Parliament of Algeria

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Parliament of Algeria is the country’s bicameral national legislature, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
National Assembly of Algeria (earlier unicameral body) 1
Parlement algérien 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
branchOf Algeria ⓘ
surface form: State of Algeria
buildingLocation Algiers ⓘ
capitalJurisdiction Algiers ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Algeria ⓘ
function budget approval ⓘ
constitutional legislation (within limits of constitution) ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
ratification of international treaties ⓘ
governmentType representative democracy (formal) ⓘ
hasPart Council of the Nation ⓘ
People's National Assembly ⓘ
headOfStateInteraction receives government program from Prime Minister or Head of Government ⓘ
houseName Council of the Nation ⓘ
People's National Assembly ⓘ
jurisdiction Algeria ⓘ
languageOfDocuments Arabic ⓘ
French (widely used administratively) ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Arabic ⓘ
Tamazight (to varying degrees) ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Algeria ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Government of Algeria ⓘ
location Algiers ⓘ
lowerHouse People's National Assembly ⓘ
meetsIn Council of the Nation building, Algiers ⓘ
People's National Assembly building, Algiers ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ar ⓘ
fr ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
officialName Parliament of Algeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parlement algérien

Parliament of Algeria self-link ⓘ
oversightMechanism interpellation of ministers ⓘ
oral and written questions to government ⓘ
vote of confidence or censure (in defined cases) ⓘ
partOf political system of Algeria ⓘ
power amend legislation ⓘ
approve state budget ⓘ
establish parliamentary commissions of inquiry ⓘ
initiate legislation ⓘ
question government members ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
upperHouse Council of the Nation ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse multi-member proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemInUpperHouse indirect election by local and regional assemblies ⓘ
presidential appointment for a portion of members ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Algiers → isSeatOf → Parliament of Algeria ⓘ
Parliament of Algeria → officialName → Parliament of Algeria self-link ⓘ
Parliament of Algeria → officialName → Parliament of Algeria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlement algérien
Council of the Nation → partOf → Parliament of Algeria ⓘ
People's National Assembly → partOf → Parliament of Algeria ⓘ
People's National Assembly → replaced → Parliament of Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Assembly of Algeria (earlier unicameral body)