Dewan Rakyat

E273126

Dewan Rakyat is the lower house of Malaysia’s bicameral federal parliament, comprising elected representatives who debate and pass national legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
constitutionalStatus federal legislative chamber ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Malaysia ⓘ
electoralLevel national ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects members from parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
established 1959 ⓘ
foundationLegalBasis Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
governingRules Standing Orders of the Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasFunction amend legislation ⓘ
approve the federal budget ⓘ
consider bills ⓘ
question government ministers ⓘ
ratify certain international agreements ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
hasUpperHouse Dewan Negara ⓘ
isChamberOf Malaysian federal parliament ⓘ
jurisdiction federal laws of Malaysia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral parliament lower chamber ⓘ
locatedIn Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
linked to: Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
meetsIn Malaysian Houses of Parliament ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
meetsInCapital Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
membersAre Members of Parliament ⓘ
elected representatives ⓘ
mustMaintainConfidenceFor Prime Minister of Malaysia ⓘ
nativeName Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
oversightOf Government of Malaysia ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
predecessor Federal Legislative Council ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
relationshipToGovernment confidence chamber for the federal government ⓘ
role debate national legislation ⓘ
pass federal laws ⓘ
represent the people ⓘ
scrutinize the government ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
translationOfName House of Representatives ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation constituency-based representation ⓘ

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

Parliament of Malaysia → lowerHouse → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Dewan Negara → lowerHouse → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Dewan Negara → relatedLegislature → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Government of Malaysia → lowerHouse → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Kuala Pilah → federalConstituencyOf → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Malaysian Houses of Parliament → hasPart → Dewan Rakyat chamber ⓘ
linked to: Dewan Rakyat
Public Accounts Committee of the Dewan Rakyat → chamber → House of Representatives of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Dewan Rakyat
Dewan Rakyat → nativeName → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Senate of Malaysia → relatedLowerHouse → House of Representatives of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Dewan Rakyat
Jelebu (P126) → representedIn → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Jelebu (P126) → legislativeChamber → House of Representatives of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Dewan Rakyat
Rembau (federal constituency) → representedIn → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
subject linked to: Rembau (P131)
Rembau (federal constituency) → hasChamber → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
subject linked to: Rembau (P131)
Jeli → representedIn → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
subject linked to: Jeli parliamentary constituency
Jeli → parliamentName → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
subject linked to: Jeli parliamentary constituency
Jeli → hasChamber → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
subject linked to: Jeli parliamentary constituency
DUN Kedah → relatedTo → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Sepang (federal constituency) → parliamentaryChamber → House of Representatives of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Dewan Rakyat
Federal Territory → representedIn → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Lim Kit Siang → memberOf → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
Segambut → hasLegislature → Dewan Rakyat ⓘ