Chamber of Deputies of Italy

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The Chamber of Deputies of Italy is the lower house of the Italian Parliament, responsible for national lawmaking alongside the Senate and composed of members elected by Italian citizens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
budgetaryPower can grant or withdraw confidence to the Government of Italy
buildingArchitecturalStyle Baroque (Palazzo Montecitorio)
buildingOwner Italy
surface form: Italian State
canDissolve by President of the Republic of Italy
compositionDeterminedBy Italian electoral law
constitutionalDocument Constitution of Italy
surface form: Constitution of the Italian Republic
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of Italy
country Italy
currentMeetingPlace Palazzo Montecitorio
surface form: Palazzo Montecitorio hemicycle
electorate Italian citizens
elects President of Italy
surface form: President of the Republic of Italy (in joint session with Senate and regional delegates)
hasCommitteeSystem special committees
standing committees
hasUpperHouse Senate of the Republic (Italy) NERFINISHED
houseType lower house
inception 1948
jurisdiction Italian Republic
legislativeFunction national lawmaking
legislature Italian Parliament NERFINISHED
locatedIn Italy
Lazio
Rome
meetsIn Palazzo Montecitorio
surface form: Palazzo Montecitorio, Rome
meetsInHistoricCenterOf Rome
meetsInTimeZone Central European Time
minimumAgeForDeputies 25 years
minimumVotingAge 18 years
nativeLabel Camera dei deputati NERFINISHED
numberOfMembers 400
officialLanguage Italian
oversightMechanism commissions of inquiry
parliamentary questions and interpellations
partOf Parliament of Italy NERFINISHED
precededBy Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Chamber of Deputies
primaryRole approving the state budget
exercising parliamentary oversight of the Government of Italy
passing laws
seatOfGovernment Palazzo Montecitorio
sessionType bicameral legislature joint sessions with Senate for specific functions
sharesLegislativePowerWith Senate of the Republic (Italy) NERFINISHED
termLength 5 years
votingSystem mixed-member system
parallel voting
website https://www.camera.it

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this entity surface form: Italian Chamber of Deputies
Acerbo Law legislature Chamber of Deputies of Italy
this entity surface form: Italian Chamber of Deputies
Gabriele Rapagnetta memberOf Chamber of Deputies of Italy
subject surface form: Gabriele D'Annunzio
this entity surface form: Italian Chamber of Deputies
Palazzo Montecitorio occupant Chamber of Deputies of Italy
this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
PSI parliamentaryGroupIn Chamber of Deputies of Italy
subject surface form: Italian Socialist Party
Brothers of Italy parliamentaryRepresentation Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Bettino Craxi positionHeld Chamber of Deputies of Italy
this entity surface form: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Francesco De Martino positionHeld Chamber of Deputies of Italy
this entity surface form: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy replacedBy Chamber of Deputies of Italy
this entity surface form: Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
this entity surface form: Italian Chamber of Deputies
Italian Democratic Socialists representedIn Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Council of Ministers of Italy requiresConfidenceOf Chamber of Deputies of Italy
Senate of the Republic of Italy sharesLegislativePowerWith Chamber of Deputies of Italy