People's Majlis

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The People's Majlis is the unicameral parliament of the Maldives, responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
People's Majlis canonical 15
People’s Majlis 6
Majlis 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation Majlis ⓘ
linked to: People's Majlis
buildingLocation Malé ⓘ
capital Malé ⓘ
composition elected members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Maldives ⓘ
country Maldives ⓘ
countryGovernmentType presidential republic ⓘ
electoralDistrictBasis constituencies ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 2008 ⓘ
function amending the Constitution of Maldives ⓘ
passing the national budget ⓘ
ratifying international treaties ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Maldives ⓘ
hasBroadcast parliamentary sessions broadcast on Maldivian media ⓘ
hasCommittee Independent Institutions Committee ⓘ
National Security Committee ⓘ
Public Accounts Committee ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Maldives ⓘ
linked to: Maldives
leaderTitle Speaker of the People's Majlis ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Maldives ⓘ
meetingCity Malé ⓘ
meetingPlace People's Majlis building ⓘ
memberType Members of Parliament ⓘ
nativeName މަޖިލިސް ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Dhivehi ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
officialLanguage Dhivehi ⓘ
oversees Government of Maldives ⓘ
power oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
power to impeach certain office holders ⓘ
power to question government officials ⓘ
power to summon ministers ⓘ
relatedInstitution President of the Maldives ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Maldives ⓘ
responsibility making national laws ⓘ
overseeing the government ⓘ
roleInGovernment central law-making authority of Maldives ⓘ
sessionType plenary sessions ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
website https://majlis.gov.mv ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

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

Maldives → legislature → People's Majlis ⓘ
Malé → hasGovernmentBuilding → People’s Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: Male
linked to: People's Majlis
People's Majlis → abbreviation → Majlis ⓘ
linked to: People's Majlis
Malé Island → contains → People's Majlis ⓘ
Parliament of the Maldives → officialName → People's Majlis ⓘ
Parliament of the Maldives → shortName → Majlis ⓘ
linked to: People's Majlis
Government of Maldives → legislativeBranch → People's Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: government of Maldives
Government of Maldives → legislatureName → People's Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: government of Maldives
Constitution of the Maldives → establishes → People's Majlis ⓘ
Cabinet of the Maldives → accountableTo → People's Majlis ⓘ
މަޖިލިސް → officialName → People's Majlis ⓘ
Public Accounts Committee (Maldives) → parentOrganization → People’s Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: Public Accounts Committee
linked to: People's Majlis
Public Accounts Committee (Maldives) → legislativeBody → People’s Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: Public Accounts Committee
linked to: People's Majlis
Public Accounts Committee (Maldives) → reportsTo → People’s Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: Public Accounts Committee
linked to: People's Majlis
National Security Committee (Maldives) → partOf → People's Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: National Security Committee
National Security Committee (Maldives) → legislativeBody → People's Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: National Security Committee
National Security Committee (Maldives) → subordinateTo → plenary of the People’s Majlis ⓘ
subject linked to: National Security Committee
linked to: People's Majlis
Independent Institutions Committee → legislativeBody → People’s Majlis ⓘ
linked to: People's Majlis
Independent Institutions Committee → accountabilityTo → People’s Majlis ⓘ
linked to: People's Majlis
Malé City → hasInstitution → People's Majlis ⓘ