National Assembly of Mauritius

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The National Assembly of Mauritius is the unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Republic of Mauritius.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
additionalMembersMethod appointed under best loser system ⓘ
allowsUseOfLanguage Mauritian Creole ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of Mauritius ⓘ
chamberType unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Mauritius ⓘ
country Mauritius ⓘ
Republic of Mauritius ⓘ
linked to: Mauritius
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Mauritius ⓘ
electoralConstituenciesOnMainIsland 20 ⓘ
electoralConstituenciesOnRodrigues 1 ⓘ
electoralCycle approximately every 5 years ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1968 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasPower to amend the Constitution of Mauritius ⓘ
to approve the national budget ⓘ
to pass laws ⓘ
to pass motions of no confidence ⓘ
to question ministers ⓘ
headOfGovernmentRole Prime Minister of Mauritius ⓘ
headOfStateRole President of Mauritius ⓘ
jurisdiction national ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legislatureOf Republic of Mauritius ⓘ
linked to: Mauritius
location Port Louis ⓘ
meetingPlace National Assembly building, Port Louis ⓘ
membersElectedFromMainIslandConstituencies 60 ⓘ
membersElectedFromRodriguesConstituency 2 ⓘ
numberOfAdditionalMembers 8 ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
numberOfElectedMembers 62 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 70 ⓘ
predecessor Legislative Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ
primaryFunction budget approval ⓘ
legislation ⓘ
scrutiny of the executive ⓘ
region Africa ⓘ
responsibility making laws ⓘ
overseeing the government ⓘ
subregion Indian Ocean ⓘ
supervises Government of Mauritius ⓘ
systemOfGovernmentContext parliamentary democracy ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem best loser system ⓘ
first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org ⓘ

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

Mauritius → legislature → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Port Louis → isSeatOf → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
President of Mauritius → appointedBy → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
National Assembly of Mauritius → predecessor → Legislative Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
linked to: National Assembly of Mauritius
Prime Minister of Mauritius → nominatedBy → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Prime Minister of Mauritius → eligibleVotersElect → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Government of Mauritius → accountableTo → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
National Assembly building, Port Louis → occupant → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
National Assembly building, Port Louis → governingBody → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
National Assembly building, Port Louis → legislativeBody → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Speaker of the National Assembly (Mauritius) → partOf → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Speaker of the National Assembly (Mauritius) → roleIn → Parliament of Mauritius ⓘ
linked to: National Assembly of Mauritius
Speaker of the National Assembly (Mauritius) → appointedBy → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Speaker of the National Assembly (Mauritius) → reportsTo → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Cabinet of Mauritius → membersSelectedFrom → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Cabinet of Mauritius → accountableTo → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Mauritian Labour Party → legislativeBodyContested → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Militant Socialist Movement → legislativeBodyContext → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Mauritian Militant Movement → operatesIn → National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
Judiciary of Mauritius → coequals → Legislative branch of Mauritius ⓘ
linked to: National Assembly of Mauritius