National Parliament of East Timor

E180988

legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

The National Parliament of East Timor is the unicameral legislative body of Timor-Leste, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the country’s citizens at the national level.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
National Parliament of Timor-Leste	16
National Parliament of East Timor canonical	10
Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste	4
Constituent Assembly of Timor-Leste	1
Parlamento Nacional da República Democrática de Timor-Leste	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1521157 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Parliament of East Timor
Context triple: [CNRT, hasRepresentationIn, National Parliament of East Timor]

A. National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction is a major political party in East Timor founded and led by independence hero Xanana Gusmão, playing a central role in the country’s post-independence politics and governance.
B. Parliament of Nauru
The Parliament of Nauru is the unicameral national legislature of the Republic of Nauru, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.
C. Parliament of Vanuatu
The Parliament of Vanuatu is the unicameral national legislature of the Republic of Vanuatu, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.
D. National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the country's unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the people at the national level.
E. National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe
The National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe is the unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government in the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: National Parliament of East Timor
Target entity description: The National Parliament of East Timor is the unicameral legislative body of Timor-Leste, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the country’s citizens at the national level.

A. National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction is a major political party in East Timor founded and led by independence hero Xanana Gusmão, playing a central role in the country’s post-independence politics and governance.
B. Parliament of Nauru
The Parliament of Nauru is the unicameral national legislature of the Republic of Nauru, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.
C. Parliament of Vanuatu
The Parliament of Vanuatu is the unicameral national legislature of the Republic of Vanuatu, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.
D. National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the country's unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the people at the national level.
E. National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe
The National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe is the unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making national laws and overseeing the government in the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
abbreviation	PN ⓘ
appoints	President of the National Parliament ⓘ
approves	government program ⓘ
buildingName	National Parliament House ⓘ
canCensure	government ⓘ
canDissolve	by President of East Timor under constitutional conditions ⓘ
constitutionalRole	exercises legislative power under the Constitution of Timor-Leste ⓘ
country	East Timor ⓘ linked to: Timor-Leste Timor-Leste ⓘ
countryCapital	Dili ⓘ
electoralDistrict	single nationwide constituency ⓘ
electoralFrequency	every 5 years ⓘ
electoralSystem	closed-list proportional representation ⓘ
elects	its President ⓘ
foundationDate	20 May 2002 ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasAuthorityTo	amend ordinary laws ⓘ propose constitutional amendments ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem	standing committees ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	national legislation of East Timor ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOversight	Prime Minister of East Timor ⓘ
houseType	unicameral ⓘ
inception	2002 ⓘ
languageOfWork	Portuguese ⓘ Tetum ⓘ
legislatureOf	Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste ⓘ linked to: Timor-Leste East Timor ⓘ linked to: Timor-Leste
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Dili ⓘ
maximumSeats	65 ⓘ
meetsIn	Dili ⓘ
meetsInTimeZone	UTC+9 ⓘ
minimumSeats	52 ⓘ
nativeName	Parlamento Nacional ⓘ
numberOfHouses	1 ⓘ
officialName	Parlamento Nacional de Timor-Leste ⓘ linked to: National Parliament of East Timor
passes	state budget of East Timor ⓘ
precededBy	Constituent Assembly of East Timor ⓘ
primaryFunction	government oversight ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ representation of citizens ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
usesVotingAge	17 years ⓘ
votingSystem	party-list proportional representation ⓘ
website	https://www.parlamento.tl/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

CNRT → hasRepresentationIn → National Parliament of East Timor ⓘ

subject linked to: CNRT (political party)

Dili → hasLegislature → National Parliament of Timor-Leste ⓘ