Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia

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The Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia is the lower house of the country’s national legislature, responsible for initiating and debating laws and representing the population through directly elected deputies.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
belongsTo central government of Bolivia ⓘ
can create special investigative commissions ⓘ
interpellate ministers ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Political Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
electoralDistrictsInclude multi-member districts ⓘ
single-member districts ⓘ
electoralSystem mixed member proportional representation ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 2009 ⓘ
governingRules internal regulations of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem standing committees ⓘ
hasFunction approval of national budget ⓘ
oversight of executive branch ⓘ
ratification of international agreements ⓘ
hasLegislativePeriod plurinational legislative term ⓘ
hasPower amend laws ⓘ
approve laws ⓘ
initiate revenue bills ⓘ
repeal laws ⓘ
hasQuorumRequirement absolute majority of members ⓘ
hasRole debates legislation ⓘ
initiates legislation ⓘ
represents population ⓘ
isChamberOf Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia ⓘ
isLocatedIn seat of government of Bolivia ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral ⓘ
meetingPlace Legislative Palace, La Paz ⓘ
meetsIn La Paz ⓘ
membersAre deputies ⓘ
membersElectedBy direct popular vote ⓘ
numberOfMembers 130 ⓘ
officialNameInSpanish Cámara de Diputados de Bolivia ⓘ
partOf Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
represents Bolivian population ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review of constitutionality of laws ⓘ
supervises public administration through oversight ⓘ
symbol national coat of arms of Bolivia ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
upperHouse Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
uses plenary sessions ⓘ
usesCalendar legislative sessions aligned with constitutional provisions ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ

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

Plurinational Legislative Assembly → hasComponentChamber → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
Chamber of Senators of Bolivia → sharesLegislativePowerWith → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
Legislative Palace of Bolivia → usedBy → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
Government of Bolivia → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia → officialNameInSpanish → Cámara de Diputados de Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia
ALP → hasComponentChamber → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
ALP → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
National Congress of Bolivia → hasComponent → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
2014 Bolivian general election → electedBody → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
2009 Bolivian general election → legislativeBodyElected → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
Constitución Política del Estado (Bolivia, 2009) → definesLowerHouseAs → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
Legislative branch of Bolivia → hasComponent → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
Legislative branch of Bolivia → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia → legislativeBody → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia → appointedBy → Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ