National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the country’s primary legislative chamber, composed of elected representatives responsible for making national laws and overseeing the executive branch.

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Surface form Occurrences
lower house: National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation Assemblée nationale (RDC) NERFINISHED ⓘ
budgetaryPower votes the finance law ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
electoralBodyFor some members of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
electoralCycle general elections every 5 years ⓘ
electoralDistrictType multi‑member constituencies ⓘ
single‑member constituencies ⓘ
elects its bureau (presiding officers) ⓘ
establishedInPeriod Third Republic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentTypeContext semi‑presidential republic ⓘ
hasChamber Plenary of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommittee ad hoc committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 500 ⓘ
hasPower amends legislation ⓘ
initiates legislation ⓘ
ratifies international treaties ⓘ
hasQuorumRule requires presence of majority of members for decisions ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
headedBy President of the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
isUnicameral no ⓘ
jurisdiction national laws of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
lastElectionYear 2018 ⓘ
legislativePeriod 5th legislature of the Third Republic ⓘ
locatedIn Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn Palais du Peuple, Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsInCity Kinshasa NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName Assemblée nationale de la République démocratique du Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
nextElectionScheduledFor 2023 ⓘ
oversightInstrument motions of no confidence ⓘ
oral and written questions to the government ⓘ
parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
partOf Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
role approves the national budget ⓘ
can pass motions of censure against the government ⓘ
enacts national legislation ⓘ
oversees the executive branch ⓘ
supervises Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem first‑past‑the‑post ⓘ
party‑list proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.assemblee-nationale.cd ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → lowerHouse → National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → hasComponent → National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → legislativeChamber → National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo → houseType → National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: lower house: National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo