Dutch Senate

E34170
legislative body upper house of parliament

The Dutch Senate is the upper house of the States General of the Netherlands, responsible for reviewing and approving legislation passed by the lower house.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Senate of the Netherlands 58
Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal 6
Dutch Senate canonical 3

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
canDismissCabinet no ⓘ
canInitiateLegislation no ⓘ
canPassMotions yes ⓘ
constitutionalMonarchInSystem King of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the Netherlands
constitutionalStatus chamber of the States General ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
electoralCollege electoral colleges for the Caribbean Netherlands ⓘ
provincial councillors ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the Netherlands ⓘ
hasRole approves legislation ⓘ
exercises legislative oversight ⓘ
reviews legislation ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of the Netherlands (European part)
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
legislativePower can approve bills ⓘ
can reject bills ⓘ
cannot amend bills ⓘ
locatedIn Netherlands ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
mainFunction chamber of reflection ⓘ
meetsIn Binnenhof ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Binnenhof ⓘ
surface form: Senate chamber at the Binnenhof
membersMayHoldOtherOffices yes ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage nl ⓘ
numberOfMembers 75 ⓘ
officialName Dutch Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
oversees government policy through scrutiny of legislation ⓘ
partOf States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
partOfSystem parliamentary democracy of the Netherlands ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
reviews legislation passed by the House of Representatives ⓘ
sessionType part-time legislature ⓘ
shortName Dutch Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eerste Kamer

First Chamber ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem indirect election ⓘ
website https://www.eerstekamer.nl ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

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

The Hague → contains → Dutch Senate ⓘ
Government of the Netherlands → hasUpperHousePartner → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
States General → hasPart → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: States General of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
States General → legislativeChamber → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: States General of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
States General → upperHouse → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: States General of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
First Chamber → officialName → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
First Chamber → shortName → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eerste Kamer
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy → representedIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Binnenhof → occupant → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Rutte II cabinet → upperHouse → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
VVD → representedIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment → reportsTo → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
House of Representatives of the Netherlands → hasUpperHouse → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Rutte IV cabinet → upperChamber → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
GroenLinks → parliamentaryGroupIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Dutch Senate → officialName → Dutch Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Dutch Senate → shortName → Dutch Senate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eerste Kamer
Constitution of the Netherlands → definesLegislativeChamber → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Prinsjesdag → associatedWith → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Senate → officialName → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
Senate → shortName → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
this entity surface form: Eerste Kamer
Senate → shortName → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
House of Representatives → upperHouse → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Representatives (Netherlands)
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Anti-Revolutionary Party → representedIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands → upperHouse → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Labour Party → parliamentaryGroupIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Labour Party (Netherlands)
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
CDA → parliamentaryRepresentation → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
PVV → parliamentaryGroupIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Party for Freedom
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
PVV → hasRepresentativeBody → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Party for Freedom
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Christian Democratic Appeal → parliamentaryGroupIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Party for Freedom → hasParliamentaryGroupIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Party for Freedom → representedIn → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie → parliamentaryRepresentation → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Advisory Division of the Council of State → worksWith → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Democrats 66 → hasRepresentativeBody → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Christian Union → parliamentaryRepresentation → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
VVD–D66–CDA–CU → legislature → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Second Balkenende cabinet → upperHouse → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Third Balkenende cabinet → upperHouse → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
First Chamber of the States General → followedBy → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Thom de Graaf → legislativeBody → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Throne Speech of 1901 → toChamber → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
GL → parliamentaryRepresentation → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: GroenLinks
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Dutch provincial elections → indirectlyElect → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Council of Ministers → collectivelyAccountableTo → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (Netherlands)
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Rules of Procedure of the States General → appliesToChamber → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
Rules of Procedure of the States General → adoptedBy → Dutch Senate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
President of the Senate → legislativeBody → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate (Netherlands)
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
President of the Senate → chambersPresidedOver → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate (Netherlands)
this entity surface form: Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
President of the Senate → appointedBy → Dutch Senate ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate (Netherlands)
this entity surface form: Senate of the Netherlands