Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia

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The Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia was the former lower house of the country’s bicameral legislature under the pre-2011 political system, responsible for lawmaking and representing the electorate before being replaced by the restructured Tunisian Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislative body
lower house of parliament
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Tunisia (1959)
constitutionalRole approving constitutional amendments (with procedures involving other bodies)
passing ordinary laws
country Tunisia
countryGovernmentSystemDuringExistence presidential republic
dissolvedFollowingEvent 2011 political transition in Tunisia
Tunisian Revolution
electoralSystemType multi-member constituencies
function representing citizens in national legislation
governmentBranch legislative branch of Tunisia
hasUpperHouse Chamber of Advisors of Tunisia
historicalPeriod Ben Ali era in Tunisia
houseType elected chamber
jurisdiction Republic of Tunisia
linked to: Tunisia
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
French
legislativeFunction lawmaking
legislativeSystem bicameral legislature of Tunisia
locatedInCountry Tunisia
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tunis
meetsInBuilding Bardo National Assembly building
linked to: Bardo Palace
oversightMechanism committees of the Chamber of Deputies
parliamentary questions to government
parliamentaryChamberType lower house
partOf Parliament of Tunisia
linked to: Tunisian Parliament
politicalContext authoritarian regime under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
politicalSystemFeature limited political pluralism before 2011
predecessor National Assembly of Tunisia
linked to: Tunisian Parliament
replacedBy Assembly of the Representatives of the People
unicameral Tunisian Parliament
linked to: Tunisian Parliament
replacedInYear 2011
represents Tunisian electorate
role adopting laws
approving state budget
overseeing the executive branch
seat Bardo, Tunis
linked to: Bardo, near Tunis
status abolished
subordinateTo President of Tunisia (de facto, pre-2011)
typeOfRepresentation territorial constituencies
votingSystemCharacteristic dominance of ruling party

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Tunisian Parliament precededBy Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia
Tunisian Parliament precededBy Chamber of Advisors of Tunisia
linked to: Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia
Beji Caid Essebsi memberOf Chamber of Deputies of Tunisia