President of the Federal Council

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parliamentary office presiding officer

The President of the Federal Council is the presiding officer of Austria’s upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for leading its sessions and representing it in official functions.

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Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliamentary office ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy	Austrian Parliament ⓘ surface form: Federal Council of Austria
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of Austria ⓘ
chamber	upper house of the Austrian Parliament ⓘ
country	Austria ⓘ
countryGovernment	Austrian federal government ⓘ surface form: Government of Austria
governmentFormContext	federal parliamentary republic of Austria ⓘ
hasLowerHouseCounterpart	President of the National Council ⓘ
jurisdiction	Austria ⓘ surface form: Republic of Austria
languageOfOffice	German ⓘ
legalSystem	Austrian constitutional law ⓘ
legislativeBody	Austrian Parliament ⓘ surface form: Federal Council of Austria
memberOf	leadership of the Austrian Parliament ⓘ
officeHolders	members of the Federal Council of Austria ⓘ
officeType	parliamentary presidency ⓘ
parliamentaryBody	Austrian Parliament ⓘ
residence	Vienna ⓘ
responsibility	convening sittings of the Federal Council ⓘ ensuring rules of procedure are followed in the Federal Council ⓘ leading sessions of the Federal Council ⓘ maintaining order during debates in the Federal Council ⓘ representing the Federal Council in official ceremonies ⓘ signing official documents of the Federal Council ⓘ
role	chair of sessions of the Federal Council ⓘ presiding officer of the Federal Council of Austria ⓘ representative of the Federal Council in official functions ⓘ
seat	Austrian Parliament Building ⓘ Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council chamber
selectionMethod	elected by members of the Federal Council ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Federal Council → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Federal Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Council (Austria)

Federal Council Chamber in Parliament Building → usedBy → President of the Federal Council ⓘ