Parliament of Morocco

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Parliament of Morocco is the bicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Morocco, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
branchOf legislative branch of Morocco ⓘ
budgetaryPower votes on Finance Bill of Morocco ⓘ
building Parliament Building, Rabat ⓘ
canDissolve House of Representatives of Morocco ⓘ
capitalOfCountry Rabat ⓘ
compositionTypeUpperHouse representatives of local authorities, professional chambers, and employees ⓘ
constitutionalMonarchyContext operates within a constitutional monarchy headed by the King of Morocco ⓘ
constitutionalStatus defined by the Constitution of Morocco ⓘ
coordinates 34.020°N 6.836°W ⓘ
country Morocco ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Morocco

Morocco ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse mixed-member proportional representation ⓘ
elects some members of the Constitutional Court of Morocco ⓘ
hasComponent House of Councillors of Morocco ⓘ
House of Representatives of Morocco ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Morocco ⓘ
inception 1963 ⓘ
languageUsed Amazigh ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Government of Morocco ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Morocco
legislativeChamber House of Councillors of Morocco ⓘ
House of Representatives of Morocco ⓘ
location Rabat ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Morocco ⓘ
meetsIn Rabat ⓘ
meetsInSession ordinary sessions ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
ordinarySessionFrequency twice a year ⓘ
presidingOfficerLowerHouseTitle Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: President of the House of Representatives
presidingOfficerUpperHouseTitle President of the House of Councillors ⓘ
reestablished 1996 ⓘ
replaces House of Councillors of Morocco ⓘ
surface form: Consultative Assembly of Morocco
role budget approval ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
ratification of international treaties ⓘ
subjectToDissolutionBy Mohammed V of Morocco ⓘ
surface form: King of Morocco
supervises Government of Morocco ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 5 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 6 years ⓘ
upperHouse House of Councillors of Morocco ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse indirect election ⓘ
website http://www.parlement.ma/ ⓘ

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

Government of Morocco → coexistsWith → Parliament of Morocco ⓘ
Government of Morocco → collaboratesWith → Parliament of Morocco ⓘ
subject surface form: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra
Government of Morocco → hasElectionsFor → Parliament of Morocco ⓘ
Rabat → isSeatOf → Parliament of Morocco ⓘ