National Council

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The National Council is the primary legislative chamber of Austria’s federal parliament, responsible for passing national laws and overseeing the federal government.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
National Council canonical 4
Nationalrat 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
canBeDissolvedBy Federal President of Austria
linked to: Austrian President
canBeDissolvedOnProposalOf Federal Government of Austria
canOverride Federal Council (Austria)
linked to: Federal Council
constitutionalBasis Federal Constitutional Law of Austria
convenesWith Federal Council (Austria)
linked to: Federal Council
country Austria
electoralMinimumAge 16 years
electoralSystemFeature multi-member constituencies
national electoral threshold
elects some members of the Federal Assembly of Austria
eligibilityAge 18 years
established 1920
hasChamber Federal Council (Austria)
linked to: Federal Council
hasCommitteeType special committees
standing committees
hasFunction budgetary authority
parliamentary scrutiny of the federal government
ratification of international treaties
hasPower amend legislation
initiate legislation
repeal legislation
vote of no confidence in the federal government
jointBodyName Federal Assembly of Austria
linked to: Austrian Parliament
jurisdiction federal level of Austria
legislativePower federal legislation
locatedIn Austria
Vienna
meetsIn Austrian Parliament Building
meetsInChamber National Council chamber in the Parliament Building
numberOfMembers 183
numberOfPresidents 3
officialLanguage German
officialName Nationalrat
linked to: National Council
partOf Parliament of Austria
linked to: Austrian Parliament
presidingOfficerTitle President of the National Council
reestablished 1945
replaced House of Deputies of the Imperial Council
role oversees the federal government of Austria
passes federal laws
primary legislative chamber of Austria’s federal parliament
supervises Federal Government of Austria
termLength 5 years
typeOfParliamentarySystem unicameral-dominant bicameralism
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Referenced by (5)

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

Austria lowerHouse National Council
National Council (Austria) officialName Nationalrat
subject linked to: National Council
linked to: National Council
Austrian Parliament hasPart National Council
Austrian Parliament legislativeChamber National Council
Austrian Parliament lowerHouse National Council