Chamber of Senators of Bolivia

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The Chamber of Senators of Bolivia is the upper house of the country’s bicameral national legislature, responsible for reviewing and approving laws alongside the lower chamber.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chamber of Senators of Bolivia canonical 10
Senate of Bolivia 2
Cámara de Senadores de Bolivia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
buildingFunction seat of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly upper chamber ⓘ
canIntroduceLegislation yes ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Bolivia ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
governmentTypeContext unitary presidential republic ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Senado de Bolivia ⓘ
hasChamberType upper house ⓘ
hasLegislativePeriodLength 5 years ⓘ
hasLegislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.senado.gob.bo/ ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficerTitle President of the Chamber of Senators ⓘ
hasQuorumRequirement absolute majority of members ⓘ
hasSessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
isComponentOf national legislature of Bolivia ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Government of Bolivia ⓘ
legislativeProcessRole chamber of review ⓘ
second reading of bills ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeCapital La Paz ⓘ
meetsIn Legislative Palace, La Paz ⓘ
meetsInCountry Bolivia ⓘ
membersPerDepartment 4 ⓘ
nativeName Cámara de Senadores de Bolivia ⓘ
numberOfConstituencies 9 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 36 ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia ⓘ
partOfLegislatureName Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional ⓘ
precededBy National Congress of Bolivia (as a unicameral or differently structured body, depending on period) ⓘ
reelectionPolicy immediate reelection allowed once ⓘ
represents departments of Bolivia ⓘ
responsibility approval of some high-level public appointments ⓘ
approving laws ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
participating in constitutional reforms ⓘ
ratification of certain international treaties ⓘ
reviewing proposed legislation ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
usesLegislativeTerm Legislatura ⓘ
votingRequirementForConstitutionalReforms qualified majority ⓘ
votingRequirementForOrdinaryLaws simple majority of members present ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Plurinational Legislative Assembly → hasComponentChamber → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
Chamber of Senators of Bolivia → nativeName → Cámara de Senadores de Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Bolivia
Chamber of Senators of Bolivia → hasAbbreviation → Senado de Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Bolivia
Legislative Palace of Bolivia → usedBy → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
Government of Bolivia → upperHouse → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia → upperHouse → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
ALP → hasComponentChamber → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
ALP → upperHouse → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
National Congress of Bolivia → hasComponent → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
2014 Bolivian general election → electedBody → Senate of Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Bolivia
2009 Bolivian general election → legislativeBodyElected → Senate of Bolivia ⓘ
linked to: Chamber of Senators of Bolivia
Constitución Política del Estado (Bolivia, 2009) → definesUpperHouseAs → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
Legislative branch of Bolivia → hasComponent → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ
Legislative branch of Bolivia → upperHouse → Chamber of Senators of Bolivia ⓘ