President of the National Council of Austria

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The President of the National Council of Austria is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of the country’s lower house of parliament, responsible for leading its sessions and representing it externally.

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Label Occurrences
President of the National Council of Austria canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political office in Austria ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
appointedBy National Council of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament
canBeReelected yes ⓘ
chamber lower house of the Parliament of Austria ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
electedBy members of the National Council of Austria ⓘ
hasSeat presidium of the National Council chamber ⓘ
highestRankingOfficialOf National Council of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament
inception 1920 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austria
languageOfOffice German ⓘ
legalBasis Federal Constitutional Law of Austria ⓘ
Rules of Procedure of the National Council of Austria ⓘ
legislativeBody National Council of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Vienna ⓘ
meetsIn Austrian Parliament Building ⓘ
memberOf Presidium of the National Council of Austria ⓘ
nativeLabel Präsident des Nationalrates ⓘ
Präsidentin des Nationalrates ⓘ
officeContestedIn internal parliamentary election ⓘ
officeType presiding officer of a legislative body ⓘ
speaker of parliament ⓘ
parliament Parliament of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament
partOf Austrian constitutional organs ⓘ
positionHeldIn National Council of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament
presidesOver sessions of the National Council of Austria ⓘ
rankInStateProtocol high-ranking state office ⓘ
replaces presiding officers of earlier Austrian parliaments ⓘ
represents National Council of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament
representsExternally National Council of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Parliament
responsibility announcing voting results ⓘ
convening sittings of the National Council ⓘ
ensuring observance of the rules of procedure ⓘ
ensuring the administrative functioning of the National Council ⓘ
granting and withdrawing the floor to speakers ⓘ
maintaining order during debates ⓘ
opening and closing sittings of the National Council ⓘ
putting motions and bills to a vote ⓘ
representing the National Council in dealings with the Federal Council ⓘ
representing the National Council in dealings with the Federal Government ⓘ
representing the National Council in international parliamentary relations ⓘ
roleIn Austrian federal legislative system ⓘ
seat Parliament building on the Ringstrasse in Vienna ⓘ
selectionMethod election by the National Council ⓘ
termOfOffice parliamentary term of the National Council ⓘ
worksWith Second President of the National Council of Austria ⓘ
Third President of the National Council of Austria ⓘ

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

Karl Renner → positionHeld → President of the National Council of Austria ⓘ