Senate of Zimbabwe

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legislative body upper house of parliament

The Senate of Zimbabwe is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament, responsible for reviewing and amending legislation proposed by the lower house.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Senate of Rhodesia 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
abolishedIn 1989 ⓘ
canDelayLegislation yes ⓘ
chamberColorDesignation red chamber ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ
electionLinkedTo general elections in Zimbabwe ⓘ
firstEstablishedIn 1980 ⓘ
governmentTypeContext bicameral legislature ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver national laws of Zimbabwe ⓘ
hasStandingOrders yes ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Senate of Zimbabwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Senate of Rhodesia
houseType upper house ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Ndebele ⓘ
Shona ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Parliament of Zimbabwe ⓘ
legislativeProcessFunction may propose amendments to bills ⓘ
participates in constitutional amendment procedures ⓘ
reviews bills passed by the National Assembly ⓘ
locationCountryCapital Harare ⓘ
lowerHouse National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
meetsIn Harare ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Parliament Building, Harare ⓘ
numberOfMembers 80 ⓘ
oversightFunction participates in parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
scrutinizes actions of the executive ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Zimbabwe ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
reestablishedIn 2005 ⓘ
relatedInstitution Government of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Judiciary of Zimbabwe ⓘ
National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
role amends legislation ⓘ
represents provincial and special interests ⓘ
reviews legislation ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfMembers chiefs ⓘ
presidential appointees ⓘ
provincial representatives ⓘ
votingSystem indirect election ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

President of the Senate → appointedBy → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Zimbabwe
Parliament of Zimbabwe → hasComponent → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Senate of Zimbabwe → historicalPrecursor → Senate of Zimbabwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of Rhodesia
President of the Senate → legislativeBody → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the Senate of Zimbabwe
Government of Zimbabwe → upperHouse → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Parliament of Zimbabwe → upperHouse → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Zimbabwe → upperHouse → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Parliament Building, Harare → usedBy → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ