Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq

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The Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq is the presiding officer and highest authority of Iraq’s unicameral parliament, responsible for leading legislative sessions and overseeing parliamentary procedures.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
appointedBy Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
associatedWith Federal government of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Government of Iraq

Iraqi parliamentary system ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
electedBy members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
governmentBranch Legislative branch of Iraq ⓘ
hasDeputy First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
Second Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
inception 2005 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraq
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Iraq ⓘ
legislativeBody Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Baghdad Governorate ⓘ
nativeLabel رئيس مجلس النواب العراقي ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
officeInvolves coordination with parliamentary committees ⓘ
interaction with political blocs represented in parliament ⓘ
interaction with the executive branch of Iraq ⓘ
officeType presiding officer of a unicameral parliament ⓘ
parliamentType unicameral legislature ⓘ
partOf Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
precededBy Speaker of the National Assembly of Iraq ⓘ
presidesOver Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
responsibleFor ensuring proper conduct of voting procedures ⓘ
interpreting and applying parliamentary rules of procedure ⓘ
signing laws passed by the Council of Representatives before transmission to the presidency ⓘ
role announces results of parliamentary votes ⓘ
can call and open sessions of the Council of Representatives ⓘ
coordinates the work of the Council of Representatives ⓘ
ensures adherence to parliamentary rules ⓘ
highest authority of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
leads legislative sessions ⓘ
maintains order during parliamentary debates ⓘ
manages speaking time for members of parliament ⓘ
may adjourn sessions of the Council of Representatives ⓘ
may refer draft laws to relevant parliamentary committees ⓘ
oversees parliamentary procedures ⓘ
presiding officer of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
represents the Council of Representatives in official functions ⓘ
seat Baghdad ⓘ
Council of Representatives building in Baghdad ⓘ
selectionMethod election by majority vote of members of the Council of Representatives ⓘ
termDefinedIn Constitution of Iraq (2005) ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

President of Iraq → relatedOffice → Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
Mohammed al-Halbousi → positionHeld → Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq → hasDeputy → Second Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq
Fuad Masum → positionHeld → Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ