Conseil national

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Conseil national is the French name for Switzerland’s National Council, the lower house of the Federal Assembly and one of the country’s two federal legislative chambers.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nationalrat 8
National Council (Switzerland) 6
Conseil national canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
belongsTo federal level of government ⓘ
compositionPrinciple proportional to population of cantons ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Articles 149–153 of the Swiss Federal Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
electoralDistricts Swiss cantons ⓘ
electoralFrequency every 4 years ⓘ
electorate Swiss citizens ⓘ
establishedInYear 1848 ⓘ
hasChamber Conseil des États ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem standing committees ⓘ
hasPower amend federal legislation ⓘ
approve international treaties ⓘ
elect members of the Federal Council (jointly with Council of States) ⓘ
initiate federal legislation ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
jointSessionName United Federal Assembly ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Romansh ⓘ
linked to: Romansh language
legislativeBodyOf Swiss Confederation ⓘ
legislativeFunction budget approval ⓘ
federal law-making ⓘ
federal oversight ⓘ
locatedIn Bern ⓘ
meetsFrequency regular sessions annually ⓘ
meetsIn Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ
meetsJointlyWith Council of States ⓘ
minimumSeatsPerCanton 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 200 ⓘ
officialName Conseil national ⓘ
National Council ⓘ
Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
partOf Federal Assembly of Switzerland ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the National Council ⓘ
represents Swiss population ⓘ
sessionLocation National Council chamber, Federal Palace ⓘ
supervises Federal Council ⓘ
federal administration ⓘ
federal courts ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingAge 18 ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

National Council (Switzerland) → nativeName → Conseil national ⓘ
subject linked to: National Council
Bundesversammlung → hasChamber → Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Assemblée fédérale → hasPart → Conseil national ⓘ
Assemblée fédérale → hasPart → Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Assemblée fédérale → hasPart → National Council (Switzerland) ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Parlament → hasPart → Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Parlament → lowerHouse → Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Cussegl dals Stadis → hasLegislativePowerWith → National Council (Switzerland) ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Cussegl dals Stadis → hasEqualPowersAs → National Council (Switzerland) ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
President of the National Council (Switzerland) → partOf → National Council (Switzerland) ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
President of the National Council (Switzerland) → chamber → National Council (Switzerland) ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Conseil national → officialName → Conseil national ⓘ
Conseil national → officialName → Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Cussegl naziunal → correspondsTo → National Council (Switzerland) ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Ständerat → hasSisterChamber → Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Ständerat → legislativePeriodSynchronizedWith → Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national
Ständerat → legislativePowerSharedWith → Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national