Council of the Nation

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The Council of the Nation is the upper chamber of Algeria’s bicameral parliament, responsible for reviewing and approving legislation alongside the lower house.

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Surface form Occurrences
Conseil de la Nation 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
upper house of parliament
appointingAuthority President of Algeria
belongsToGovernmentBranch legislative branch
canInitiateLegislation yes
chamberType upper chamber
constitutionalStatus constitutional institution of Algeria
country Algeria
establishedBy Constitution of Algeria
fractionAppointed one-third of members
fractionElected two-thirds of members
function examining bills adopted by the lower house
participating in constitutional revision procedures
proposing amendments to legislation
representing territorial collectivities
hasCommittee standing committees
hasLegislativePower yes
hasRegulations internal rules of procedure
hasRole approving legislation
reviewing legislation
jurisdiction Algeria
legislativeSystem bicameral parliament
location Algiers
lowerHouse People's National Assembly
meetsIn Algiers
meetsInBuildingType parliament building
memberSelectionMethod indirect election by local and regional assemblies
presidential appointment for one-third of seats
nativeName Council of the Nation self-linksurface differs
surface form: Conseil de la Nation

Shura Council
surface form: Majlis al-Umma
numberOfMembers 144
officialLanguageUsed Arabic
Tamazight
oversightFunction creating commissions of inquiry
questioning the government
partOf Parliament of Algeria
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Council of the Nation
renewalPattern half of the members renewed every 3 years
represents wilayas of Algeria
requiresForAdoption absolute or qualified majorities depending on the text
sessionType extraordinary sessions
ordinary sessions
termLength 6 years
typeOfLegislationReviewed finance laws
ordinary laws
organic laws
votingSystem indirect election and presidential appointment
worksAlongside People's National Assembly

Referenced by (7)

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

Parliament of Algeria hasPart Council of the Nation
People's National Assembly hasUpperHouse Council of the Nation
Parliament of Algeria houseName Council of the Nation
Council of the Nation nativeName Council of the Nation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Conseil de la Nation
Government of Algeria sharesPowerWith Council of the Nation
Algeria upperHouse Council of the Nation
Parliament of Algeria upperHouse Council of the Nation