Council of Representatives of Iraq

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legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

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

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Council of Representatives of Iraq canonical	23
Iraqi legislature	1
Legislative branch of Iraq	1
Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy	1
federal legislature of Iraq	1

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 self-link ⓘ Council of Representatives of Iraq self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 (27)

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

Baghdad → isSeatOf → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Status of Forces Agreement between U.S. and Iraq (2008) → ratifiedBy → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Prime Minister of Iraq → confirmedBy → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Prime Minister of Iraq → reportsTo → 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 self-link ⓘ

Council of Representatives of Iraq → officialName → Council of Representatives of Iraq self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy

President of Iraq → appointedBy → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Nouri al-Maliki → appointedBy → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Strategic Framework Agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq → ratifiedBy → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Kurdistan Democratic Party → legislativeBody → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Constitution of Iraq → adoptedBy → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Constitution of Iraq → establishesBody → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Iraqi Turkmen Front → hasRepresentationIn → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Haider al-Abadi → parliamentaryBody → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Council of Union of Iraq → partOf → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal legislature of Iraq

Council of Union of Iraq → relatedLegislature → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Council of Ministers of Iraq → subordinateTo → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Independent High Electoral Commission → appointedBy → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

National Assembly of Iraq → followedBy → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Mohammed al-Halbousi → legislativeBody → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Mohammed al-Halbousi → branchOfGovernmentLed → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraqi legislature

Article 48 of the Constitution of Iraq → defines → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Article 48 of the Constitution of Iraq → regulates → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Article 48 of the Constitution of Iraq → relatedInstitution → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary election → electedBody → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq → governmentBranch → Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Iraq