President of the Senate

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The President of the Senate is the head of France’s upper parliamentary chamber and, under the constitution, is next in line to assume the powers of the President of the Republic if the office becomes vacant.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
President of the Senate canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy Senate of France ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of France ⓘ
category French constitutional law ⓘ
French political institutions ⓘ
Presiding officers of legislatures ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 7 of the Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
constitutionalRole acts as interim President of the French Republic in case of vacancy ⓘ
head of the upper house of the French Parliament ⓘ
continuesIn French Fifth Republic ⓘ
country France ⓘ
hasJurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
hasPower chairs plenary sittings of the Senate ⓘ
ensures observance of the rules of procedure of the Senate ⓘ
may convene extraordinary sessions of the Senate under certain conditions ⓘ
may refer laws to the Constitutional Council ⓘ
oversees the internal administration of the Senate ⓘ
represents the Senate in its relations with the executive and other institutions ⓘ
sets the agenda of the Senate in conjunction with the Conference of Presidents ⓘ
heads Senate of France ⓘ
interimLimitations cannot call a referendum while acting as interim President ⓘ
cannot dissolve the National Assembly while acting as interim President ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legislativeChamber Senate of France ⓘ
lineOfSuccessionPosition first in line to exercise the powers of the President of the Republic ⓘ
locatedIn Paris ⓘ
memberOf Bureau of the Senate ⓘ
officeCreatedIn French Third Republic ⓘ
officeHoldersTitle Président du Sénat ⓘ
parliamentaryBody French Parliament ⓘ
precedes President of the National Assembly in the order of precedence ⓘ
represents Senate of France in international parliamentary relations ⓘ
residence Petit Luxembourg ⓘ
seat Palais du Luxembourg ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by senators ⓘ
styleOfAddress Madame la Présidente ⓘ
Monsieur le Président ⓘ
successionCondition exercises presidential powers in case of death of the President of the Republic ⓘ
exercises presidential powers in case of other vacancy of the presidency ⓘ
exercises presidential powers in case of removal from office of the President of the Republic ⓘ
exercises presidential powers in case of resignation of the President of the Republic ⓘ
successionNature interim head of state ⓘ
symbolicRole second highest public office in the French state protocol ⓘ
termLength three years ⓘ
termRenewable true ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Senate of France → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Senate ⓘ
Constitutional Council of France → appointmentBy → President of the Senate ⓘ