Palestinian Legislative Council

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legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

The Palestinian Legislative Council is the elected parliamentary body that serves as the primary law-making institution of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Palestinian Legislative Council canonical 22
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council 2
Palestinian Legislative Council building (unfinished) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Gaza Strip ⓘ
West Bank ⓘ
canRemoveFromOffice Palestinian government ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Authority ministers
confersVoteOfConfidenceOn Palestinian government ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Authority cabinet
constitutionalRole primary law-making institution of the Palestinian Authority ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
electoralDistricts 16 multi-member districts (1996 system) ⓘ
elects Palestinian government ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Authority government
firstElectionDate 1996-01-20 ⓘ
foundedBy Palestine Liberation Organization ⓘ
hasCommittee Budget and Finance Committee ⓘ
Legal Committee ⓘ
Political Committee ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver budget approval for Palestinian Authority ⓘ
civil law in Palestinian Authority areas ⓘ
criminal law in Palestinian Authority areas ⓘ
oversight of Palestinian Authority executive branch ⓘ
hasSpeaker Aziz Dweik ⓘ
headquartersLocation Ramallah ⓘ
inception 1994 ⓘ
largestPartyIn2006Election Hamas ⓘ
lastGeneralElectionDate 2006-01-25 ⓘ
legalBasis Oslo Accords ⓘ
Palestinian Basic Law ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Palestinian government ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Authority
legislativeTerm 4 years ⓘ
locatedIn Palestinian territories ⓘ
meetingPlace Palestinian Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council building, Ramallah
numberOfMembers 132 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
oversightFunction monitoring performance of Palestinian Authority ministries ⓘ
partOf Palestinian government ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian National Authority
previousSpeaker Ahmed Qurei ⓘ
Rafiq al-Natsheh ⓘ
Rawhi Fattouh ⓘ
reasonForInactivity Fatah–Hamas political split ⓘ
replaced Palestinian National Council in internal PA legislative role ⓘ
secondaryMeetingPlace Gaza City ⓘ
secondLargestPartyIn2006Election Fatah ⓘ
shortName PLC ⓘ
status largely inactive since 2007 ⓘ
votingSystem constituency-based voting ⓘ
mixed electoral system ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
website http://www.plc.ps/ ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

State of Palestine → legislature → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Palestinian Legislative Council → meetingPlace → Palestinian Legislative Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council building, Ramallah
Hanan Ashrawi → memberOf → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Palestinian government → hasComponent → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Palestinian government → legislativeBody → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Palestinian government → hasElectionsFor → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Ramallah → hasInstitution → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council buildings
PLC → officialName → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council
PLC → headOfGovernmentConfirmedBy → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council
Palestinian Basic Law → adoptedBy → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Palestinian Basic Law → establishes → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Budget and Finance Committee → partOf → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Budget and Finance Committee → locatedIn → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council headquarters
Budget and Finance Committee → reportsTo → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Ashrawi → memberOf → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Hanan Ashrawi
Ahmed Qurei → positionHeld → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Rawhi Fattouh → positionHeld → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
Palestinian Authority → hasLegislature → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
2006 Palestinian legislative election → electoralBody → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Palestinian National Council → relatedOrganization → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Mohammed Dahlan → memberOf → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Council of Ministers → collaboratesWith → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers (Palestine)
Marwan Barghouti → memberOf → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
ICHR → worksWith → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Khalida Jarrar → employer → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
Abu Dis → hasFeature → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council building (unfinished)
PA → hasLegislature → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Palestinian Authority
PNA → hasLegislature → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Palestinian National Authority
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate → hasPoliticalInstitution → Palestinian Legislative Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Legislative Council offices