Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic

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The Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic is the country’s popularly elected legislative body that, together with the Senate, forms the bicameral National Congress and is responsible for initiating and approving national laws.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation Cámara de Diputados ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies
buildingType parliament building ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
constitutionalFunction lawmaking ⓘ
political control of the government ⓘ
representation of the people ⓘ
country Dominican Republic ⓘ
electoralBody citizens of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
electoralConstituencies National District constituencies ⓘ
overseas constituencies ⓘ
provincial constituencies ⓘ
electoralCycle held concurrently with presidential and municipal elections (in most cycles) ⓘ
formsBicameralLegislatureWith Senate of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
hasHouseType popularly elected chamber ⓘ
hasLegislativePeriodLength 4 years ⓘ
hasLegislatureType bicameral (as part of National Congress) ⓘ
jurisdiction national legislation of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legislativeChamber lower house ⓘ
locatedIn Distrito Nacional ⓘ
Santo Domingo ⓘ
locatedInCountry Dominican Republic ⓘ
meetsIn Palacio del Congreso Nacional ⓘ
meetsInCity Santo Domingo de Guzmán ⓘ
nativeName Cámara de Diputados de la República Dominicana ⓘ
numberOfMembers 190 ⓘ
oversightMechanisms interpellations of ministers ⓘ
investigative commissions ⓘ
partOf National Congress of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
power approval of taxes and public expenditures ⓘ
legislative initiative ⓘ
reElection immediate re-election allowed ⓘ
responsibility approving national laws ⓘ
budget approval ⓘ
initiating legislation ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
ratification of international treaties (jointly with the Senate, as constitutionally required) ⓘ
roleInImpeachment brings accusations in impeachment proceedings ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Senate of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfParliament national parliament lower chamber ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.camaradediputados.gob.do/ ⓘ

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

Dominican Republic → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
National Congress of the Dominican Republic → hasComponent → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
National Congress of the Dominican Republic → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
Senate of the Dominican Republic → coLegislativeWith → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic → nativeName → Cámara de Diputados de la República Dominicana ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic
Constitution of the Dominican Republic → establishes → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
Government of the Dominican Republic → legislativeBody → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
National District constituencies → electRepresentativesTo → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
National District constituencies → legislativeBody → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ
Palacio del Congreso Nacional → houses → Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic ⓘ