Senat

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Senat is the upper house of Poland’s national parliament, responsible for reviewing and amending legislation passed by the lower house.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Senat canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
canAmendBills true ⓘ
canInitiateConstitutionalAmendments true ⓘ
canProposeBills true ⓘ
canRejectBills true ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
countryCapital Warsaw ⓘ
electoralDistrictType single-member constituencies ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1989 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem true ⓘ
hasLowerHouse Sejm ⓘ
hasPower to approve certain appointments ⓘ
to delay legislation ⓘ
to propose amendments to legislation passed by the Sejm ⓘ
hasStandingCommittees true ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.senat.gov.pl/ ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Senate of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Poland
jurisdiction Republic of Poland ⓘ
languageUsed Polish ⓘ
linked to: Polish language
legislativeBodyOf Poland ⓘ
locationCity Warsaw ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Sejm and Senate Complex ⓘ
numberOfMembers 100 ⓘ
officialName Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Poland
oversightRole monitoring implementation of laws ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
Parliament of Poland ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Marshal of the Senate ⓘ
primaryFunction amending legislation ⓘ
legislative oversight ⓘ
reviewing legislation ⓘ
publishes Senate resolutions ⓘ
legislative opinions ⓘ
relatedInstitution Constitutional Tribunal of Poland ⓘ
President of Poland ⓘ
reviewsLegislationFrom Sejm ⓘ
roleInBudgetProcess reviews budget bill passed by the Sejm ⓘ
seat Warsaw ⓘ
sessionType plenary sessions ⓘ
shortName Senat ⓘ
supervises some activities of local government ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature ⓘ
usesChamber Senate Chamber in the Sejm and Senate Complex ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ

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

Senate of the Second Polish Republic → nativeLabel → Senat ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
Senat → shortName → Senat ⓘ