National Assembly of Afghanistan

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The National Assembly of Afghanistan was the bicameral national legislature of Afghanistan, comprising the House of the People (Wolesi Jirga) and the House of Elders (Meshrano Jirga).

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
National Assembly of Afghanistan canonical	4
Afghan parliament	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Afghan National Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem	civil law system with Islamic law influences ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Afghanistan (2004) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ Afghanistan ⓘ Afghanistan ⓘ
dissolved	2021 ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of Afghanistan ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	territory of Afghanistan ⓘ
hasPart	House of Elders NERFINISHED ⓘ House of the People NERFINISHED ⓘ Meshrano Jirga NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolesi Jirga NERFINISHED ⓘ
houseType	bicameral ⓘ
languageUsed	Dari NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Kabul Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainFunction	approval of the national budget ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ oversight of the executive ⓘ
meetsIn	National Assembly Building NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName	Meshrano Jirga NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolesi Jirga NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
partOf	National Assembly of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ National Assembly of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	National Assembly under the 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Consultative bodies of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
seat	Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
supervises	Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Islamic Republic era (2004–2021) NERFINISHED ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse	single non-transferable vote ⓘ
votingSystemInUpperHouse	indirect election and appointment ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan → legislature → National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ

2004 Constitution of Afghanistan → establishesLegislature → National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ

Junbish-e Milli-ye Islami-ye Afghanistan → representedIn → National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afghan parliament

Malalai Joya → parliamentaryBody → National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ

Kingdom of Afghanistan → legislature → National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ