Council of Representatives of Iraq

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The Council of Representatives of Iraq is the unicameral federal legislature and main lawmaking body of the Republic of Iraq.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliament
unicameral legislature
approves Council of Ministers of Iraq
budgetaryPower can amend draft budget law
buildingType parliament building
canDissolve itself under constitutional conditions
constitutionalArticle Article 48 of the Constitution of Iraq
Article 49 of the Constitution of Iraq
country Iraq
electoralDistricts governorate-based multi-member constituencies
elects President of Iraq
Prime Minister of Iraq (indirectly through approval of nominee)
establishedBy Constitution of Iraq
firstElectionAfterConstitution December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election
governmentBranch legislative branch of Iraq
hasCommitteeSystem standing committees
hasSpeaker Mohammed al-Halbousi
houseType lower house in practice
includesReservedSeatsFor minority groups
women
jurisdiction Iraq
surface form: "Republic of Iraq"
legalFoundation Constitution of Iraq
legislatureType unicameral
meetingPlace Baghdad
Green Zone, Baghdad
minimumWomenRepresentation 25 percent of seats
numberOfMembers 329
officialLanguage Arabic
Kurdish
officialName Council of Representatives of Iraq
Council of Representatives of Iraq
surface form: "Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy"
oversightMechanism parliamentary questioning and hearings
passes federal laws applicable throughout Iraq
power approves federal budget
can question ministers
can withdraw confidence from the Council of Ministers
enacts federal legislation
oversees executive branch
ratifies international treaties and agreements
predecessor National Assembly of Iraq
surface form: "Transitional National Assembly of Iraq"
replaces National Assembly of Iraq
role federal legislature of Iraq
main lawmaking body of the Republic of Iraq
session electoral term of four calendar years
supervises Independent High Electoral Commission
surface form: "Independent High Electoral Commission (through oversight)"
termLength 4 years
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

Referenced by (8)

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

President of Iraq appointedBy Council of Representatives of Iraq
Prime Minister of Iraq confirmedBy Council of Representatives of Iraq
Baghdad isSeatOf Council of Representatives of Iraq
Government of Iraq legislature Council of Representatives of Iraq
Council of Representatives of Iraq officialName Council of Representatives of Iraq
Council of Representatives of Iraq officialName Council of Representatives of Iraq
this entity surface form: "Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy"
Status of Forces Agreement between U.S. and Iraq (2008) ratifiedBy Council of Representatives of Iraq
Prime Minister of Iraq reportsTo Council of Representatives of Iraq

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