National Assembly of Angola

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The National Assembly of Angola is the unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government in Angola.

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Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliament
unicameral legislature
budgetaryPower approves state budget
buildingLocation Luanda
canApprove states of emergency
states of siege
canDissolve no, not self-dissolving under normal circumstances
canInterpellate government ministers
capitalOfCountry Angola
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Angola
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative body of Angola
continent Africa
country Angola
electoralCycle aligned with general elections in Angola
electoralSystem party-list proportional representation
elects some members of the Council of the Republic
establishedInYear 1980
governmentBranch legislative branch
hasCommitteeType special committees
standing committees
hasOfficialWebsite http://www.parlamento.ao/
hasPresidingOfficerTitle President of the National Assembly
houseType unicameral
jurisdiction Angola
languageUsed Portuguese
legislatureOf Angola
locatedIn Luanda
meetsIn Palácio da Assembleia Nacional
meetsInCountry Angola
numberOfChambers 1
numberOfMembers 220
oversees implementation of national policies
oversightMechanism parliamentary committees
parliamentary questions
passes national laws
precededBy People's Assembly of Angola
primaryFunction budget approval
constitutional amendment
government oversight
lawmaking
treaty ratification
region Sub-Saharan Africa
roleInGovernmentSystem central institution in semi-presidential system of Angola
supervises Government of Angola
termLength 5 years
votingSystem proportional representation

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Parliamentary Assembly of the CPLP
hasMember
Angola
legislature
National Assembly of Angola ("People's Assembly of Angola")
precededBy

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