Senate of Thailand

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The Senate of Thailand is the upper house of the country’s bicameral legislature, responsible for reviewing legislation, approving key appointments, and providing checks on the elected lower house.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
upper house ⓘ
canDelayLegislation yes ⓘ
canInitiateLegislation yes, with limitations ⓘ
canVetoLegislation no absolute veto (can delay and amend) ⓘ
checksAndBalancesWith House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand ⓘ
country Thailand ⓘ
currentFormEstablishedBy 2017 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
hasCommittee ad hoc committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Senate under the 1946 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Thailand

Senate under the 1997 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Thailand

Senate under the 2007 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Thailand
jurisdiction national ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Thai ⓘ
legislativeStructure bicameral legislature ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Thailand ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House of Thailand ⓘ
nativeName วุฒิสภา ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Thai ⓘ
numberOfMembers 250 ⓘ
oversightInstrument committee inquiries ⓘ
debates ⓘ
interpellations ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Thai parliament
power approve appointments to independent state bodies ⓘ
approve appointments to the Constitutional Court ⓘ
approve appointments to the Election Commission ⓘ
approve appointments to the National Anti-Corruption Commission ⓘ
approve appointments to the State Audit Commission ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
participate in constitutional amendment procedures ⓘ
scrutinize legislation passed by the House of Representatives ⓘ
role approves key appointments ⓘ
provides checks on the elected lower house ⓘ
reviews legislation ⓘ
seat Bangkok ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment ⓘ
direct election (historical) ⓘ
indirect election (historical) ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfMembers non-partisan senators (current) ⓘ
votingSystem non-partisan appointment (current) ⓘ
website https://www.senate.go.th ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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

Thai parliament → hasComponentChamber → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
Thai parliament → upperHouse → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
Thai government → upperHouse → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
Prime Minister of Thailand → associatedWith → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
Senate of Thailand → historicalPrecursor → Senate under the 1946 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Thailand
Senate of Thailand → historicalPrecursor → Senate under the 1997 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Thailand
Senate of Thailand → historicalPrecursor → Senate under the 2007 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Thailand
National Assembly (after 1932) → hasChamber → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
National Assembly (after 1932) → hasUpperHouse → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
Sappaya-Sapasathan → servesAsSeatOf → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
26th House of Representatives of Thailand → worksWith → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
subject linked to: 26th House of Representatives
วุฒิสภา → officialNameEnglish → Senate of Thailand ⓘ
Acts of Parliament of Thailand → enactedBy → Senate of Thailand ⓘ