Parliament of Mauritania

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The Parliament of Mauritania is the country’s bicameral national legislature, responsible for making laws and overseeing the executive branch.

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Label Occurrences
Parliament of Mauritania canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower authorizes taxation ⓘ
votes state budget ⓘ
canAuthorize declaration of war ⓘ
state of emergency ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of Mauritania ⓘ
canCensure Government of Mauritania ⓘ
canInterpellate members of the government ⓘ
capitalCity Nouakchott ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Mauritania ⓘ
country Mauritania ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse multi-member constituencies ⓘ
party-list proportional representation ⓘ
two-round system in some districts ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Mauritania ⓘ
hasCommittee ad hoc committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasPart National Assembly of Mauritania ⓘ
Senate of Mauritania ⓘ
headOfStateAddress President of Mauritania ⓘ
internationalRole participates in inter-parliamentary organizations ⓘ
ratifies international agreements ⓘ
jurisdiction Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalSystemContext mixed civil law and Islamic law system of Mauritania ⓘ
legislativeFunction budget approval ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
ratification of international treaties ⓘ
lowerHouse National Assembly of Mauritania ⓘ
meetsIn Nouakchott ⓘ
oversees Government of Mauritania ⓘ
executive branch of Mauritania ⓘ
oversightInstrument commissions of inquiry ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ
politicalSystemContext semi-presidential system of Mauritania ⓘ
relatedOrganization Inter-Parliamentary Union ⓘ
Pan-African Parliament ⓘ
represents people of Mauritania ⓘ
roleInConstitution adopts ordinary laws ⓘ
adopts organic laws ⓘ
participates in constitutional amendment process ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws ⓘ
typeOfStateRepresented unitary state ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Mauritania ⓘ
votingSystemType mixed electoral system ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

National Assembly of Mauritania → partOf → Parliament of Mauritania ⓘ
Constitution of Mauritania → establishesBody → Parliament of Mauritania ⓘ
Government of Mauritania → cooperatesWith → Parliament of Mauritania ⓘ
subject linked to: government of Mauritania