Assembly of the Republic of Portugal

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The Assembly of the Republic of Portugal is the unicameral national parliament and primary legislative body of Portugal, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Portuguese people.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Assembly of the Republic of Portugal canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature ⓘ
unicameral national parliament ⓘ
appoints Prime Minister of Portugal (based on electoral results and political conditions) ⓘ
approves Government programme ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
budgetaryFunction debates and approves the State Budget ⓘ
buildingUsed Palácio de São Bento NERFINISHED ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
canDismiss Government of Portugal through motions of no confidence ⓘ
chamberType unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of sovereignty ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
electoralSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
elects Ombudsman (Provedor de Justiça) NERFINISHED ⓘ
members of other independent constitutional bodies ⓘ
some members of the Constitutional Court of Portugal ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentOversightFunction oversees the Government of Portugal ⓘ
hasJurisdiction national ⓘ
hasPower approval of the State Budget ⓘ
constitutional revision ⓘ
ratification of international treaties ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Cortes of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystemContext civil law system of Portugal ⓘ
legislativeFunction amends laws ⓘ
enacts laws ⓘ
primary legislative body of Portugal ⓘ
locatedIn Lisbon ⓘ
meetsIn Palácio de São Bento NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsInBuilding São Bento Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsInCity Lisbon NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName Assembleia da República NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
officialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
oversightInstrument interpellations to the Government ⓘ
motions of censure ⓘ
parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
written and oral questions to the Government ⓘ
predecessor Cortes Gerais NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Assembly (Estado Novo) NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Assembly of the Republic ⓘ
representationFunction represents the Portuguese people ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws by the Government ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation representative democracy ⓘ
votingSystem closed-list proportional representation ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Portuguese Communist Party → parliamentaryRepresentation → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
São Bento Square → associatedWith → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
CDU → hasParliamentaryRepresentation → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ