People's Assembly of Syria

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The People's Assembly of Syria is the unicameral national parliament responsible for enacting laws and overseeing the government in the Syrian Arab Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government body
national parliament
unicameral legislature
abbreviation People's Assembly
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Syria
canQuestion Prime Minister of Syria
Syrian government
surface form: Syrian government ministers
capitalSeat Damascus
constitutionalRole legislative authority in Syria
country Syria
Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
governsTerritory territory of the Syrian Arab Republic
hasAuthorityOver national legislation in Syria
hasLegislativeProcess proposal, committee review, plenary debate, vote
hasNumberOfChambers 1
hasPower amends existing laws
approves government policy statements
can withdraw confidence from ministers
passes ordinary laws
hasRoleIn Syrian constitutional framework
hasSessionType extraordinary sessions
regular sessions
hasVotingSystem multi-member constituencies
party-list system with independents
isPartOf political system of Syria
isUnicameral true
jurisdiction Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
legalBasis Constitution of Syria
legislativeBranchOf Syrian government
surface form: Government of Syria
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time
mainFunction approving the state budget
enacting laws
overseeing the government
ratifying international treaties
representing the people
meetsIn Damascus
meetsInBuilding People's Assembly building in Damascus
monitors actions of the executive branch in Syria
nativeName People's Assembly of Syria self-linksurface differs
surface form: مجلس الشعب السوري
officialLanguage Arabic
oversees implementation of laws in Syria
regulates domestic policy through legislation
represents Syrian citizens
supervises Syrian government
surface form: Council of Ministers of Syria
termLength 4 years
typeOfParliament national-level legislature

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Syria legislature People's Assembly of Syria
Damascus isSeatOf People's Assembly of Syria
this entity surface form: Syrian Parliament
People's Assembly of Syria nativeName People's Assembly of Syria self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: مجلس الشعب السوري
Syrian government legislature People's Assembly of Syria
this entity surface form: People's Council of Syria
Constitution of Syria establishes People's Assembly of Syria
2007 Syrian presidential election approvedBy People's Assembly of Syria
this entity surface form: People's Council of Syria
Prime Minister of Syria worksWith People's Assembly of Syria
this entity surface form: People’s Council of Syria
National Progressive Front (through ruling party, in many periods) controls People's Assembly of Syria
subject surface form: National Progressive Front (Syria)
this entity surface form: Syrian legislature (de facto, for long periods)
National Progressive Front (through ruling party, in many periods) relatedTo People's Assembly of Syria
subject surface form: National Progressive Front (Syria)
this entity surface form: People's Council of Syria
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria partOf People's Assembly of Syria
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria highestRankIn People's Assembly of Syria
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria appointedBy People's Assembly of Syria
Speaker of the People's Assembly of Syria reportsTo People's Assembly of Syria
this entity surface form: People's Assembly of Syria as a collective body