Council of Oman

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The Council of Oman is the bicameral national legislature of the Sultanate of Oman, comprising an appointed upper chamber and an elected lower chamber that together advise on and review national laws and policies.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliamentary body ⓘ
compositionCharacteristic lower chamber members elected ⓘ
upper chamber members appointed ⓘ
constitutionalStatus advisory and review body within an absolute monarchy ⓘ
country Oman ⓘ
establishedBy Royal decrees of the Sultan of Oman ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Oman ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver draft economic legislation ⓘ
draft social legislation ⓘ
public policy recommendations ⓘ
hasChamberSelectionMethod lower chamber elected by popular vote ⓘ
upper chamber appointed by the Sultan ⓘ
hasFunction expert and technocratic input through the appointed chamber ⓘ
representation of Omani citizens through the elected chamber ⓘ
hasPart Consultative Assembly of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Council of Oman

Council of State ⓘ
hasRoleIn Oman’s development plans discussion ⓘ
hasWebsite official website of the Council of Oman ⓘ
headOfGovernmentInteraction receives draft laws from the Council of Ministers ⓘ
jurisdiction Sultanate of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Oman
legalBasis Basic Statute of the State of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Omani Basic Law
legislativeBodyFor Government of Oman ⓘ
legislativeProcessRole advises on draft laws ⓘ
discusses socio-economic plans ⓘ
proposes amendments to draft legislation ⓘ
reviews national policies ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Muscat Governorate ⓘ
lowerChamber Consultative Assembly of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Council of Oman
meetsFrequency at least one regular session per year ⓘ
meetsIn Muscat ⓘ
meetsInBuilding Council of Oman building in Muscat ⓘ
nativeName Majlis Oman ⓘ
linked to: Council of Oman
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
partOf political system of Oman ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
replaces earlier consultative councils of Oman ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
regular sessions ⓘ
subordinateTo Sultan of Oman ⓘ
typeOfLegislature consultative legislature ⓘ
upperChamber Council of State ⓘ
votingSystemLowerChamber single-member constituencies (historically used) ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Government of Oman → legislativeBody → Council of Oman ⓘ
Government of Oman → upperHouse → Council of State of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Council of Oman
Government of Oman → lowerHouse → Consultative Assembly of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Council of Oman
Council of Oman → hasPart → Consultative Assembly of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Council of Oman
Council of Oman → lowerChamber → Consultative Assembly of Oman ⓘ
linked to: Council of Oman
Council of Oman → nativeName → Majlis Oman ⓘ
linked to: Council of Oman
Council of Ministers (Oman) → worksWith → Consultative Council of Oman ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
linked to: Council of Oman
Council of Ministers (Oman) → worksWith → Council of State of Oman ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
linked to: Council of Oman
Omani Basic Law → establishes → Council of Oman ⓘ