Vice-President of the House of Councillors

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leadership position in the National Diet of Japan parliamentary office political position

The Vice-President of the House of Councillors is a senior parliamentary officer in Japan’s National Diet who assists and can act in place of the chamber’s President in presiding over legislative proceedings.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Vice President of the House of Councillors	1
Vice-Presidents of the House of Councillors	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	leadership position in the National Diet of Japan ⓘ parliamentary office ⓘ political position ⓘ
appointedBy	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
belongsToChamber	upper house of the National Diet of Japan ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of Japan ⓘ
canActInPlaceOf	President of the House of Councillors ⓘ
category	Japanese parliamentary titles ⓘ Offices in the National Diet of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
electedBy	members of the House of Councillors ⓘ
equivalentOffice	Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
governmentalBodyType	bicameral legislature ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction	Government of Japan ⓘ
hasDuties	assisting in the administration of the House of Councillors ⓘ participating in the House’s leadership conferences ⓘ standing in for the President during absences ⓘ
hasRank	senior officer of the House of Councillors ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	deputy to the President of the House of Councillors ⓘ
isPartOfSystem	Japanese constitutional monarchy ⓘ
isPositionIn	Japanese parliamentary system ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Tokyo ⓘ
officeCreatedIn	postwar Constitution of Japan era ⓘ
officeHolderRole	assists the President of the House of Councillors ⓘ helps maintain order in the chamber ⓘ helps manage legislative proceedings ⓘ presides over plenary sittings in the absence of the President ⓘ represents the House of Councillors in certain official functions ⓘ
officeScope	national ⓘ
officeType	deputy presiding officer ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
partOf	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan National Diet ⓘ surface form: National Diet of Japan
positionHeldIn	House of Councillors ⓘ surface form: House of Councillors of Japan
requiredQualification	member of the House of Councillors ⓘ
residence	Tokyo ⓘ
seat	National Diet Building ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by the House of Councillors ⓘ
subordinateTo	President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

President of the House of Councillors → hasDeputy → Vice-President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vice President of the House of Councillors

House of Councillors → hasDeputyPresidingOfficer → Vice-President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

House of Councillors chamber → usedBy → Vice-President of the House of Councillors ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vice-Presidents of the House of Councillors