Parliament of the Cook Islands

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The Parliament of the Cook Islands is the unicameral national legislature responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of the Cook Islands.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
approves national budget of the Cook Islands ⓘ
associatedWith Commonwealth parliamentary tradition ⓘ
Government of the Cook Islands ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy King's Representative in the Cook Islands ⓘ
composition Members of Parliament ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme law-making body of the Cook Islands ⓘ
country Cook Islands ⓘ
established 1965 ⓘ
foundationEvent self-government of the Cook Islands in free association with New Zealand ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommittee various standing committees ⓘ
headOfGovernmentSelection elects or confirms the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
jurisdiction Cook Islands ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Cook Islands Māori ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Cook Islands ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Cook Islands ⓘ
locatedIn Cook Islands ⓘ
Rarotonga ⓘ
meetingPlace Parliament House, Avarua ⓘ
meets in sessions convened by the Speaker or King's Representative ⓘ
meetsIn Avarua ⓘ
memberTitle Member of Parliament ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
oversightOf executive branch of the Cook Islands ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands ⓘ
presidingOfficer Speaker of the Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
primaryFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the government ⓘ
representation of the people of the Cook Islands ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
relatedTo Cabinet of the Cook Islands ⓘ
King's Representative in the Cook Islands ⓘ
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands ⓘ
replacedBy none ⓘ
responsibleFor amending the Constitution of the Cook Islands (subject to procedures) ⓘ
enacting legislation ⓘ
sovereignState Cook Islands ⓘ
supervises Cabinet of the Cook Islands ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation territorial constituencies ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

Cook Islands → legislature → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Avarua → hasBuilding → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Parliament of the Cook Islands → precededBy → Legislative Assembly of the Cook Islands ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of the Cook Islands
Rarotonga → hasParliament → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Government of the Cook Islands → legislativeBody → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Government of the Cook Islands → executiveAccountableTo → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Government of the Cook Islands → headOfGovernmentSelectedBy → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands → nominator → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands → reportsTo → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands → isAccountableTo → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Prime Minister of the Cook Islands → relatedLegislature → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Parliament House, Avarua → governingBody → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Cabinet of the Cook Islands → accountableTo → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
Cabinet of the Cook Islands → reportsTo → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ
House of Ariki → associatedWith → Cook Islands Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of the Cook Islands
Avarua, Rarotonga → hasLandmark → Parliament of the Cook Islands ⓘ