Senate of Greece

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The Senate of Greece was a 19th-century upper legislative chamber that functioned as part of the Greek parliamentary system under the early constitutional monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislature
legislative body
upper house
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Greece
constitutionalStatus body defined by the constitution
country Kingdom of Greece
establishedUnder early Greek constitutions
followedBy Hellenic Parliament
surface form: unicameral Parliament of Greece
governingBodyOf national legislative affairs
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
hasJurisdiction national legislation of the Kingdom of Greece
hasRole check on the lower house
participation in lawmaking
review of legislation
historicalRegion Balkans
historicalSignificance early experiment with bicameralism in modern Greece
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
legislativeBranchOf Kingdom of Greece
legislativeChamberType upper legislative chamber
legislativeProcess bicameral
locatedIn Greece
nativeLabel Γερουσία
partOf Hellenic Parliament
surface form: Parliament of Greece
politicalIdeologyContext 19th-century European constitutionalism
politicalSystem Greek parliamentary system
seat Athens
status abolished
timePeriod 19th century
typeOfParliamentaryBody second chamber

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Vouli (Chamber of Deputies) partOf Senate of Greece
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Kingdom of Greece
Vouli (Chamber of Deputies) coexistsWith Senate of Greece
this entity surface form: Senate of the Kingdom of Greece