Speaker of the Parliament

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The Speaker of the Parliament is the highest-ranking presiding officer of Finland’s unicameral legislature, responsible for leading parliamentary sessions and representing the institution.

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Speaker of the Parliament canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
associatedWith Speaker’s Council of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
belongsToOrganization Parliament of Finland ⓘ
canInfluence parliamentary agenda ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
electedBy Parliament of Finland ⓘ
electionMethod elected by secret ballot ⓘ
eligibleOfficeHolder member of Parliament of Finland ⓘ
governmentBranch legislature ⓘ
hasDeputy First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finland
languageOfNativeLabel Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Finland ⓘ
legislativeBodyType unicameral legislature ⓘ
nativeLabel Eduskunnan puhemies ⓘ
Riksdagens talman ⓘ
officeHoldersMust be elected members of Parliament ⓘ
officeLocation Parliament House plenary chamber ⓘ
partOf political system of Finland ⓘ
positionInGovernment highest-ranking presiding officer of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
presidesOver Parliament of Finland ⓘ
rankInStateProtocol one of the highest state officials of Finland ⓘ
responsibility announcing decisions of the Parliament ⓘ
chairing the Speaker’s Council ⓘ
ensuring fair debate among members of Parliament ⓘ
ensuring parliamentary rules of procedure are followed ⓘ
granting the floor to members of Parliament ⓘ
interpreting parliamentary rules during sessions ⓘ
leading parliamentary sessions ⓘ
maintaining order in plenary sessions ⓘ
opening and closing plenary sittings ⓘ
overseeing the work schedule of the Parliament ⓘ
putting questions to a vote ⓘ
representing the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
signing certain parliamentary documents and decisions ⓘ
supervising the internal administration of Parliament ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority internal proceedings of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
seat Parliament House, Helsinki ⓘ
symbolicRole represents the Parliament in domestic affairs ⓘ
represents the Parliament in international relations ⓘ
termLength parliamentary session ⓘ
typeOfPower legislative branch ⓘ

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

Parliament of Finland → headOfInstitutionTitle → Speaker of the Parliament ⓘ