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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Senate of Zimbabwe canonical	11
Senate of Rhodesia	1
Senate of Zimbabwe (in the absence of the President of the Senate)	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 (13)

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

Zimbabwe → upperHouse → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Parliament of Zimbabwe → hasComponent → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Parliament of Zimbabwe → upperHouse → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Senate of Zimbabwe → historicalPrecursor → Senate of Zimbabwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senate of Rhodesia

National Assembly of Zimbabwe → hasChamberAbove → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Parliament Building, Harare → usedBy → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Government of Zimbabwe → upperHouse → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

President of the Senate → legislativeBody → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the Senate of Zimbabwe

President of the Senate → appointedBy → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the Senate of Zimbabwe

Deputy President of the Senate of Zimbabwe → partOf → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Deputy President of the Senate of Zimbabwe → legislativeBody → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Deputy President of the Senate of Zimbabwe → presidesOver → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senate of Zimbabwe (in the absence of the President of the Senate)

Zimbabwean general election, 2008 → upperHouse → Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ