Grand and General Council

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The Grand and General Council is the unicameral national parliament of San Marino, responsible for enacting laws, electing key state officials, and guiding the country’s political direction.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Grand and General Council canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
unicameral national parliament ⓘ
adopts state budget of San Marino ⓘ
approves international treaties of San Marino ⓘ
can pass votes of no confidence in the government ⓘ
canAmend constitutional laws of San Marino ⓘ
canDissolve itself under certain constitutional conditions ⓘ
composition members elected by universal suffrage ⓘ
constitutionalStatus central organ of the Republic of San Marino ⓘ
country San Marino ⓘ
electoralDistrict single national constituency of San Marino ⓘ
elects Captains Regent of San Marino ⓘ
Congress of State of San Marino ⓘ
Council of Twelve ⓘ
State Congress members ⓘ
judicial bodies members in certain cases ⓘ
two Captains Regent every six months ⓘ
governingRules internal regulations of the Council ⓘ
governmentType unicameral ⓘ
guides political direction of San Marino ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasLegitimacyFrom popular elections ⓘ
hasPower to amend legislation ⓘ
to initiate legislation ⓘ
to repeal legislation ⓘ
headOfStateElectionRole elects Captains Regent in joint session ⓘ
historicalContinuity one of the world’s oldest continuous parliaments ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of San Marino ⓘ
linked to: San Marino
legislativeFunction enacts laws of San Marino ⓘ
locationCountry San Marino ⓘ
meetsAt historic city center of San Marino ⓘ
meetsFrequency regular sessions and extraordinary sessions ⓘ
meetsIn City of San Marino ⓘ
linked to: San Marino

Palazzo Pubblico ⓘ
nativeName Consiglio Grande e Generale ⓘ
numberOfMembers 60 ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
oversees executive branch of San Marino ⓘ
represents citizens of San Marino ⓘ
responsibleFor ratification of decrees issued by the Captains Regent and Congress of State ⓘ
role electoral college for heads of state of San Marino ⓘ
supreme legislative authority of San Marino ⓘ
supervises public administration of San Marino ⓘ
symbolicRole expression of popular sovereignty in San Marino ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfBody national parliament ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

San Marino → legislature → Grand and General Council ⓘ
Council of Twelve → legislativeBody → Grand and General Council ⓘ
Council of Twelve → appointedBy → Grand and General Council ⓘ