Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

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The Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg is the unicameral national legislature of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house
parliament
unicameral legislature
branchOfGovernment legislative branch
buildingFunction parliament building
committeeType special committees
standing committees
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ
country Luxembourg
electoralSystemFeature multi-member constituencies
electorate citizens of Luxembourg
establishedInPeriod 19th century
hasPower amendment of bills
approval of state budget
legislative initiative
vote of no confidence
hasWebsite official website of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
headTitle President of the Chamber of Deputies
houseType unicameral
jurisdiction national
languageOfProceedings French
German
Luxembourgish
legislatureOf Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
locatedIn Ville Haute, Luxembourg City
meetingPlace Hôtel de la Chambre
meetsIn Luxembourg City
meetsUnder Constitution of Luxembourg
minimumVotingAge 18 years
nativeNameLanguage French
German
Luxembourgish
numberOfHouses 1
numberOfMembers 60
officialName Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
Chambre des Députés
partOf political system of Luxembourg
predecessor Assembly of the Estates of Luxembourg
primaryFunction budget approval
government oversight
lawmaking
treaty ratification
sessionType plenary sessions
supervises Government of Luxembourg
termLength 5 years
usesCommitteeSystem yes
votingSystem proportional representation
votingSystemDetail party-list proportional representation


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