National Congress of Chile

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The National Congress of Chile is the country's bicameral legislative body, composed of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, responsible for making and revising national laws.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chamber of Deputies of Chile	4
Legislative branch of Chile	2
Chilean Congress	1
Chilean National Congress (Santiago seat)	1
Congreso Nacional de Chile	1
Congress of Chile	1
National Congress of Chile (historically; currently in Valparaíso but many functions remain in Santiago)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ
branch	legislative branch ⓘ
can	amend laws ⓘ approve laws ⓘ approve national budget ⓘ exercise political oversight ⓘ repeal laws ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Chile ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
electoralTermChamberOfDeputies	4 years ⓘ
electoralTermSenate	8 years ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm	1990 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	special committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasComponent	National Congress of Chile self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Chile Senate of Chile ⓘ
hasHouse	lower house ⓘ upper house ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	President of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ President of the Senate ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.congreso.cl ⓘ
hasPower	to approve international treaties ⓘ to conduct impeachment proceedings ⓘ to initiate constitutional reforms ⓘ
jurisdiction	Chile ⓘ surface form: Republic of Chile
languageOfProceedings	Spanish ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Government of Chile ⓘ
locatedInBuilding	National Congress Building of Chile ⓘ
lowerHouse	National Congress of Chile self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Chile
meetsAt	Barrio El Almendral, Valparaíso ⓘ
meetsIn	Valparaíso ⓘ
nativeName	National Congress of Chile self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Congreso Nacional de Chile
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
oversees	Executive branch of Chile through oversight mechanisms ⓘ
precededBy	Military junta legislative authority in Chile ⓘ
previouslyMetIn	Santiago ⓘ
renewalPatternSenate	partial renewal every 4 years ⓘ
responsibleFor	making national laws ⓘ revising national laws ⓘ
sessionType	extraordinary sessions ⓘ ordinary sessions ⓘ
structure	bicameral ⓘ
symbol	Coat of arms of Chile ⓘ
typeOfBody	deliberative assembly ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of Chile ⓘ
votingSystemForChamberOfDeputies	open list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemForSenate	open list proportional representation ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

Ministry of Finance of Chile → collaboratesWith → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of Chile

Red Universitaria G9 (Chile) → cooperatesWith → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chilean Congress

Constitution of Chile → definesBody → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Second Government Junta of Chile → establishedBy → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

National Congress Building of Chile → governingBody → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

President of the Chamber of Deputies → governmentalBody → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

Government of Chile → hasBranch → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Chile

National Congress of Chile → hasComponent → National Congress of Chile self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Chile

Government of Chile → hasLegislature → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Santiago Metropolitan Region → hosts → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chilean National Congress (Santiago seat)

Judicial branch of Chile → isIndependentOf → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Chile

Santiago → isSeatOf → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Congress of Chile (historically; currently in Valparaíso but many functions remain in Santiago)

Gabriel Boric → legislativeBody → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Chile

National Congress Building of Chile → legislativeBody → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Second Government Junta of Chile → legislativeBody → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Chamber of Deputies of Chile → legislativeChamberOf → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Senate of Chile → legislativeChamberOf → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Chile → legislature → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Chile → lowerHouse → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Chile

National Congress of Chile → lowerHouse → National Congress of Chile self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Chile

National Congress of Chile → nativeName → National Congress of Chile self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congreso Nacional de Chile

National Renewal → operatesIn → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Board of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile → partOf → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Chamber of Deputies of Chile → partOf → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

President of the Chamber of Deputies → partOf → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile

Senate of Chile → partOf → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

Republican Party of Chile → representedIn → National Congress of Chile ⓘ

President of Chile → worksWith → National Congress of Chile ⓘ