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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Statements (42)

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 ⓘ