States General

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bicameral legislature legislative body national parliament

The States General is the bicameral national parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Label Occurrences
States General canonical 6

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
national parliament ⓘ
ceremonialEvent Prinsjesdag ⓘ
composition bicameral parliament ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Constitution of the Netherlands ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutionally established legislature ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
countryGoverned Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor States General of the Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
hasMemberCount 150 members in the House of Representatives ⓘ
75 members in the Senate ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.staten-generaal.nl/ ⓘ
hasPart House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
Dutch Senate ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
hasSession joint session of both houses ⓘ
headOfGovernmentRoleConfirmedBy vote of confidence in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
inception 1815 ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Government of the Netherlands ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
Dutch Senate ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Netherlands ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of the Netherlands ⓘ
meetsAt Binnenhof ⓘ
surface form: Binnenhof complex in The Hague
meetsIn Binnenhof ⓘ
meetsInJointSessionFor throne speech on Prinsjesdag ⓘ
nativeName States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Staten-Generaal
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
onTopic budget of the Netherlands ⓘ
national legislation of the Netherlands ⓘ
oversight of the Government of the Netherlands ⓘ
precededBy States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: States General of the Dutch Republic
role approves national budget ⓘ
enacts laws ⓘ
exercises parliamentary oversight ⓘ
seat Binnenhof ⓘ
surface form: Binnenhof, The Hague
shortName States General self-linksurface differs ⓘ
typeOfParliament parliamentary representative democracy ⓘ
upperHouse Dutch Senate ⓘ
surface form: Senate of the Netherlands
votingSystemForLowerHouse party-list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemForUpperHouse indirect election by provincial councils ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Netherlands → legislature → States General ⓘ
States General of the Netherlands → shortName → States General ⓘ
States General → shortName → States General self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: States General of the Netherlands
Constitution of the Netherlands → containsChapter → States General ⓘ
Three Estates → relatedConcept → States General ⓘ
Ridderzaal → usedBy → States General ⓘ