Jordanian Parliament

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bicameral legislature national legislature parliament

The Jordanian Parliament is the bicameral national legislature of Jordan, responsible for enacting laws, overseeing the government, and representing the country’s citizens.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Representatives of Jordan	1
National Assembly of Jordan	1
Parliament of Jordan	1
Senate of Jordan	1
مجلس الأمة الأردني	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ parliament ⓘ
appointmentMethodUpperHouse	appointed by the King of Jordan ⓘ
canAmend	ordinary laws ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy	King of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
canParticipateIn	constitutional amendment process ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
country	Jordan ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm	1952 ⓘ
hasComponent	House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ Senate of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPower	approve the state budget ⓘ grant or withdraw confidence from the government ⓘ propose legislation ⓘ question ministers ⓘ ratify international treaties and agreements (subject to constitutional rules) ⓘ
hasReservedSeatsFor	Bedouin tribes ⓘ Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christians Circassians and Chechens NERFINISHED ⓘ women ⓘ
headOfStateInteractsWith	King of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Arabic ⓘ
legislativeFunction	amends laws ⓘ enacts laws ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Representatives of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
lowerHouseAlsoKnownAs	Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
meetsIn	Amman ⓘ
meetsInBuilding	Jordanian Parliament Building ⓘ
nativeName	Jordanian Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: مجلس الأمة الأردني
numberOfHouses	2 ⓘ
officialName	Jordanian Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Parliament of Jordan
oversightFunction	oversees the government ⓘ
predecessor	Legislative Council of Transjordan ⓘ
representationFunction	represents citizens of Jordan ⓘ
roleInSystem	part of a constitutional monarchy ⓘ
sessionType	extraordinary sessions ⓘ ordinary sessions ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse	4 years ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentBody	legislative branch of Jordan ⓘ
upperHouse	Senate of Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
upperHouseAlsoKnownAs	Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse	multi-member constituencies ⓘ party-list proportional representation (for some seats) ⓘ reserved seats system ⓘ
website	https://www.parliament.jo/ ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Kingdom of Jordan → legislature → Jordanian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Assembly of Jordan

Kingdom of Jordan → lowerHouse → Jordanian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Representatives of Jordan

Jordanian Parliament → nativeName → Jordanian Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: مجلس الأمة الأردني

Jordanian Parliament → officialName → Jordanian Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament of Jordan

Israel–Jordan peace treaty → ratifiedBy → Jordanian Parliament ⓘ

Kingdom of Jordan → upperHouse → Jordanian Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Senate of Jordan