Legislative Assembly of Tonga

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The Legislative Assembly of Tonga is the unicameral national parliament responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of the Kingdom of Tonga.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Legislative Assembly of Tonga canonical 3
Parliament of Tonga 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government body
national parliament
unicameral legislature
alsoKnownAs Fale Alea
Parliament of Tonga
capital Nukuʻalofa
chamberType unicameral
country Tonga
establishedIn 19th century
hasHouseType mixed elected and appointed
hasJurisdiction Kingdom of Tonga
linked to: Tonga
hasMemberCategory Cabinet members
Nobles' Representatives
People's Representatives
hasOfficialLanguage English
Tongan
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga
hasWebsite official website of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga
headOfStateInvolved King of Tonga
legalBasis Constitution of Tonga
legislativeBranchOf Government of Tonga
locatedInTimeZone UTC+13
meetsIn Nukuʻalofa
oversees Government of Tonga
partOf political system of Tonga
passes Acts of Parliament
primaryFunction government oversight
lawmaking
representation of the people
region Oceania
roleInGovernment approves legislation
approves national budget
scrutinizes executive
typeOfParliament constitutional monarchy legislature
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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

Tonga legislature Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Nukuʻalofa contains Parliament of Tonga
linked to: Legislative Assembly of Tonga
King of Tonga associatedWithInstitution Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Prime Minister of Tonga nominatedBy Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Legislative Assembly of Tonga alsoKnownAs Parliament of Tonga
linked to: Legislative Assembly of Tonga
Tongatapu containsGovernmentInstitutions Parliament of Tonga
linked to: Legislative Assembly of Tonga