People's National Assembly

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The People's National Assembly is the lower house of Algeria's bicameral parliament, responsible for drafting and passing national legislation.

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Surface form Occurrences
Assemblée populaire nationale 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governmental organization
legislative body
lower house of parliament
canBeDissolvedBy President of Algeria
compositionType elected body
constitutionalRole represents the Algerian people in the legislative process
constitutionalStatus one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Algeria
country Algeria
electoralDistricts multi-member constituencies within Algeria
electorate citizens of Algeria eligible to vote in legislative elections
establishedInPeriod post-independence Algeria
governmentBranch legislative branch of Algeria
hasCommitteeSystem special committees
standing committees
hasSpeaker President of the People's National Assembly
hasUpperHouse Council of the Nation
houseType lower house
jurisdiction Algeria
languageOfProceedings Arabic
Tamazight
surface form: Tamazight (Amazigh)
legalBasis Constitution of Algeria
legislativeFunction drafts national legislation
passes national legislation
meetingPlace People's National Assembly building, Algiers
meetsIn Algiers
meetsInCapital true
nativeNameLanguage ar
fr
numberOfChambersInParliament 2
officialName People's National Assembly self-linksurface differs
surface form: Assemblée populaire nationale

People's National Assembly self-link
oversightMechanism committees of inquiry
parliamentary questions to the government
partOf Parliament of Algeria
power amends legislation
initiates legislation
oversees the executive branch through questions and hearings
votes on legislation
replaced Parliament of Algeria
surface form: National Assembly of Algeria (earlier unicameral body)
responsibility adoption of the state budget
passing ordinary laws
passing organic laws
ratification of certain international agreements
roleInGovernmentFormation participates indirectly through confidence and oversight of the government
sessionType ordinary sessions and extraordinary sessions
termLength 5 years
typeOfLegislature bicameral parliament lower chamber
votingSystem multi-member proportional representation

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Parliament of Algeria hasPart People's National Assembly
Parliament of Algeria houseName People's National Assembly
Algeria legislature People's National Assembly
Council of the Nation lowerHouse People's National Assembly
Parliament of Algeria lowerHouse People's National Assembly
People's National Assembly officialName People's National Assembly self-link
People's National Assembly officialName People's National Assembly self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Assemblée populaire nationale
Government of Algeria sharesPowerWith People's National Assembly
Council of the Nation worksAlongside People's National Assembly