Parliament of Poland

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The Parliament of Poland is the country's bicameral national legislature, consisting of the lower house (Sejm) and the upper house (Senate), responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower adopts state budget ⓘ
buildingName Sejm and Senate Complex ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of Poland (under constitutional conditions) ⓘ
linked to: President of Poland
canOverride Presidential veto (with qualified majority) ⓘ
capitalCity Warsaw ⓘ
cityDistrict Warsaw Śródmieście district ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Republic of Poland (1997) ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
elects Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
President of the National Bank of Poland (with participation of the President of Poland) ⓘ
President of the Supreme Audit Office ⓘ
members of the National Council of the Judiciary ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1997 ⓘ
governmentTypeContext parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasLegislativeChamber Sejm ⓘ
Senate of Poland ⓘ
hasPart Sejm ⓘ
Senate of Poland ⓘ
headOfStateInvolvedInProcess President of Poland ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Sejm ⓘ
houseType bicameral ⓘ
internationalAffiliation Inter-Parliamentary Union ⓘ
languageUsed Polish ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Government of Poland ⓘ
locatedIn Masovian Voivodeship ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
lowerHouse Sejm ⓘ
meetsIn Sejm and Senate Complex ⓘ
nativeName Parlament Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej ⓘ
numberOfMembersLowerHouse 460 ⓘ
numberOfMembersUpperHouse 100 ⓘ
oversees Council of Ministers of Poland ⓘ
predecessor Polish People's Republic parliament ⓘ
Sejm of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
primaryFunction budget approval ⓘ
constitutional amendments ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
ratification of international agreements ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 4 years ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Poland ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse first-past-the-post ⓘ

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

Marshal of the Sejm → partOf → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
Senate of the Second Polish Republic → partOf → Parliament of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Senate of the Second Polish Republic → chamberOf → Polish parliament ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Senate of the Second Polish Republic → alsoKnownAs → Senate of interwar Poland ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Council of National Defense of Poland → subordinateTo → Polish parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Act on the Supreme Court of Poland → enactedBy → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
New Left (Poland) → operatesIn → Polish parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Flag Day (May 2) → establishedBy → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
National Assembly of Poland → partOf → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
Senat → partOf → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
Senate of Poland → partOf → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
Sejm press center → partOf → Polish Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Sejm gardens → associatedWith → Polish legislature ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Deputy Marshal of the Sejm → partOf → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
Presidium of the Sejm → belongsTo → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
Parliament of Poland → nativeName → Parlament Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Civic Platform → operatesIn → Polish parliament ⓘ
subject linked to: Civic Platform (past member)
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Polish parliamentary elections → legislativeBody → Polish parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Polish–German Parliamentary Assembly → relatedTo → Polish Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Andrzej Pająk → memberOf → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
Najwyższa Izba Kontroli → cooperatesWith → Polish parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Poland
Chancellery of the Sejm → partOf → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
Marshal of the Senate → isPartOf → Parliament of Poland ⓘ
KRASP → worksWith → Parliament of Poland ⓘ