Chamber of Deputies

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The Chamber of Deputies is the elected lower house of Jordan’s bicameral National Assembly, responsible for legislating and overseeing the government.

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Label Occurrences
Chamber of Deputies canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy King of Jordan ⓘ
canInitiate legislative proposals ⓘ
votes of no confidence ⓘ
committeeFunction detailed examination of draft laws ⓘ
oversight of ministries ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentRole participates in amending the Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Jordan ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
electoralBody Jordanian citizens of voting age ⓘ
electoralLawRegulates composition and election of members ⓘ
established 1947 ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem yes ⓘ
hasReservedSeatsFor Bedouin ⓘ
Christians ⓘ
Circassians and Chechens ⓘ
linked to: Circassians

women ⓘ
hasSpeaker Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies (Jordan) ⓘ
houseType elected ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Arabic ⓘ
legislationRequiresAssentOf King of Jordan ⓘ
legislativeFunction amends laws ⓘ
enacts laws ⓘ
repeals laws ⓘ
meetingPlace Parliament building in Amman ⓘ
meetsIn Amman ⓘ
numberOfMembers 130 ⓘ
otherHouse Senate of Jordan ⓘ
oversightFunction can withdraw confidence from the government ⓘ
oversees the government ⓘ
questions ministers ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Jordan ⓘ
passesLegislationWith Senate of Jordan ⓘ
predecessor Legislative Council of Transjordan ⓘ
publicSessions generally open to the public ⓘ
relationToMonarch shares legislative power with the King of Jordan ⓘ
relationToOtherHouse lower house ⓘ
roleInBudget approves state budget ⓘ
roleInTreaties approves certain international agreements ⓘ
sessionType extraordinary sessions ⓘ
ordinary sessions ⓘ
speakerElectedBy members of the Chamber of Deputies (Jordan) ⓘ
supervises public policy implementation ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem mixed electoral system ⓘ
votingSystemDetail open list proportional representation ⓘ
single non-transferable vote elements ⓘ

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

Jordanian Parliament → lowerHouseAlsoKnownAs → Chamber of Deputies ⓘ