Legislative Assembly of the Azores

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The Legislative Assembly of the Azores is the unicameral regional parliament of the Autonomous Region of the Azores in Portugal, responsible for creating regional laws and overseeing the regional government.


Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature
public body
unicameral regional parliament
appliesWithin Regional Government of the Azores
surface form: Autonomous Region of the Azores
approves regional budget
canBeDissolvedBy President of Portugal
country Portugal
creates regional legislative decrees
elects its President
governsAlongside Regional Government of the Azores
hasFunction legislation on regional interests
political oversight of the regional government
representation of Azorean citizens
hasHouseType regional parliament
hasJurisdiction territory of the Azores
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver regional matters of the Azores
hasLegislativeCompetence regional culture and education
regional economic policy
regional environment and spatial planning
regional health and social policies
regional transport and infrastructure
hasNumberOfChambers 1
hasOfficialNameInPortuguese Legislative Assembly of the Azores self-linksurface differs
surface form: Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma dos Açores
hasSessionType committee meetings
plenary sessions
hasTermLength 4 years
hasTypeOfAutonomy political-administrative autonomy
hasVotingSystem proportional representation
inception 1976
isPartOf Portuguese political system
isUnicameral true
languageOfWork Portuguese
legalBasis Political-Administrative Statute of the Autonomous Region of the Azores
1976 Portuguese Constitution
surface form: Portuguese Constitution
legislativeBodyFor Azores
surface form: Autonomous Region of the Azores
locatedIn Azores
Horta
locatedInTimeZone Azores Time
locatedOn Faial Island
meetsIn Faial Island
surface form: Horta, Faial Island
membersElectedBy universal suffrage
oversees Regional Government of the Azores
partOf Azores
surface form: Autonomous Region of the Azores
shortName Legislative Assembly of the Azores self-linksurface differs
surface form: Assembleia Legislativa dos Açores
subordinateTo Portugal
surface form: Portuguese Republic
supervises regional administration
usesBuilding Palácio da Horta (regional parliament building)

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Legislative Assembly of the Azores hasOfficialNameInPortuguese Legislative Assembly of the Azores self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma dos Açores
Azores legislature Legislative Assembly of the Azores
Legislative Assembly of the Azores shortName Legislative Assembly of the Azores self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Assembleia Legislativa dos Açores