National Assembly of Zimbabwe

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The National Assembly of Zimbabwe is the country's primary legislative chamber, responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing citizens at the national level.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
unicameral National Assembly of Zimbabwe 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
alsoUsesLanguage Ndebele ⓘ
Shona ⓘ
canIntroduce bills ⓘ
canOverrideSenateInSomeCases yes ⓘ
committeesFunction oversight of government departments ⓘ
scrutiny of bills ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
surface form: 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe
currentSpeaker Jacob Mudenda ⓘ
currentSpeakerAssumedOffice 2013 ⓘ
electoralBodyOverseeingElections Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ⓘ
electoralSystemForConstituencySeats first-past-the-post ⓘ
electoralSystemForQuotaSeats proportional representation ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 2013 ⓘ
hasChamberAbove Senate of Zimbabwe ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasElectedMembers 210 ⓘ
hasPower to amend legislation ⓘ
to approve the national budget ⓘ
to initiate motions of no confidence ⓘ
to oversee government ministries ⓘ
to pass legislation ⓘ
to question members of the executive ⓘ
hasWomenQuotaSeats 60 ⓘ
hasYouthQuotaSeats 10 ⓘ
jurisdiction Zimbabwe ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Zimbabwe
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
lastGeneralElectionYear 2023 ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral parliament lower chamber ⓘ
meetingPlace Parliament Building, Harare ⓘ
meetsIn Harare ⓘ
numberOfMembers 280 ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Zimbabwe ⓘ
predecessor House of Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
representation of citizens ⓘ
replaced House of Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
responsibleFor national legislation ⓘ
representation of constituencies ⓘ
termLengthYears 5 ⓘ
votingSystem mixed electoral system ⓘ
website https://www.parlzim.gov.zw ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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Jacob Mudenda → chamberPresidedOver → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Parliament of Zimbabwe → hasComponent → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Government of Zimbabwe → lowerHouse → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Parliament of Zimbabwe → lowerHouse → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Senate of Zimbabwe → lowerHouse → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Zimbabwe → lowerHouse → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Senate of Zimbabwe → relatedInstitution → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
House of Assembly of Zimbabwe → replacedBy → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
House of Assembly of Zimbabwe → supersededBy → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ
this entity surface form: unicameral National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Parliament Building, Harare → usedBy → National Assembly of Zimbabwe ⓘ