Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is the country’s primary legislative body, serving as the lower house responsible for passing laws, approving the budget, and overseeing the government.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation	PSP ČR ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy	President of the Czech Republic under constitutional conditions ⓘ
canIntroduceBills	Czech government ⓘ surface form: Government of the Czech Republic Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ deputies ⓘ groups of deputies ⓘ regional councils ⓘ
constitutionalPower	participates in constitutional amendments ⓘ participates in election of the President of the Czech Republic in joint session with Senate (historically) ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	directly elected chamber ⓘ
country	Czech Republic ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficer	Markéta Pekarová Adamová ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerStart	2021 ⓘ
electionCycle	every 4 years unless dissolved earlier ⓘ
electorate	citizens of the Czech Republic aged 18 or over ⓘ
established	1993 ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of the Czech Republic ⓘ
hasCommitteeType	investigative commissions ⓘ special committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasLegislativeInitiative	yes ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	200 ⓘ
houseType	lower house ⓘ
legislativePower	approves state budget ⓘ can override Senate veto in many cases ⓘ passes laws ⓘ
locatedIn	Malá Strana ⓘ Prague ⓘ
meetsIn	Thun Palace ⓘ
minimumAgeForDeputies	21 years ⓘ
nativeName	Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky
officialLanguage	Czech ⓘ
otherHouse	Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ
oversightPower	can interpellate members of government ⓘ can pass vote of no confidence in government ⓘ oversees Government of the Czech Republic ⓘ
partOf	Czech Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the Czech Republic
predecessor	Czech National Council ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle	President of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
primaryFunction	primary legislative body of the Czech Republic ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
votingSystem	proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemDetail	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemFeature	5% electoral threshold for parties ⓘ d’Hondt method ⓘ surface form: D'Hondt method higher threshold for coalitions ⓘ open list ⓘ
website	https://www.psp.cz ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic → hasLowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ

Czech Parliament → hasPart → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ

Czech Parliament → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ

Czech Republic → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ

Czech government → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ

Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic → nativeName → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky

Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) → representedIn → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ

ODS → representedIn → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ

Czech government → responsibleTo → Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ