓘ
chamberType	smaller chamber ⓘ
coequalWith	National Council ⓘ
compositionPrinciple	representation of cantons ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
electoralDistrict	Swiss cantons ⓘ
establishedInYear	1848 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	yes ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	federal budget ⓘ federal legislation ⓘ international treaties of Switzerland ⓘ
languageUsed	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh language ⓘ surface form: Romansh
legislativeBodyOf	Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
legislativeProcessRole	must approve federal laws together with the National Council ⓘ
legislature	Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
location	Bern ⓘ
meetsIn	Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Council of States chamber, Federal Palace
membersCalled	Councillors of States ⓘ
memberSelection	elected in cantonal elections ⓘ
numberOfMembers	46 ⓘ
officialName	Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ surface form: Conseil des États Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ surface form: Consiglio degli Stati Council of States self-link ⓘ Cussegl dals Stadis ⓘ Ständerat ⓘ
partOf	Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Council of States ⓘ
represents	Swiss cantons ⓘ Swiss half-cantons ⓘ
seat	Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ
sessionFrequency	regular sessions several times per year ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
votingSystem	majoritarian voting system ⓘ
website	https://www.parlament.ch ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Switzerland → upperHouse → Council of States ⓘ

Swiss Federal Assembly → hasPart → Council of States ⓘ

Council of States → officialName → Council of States self-link ⓘ

Bundesversammlung → hasChamber → Council of States ⓘ

President of the Council of States → represents → Council of States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of States in relations with the National Council

Conseil national → meetsJointlyWith → Council of States ⓘ

Cussegl naziunal → hasUpperHouse → Council of States ⓘ

Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) → upperHouse → Council of States ⓘ

subject surface form: Confoederatio Helvetica

Ständerat → EnglishName → Council of States ⓘ

Palais fédéral → hasChamber → Council of States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of States chamber

Bundeshaus → hasChamber → Council of States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of States chamber

Chasa federala → hasChamber → Council of States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of States chamber