Parliament of Ghana

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The Parliament of Ghana is the unicameral national legislature responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the people of Ghana.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
branchOf Legislature of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
canApprove national budget of Ghana ⓘ
canConduct parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
canPass Acts of Parliament ⓘ
canRatify international treaties of Ghana ⓘ
canSummon government ministers ⓘ
country Ghana ⓘ
electionInterval every 4 years ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member constituencies ⓘ
establishedUnder 1992 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
exercisesPowerUnder Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
governmentTypeContext unitary presidential constitutional republic ⓘ
hasCommittee parliamentary select committees ⓘ
parliamentary standing committees ⓘ
hasElections parliamentary elections in Ghana ⓘ
hasFunction approval of appointments where required by law ⓘ
scrutiny of public expenditure ⓘ
hasLeader Majority Leader of Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Minority Leader of Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
hasNumberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.parliament.gh/ ⓘ
hasPower to enact, amend, and repeal laws ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
hasTermLength 4 years ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction Ghana ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Ghana
locatedIn Accra ⓘ
Parliament House, Accra ⓘ
meetsFrequency throughout the year in sessions ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Accra ⓘ
meetsInSession plenary sittings ⓘ
membersAre Members of Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
oversees Executive branch of Ghana ⓘ
partOf Government of Ghana ⓘ
precededBy Parliament of the Third Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of Parliament ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
representation of the people ⓘ
represents constituencies of Ghana ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
worksWith Judiciary of Ghana ⓘ
President of Ghana ⓘ

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Referenced by (48)

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

Ghana → legislature → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Greater Accra Region → containsParliament → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Government of Ghana → legislature → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Parliament of Ghana → branchOf → Legislature of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Parliament of Ghana → precededBy → Parliament of the Third Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Kofi Abrefa Busia → parliamentaryBody → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Kofi Busia
President of Ghana → reportsTo → Parliament of Ghana (for accountability mechanisms) ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Judiciary of Ghana → coequalBranchWith → Legislature of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Constitution of Ghana → establishesBody → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Ghana Armed Forces → overseenBy → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Gold Coast → followedBy → National Assembly of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Legislative Council of the Gold Coast → replacedBy → National Assembly of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Legislative Council of the Gold Coast → replacedBy → post-independence Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Parliament House, Accra → occupant → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Parliament House, Accra → legislativeBody → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Speaker of Parliament of Ghana → partOf → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Speaker of Parliament of Ghana → branchOfGovernment → Legislature of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Speaker of Parliament of Ghana → appointedBy → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Speaker of Parliament of Ghana → legislativeBody → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Speaker of Parliament
Speaker of Parliament of Ghana → branchOfGovernment → Legislature of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Speaker of Parliament
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Speaker of Parliament of Ghana → appointedBy → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
subject linked to: Speaker of Parliament
Majority Leader of Parliament of Ghana → partOf → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
English in Ghana → usedIn → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ghana → legislativeBody → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ghana → accountableTo → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Kwame Governs Agbodza → memberOf → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Kwame Agyapong → partOf → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Kwame Osei-Prempeh → parliamentaryTerm → Third Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Kwame Osei-Prempeh → parliamentaryTerm → Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Kwame Osei-Prempeh → parliamentaryTerm → Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi → memberOf → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Ghana Ministry of Education → reportsTo → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Chief Justice of Ghana → confirmedBy → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Executive branch of Ghana → accountableTo → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Executive branch of Ghana → separateFrom → Legislative branch of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Fourth Republic of Ghana → legislature → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
Electoral Commission of Ghana → overseenBy → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
MoF → reportsTo → Parliament of Ghana (on budget matters) ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana
Dominion of Ghana → legislature → Parliament of Ghana ⓘ
First Republic of Ghana → legislature → National Assembly of Ghana ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ghana