House of Assembly of Kiribati

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The House of Assembly of Kiribati is the unicameral national legislature of Kiribati, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
budgetaryRole approves national budget of Kiribati ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of Kiribati ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Kiribati ⓘ
country Kiribati ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
multi-member constituencies ⓘ
foundationPeriod post-independence era of Kiribati ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasCommittee parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasFunction budget approval ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ
law-making ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver entire territory of Kiribati ⓘ
hasMemberType elected members ⓘ
ex officio members ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInEnglish House of Assembly of Kiribati ⓘ
hasPower amend legislation ⓘ
pass legislation ⓘ
repeal legislation ⓘ
hasQuorumRequirement minimum number of members present to conduct business ⓘ
headOfGovernmentElectionRole elects President of Kiribati (Beretitenti) from among members ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Gilbertese ⓘ
legalStatus supreme legislative authority in Kiribati ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Kiribati ⓘ
meetsFrequency in sessions during the year ⓘ
meetsIn Kiribati ⓘ
South Tarawa ⓘ
oversightTool committees of inquiry ⓘ
debates ⓘ
parliamentary questions ⓘ
partOf political system of Kiribati ⓘ
passes Acts of Parliament of Kiribati ⓘ
predecessor Legislative Council of the Gilbert Islands ⓘ
represents constituencies of Kiribati ⓘ
responsibility making laws ⓘ
overseeing the government ⓘ
role enacts national legislation ⓘ
represents the people of Kiribati ⓘ
scrutinizes executive actions ⓘ
structure unicameral ⓘ
supervises executive branch of Kiribati ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature single-chamber ⓘ
votingSystem plurality voting ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Maneaba ni Maungatabu → alsoKnownAs → House of Assembly of Kiribati ⓘ
Maneaba ni Maungatabu → predecessor → House of Assembly of the Gilbert Islands ⓘ
linked to: House of Assembly of Kiribati
Parliament of Tuvalu → predecessor → House of Assembly of the British Colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands ⓘ
linked to: House of Assembly of Kiribati
South Tarawa → contains → Parliament of Kiribati ⓘ
linked to: House of Assembly of Kiribati
Bairiki → contains → Parliament of Kiribati (Maneaba ni Maungatabu) ⓘ
linked to: House of Assembly of Kiribati
Chief Minister of the Gilbert Islands → officeContestedIn → Gilbert Islands parliamentary elections ⓘ
linked to: House of Assembly of Kiribati
House of Assembly of Kiribati → predecessor → Legislative Council of the Gilbert Islands ⓘ
linked to: House of Assembly of Kiribati
House of Assembly of Kiribati → hasOfficialNameInEnglish → House of Assembly of Kiribati ⓘ
Speaker of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu → partOf → Parliament of Kiribati ⓘ
linked to: House of Assembly of Kiribati
Cabinet of Kiribati → accountableTo → House of Assembly of Kiribati ⓘ