Senate

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The Senate is the appointed upper chamber of Jordan's bicameral National Assembly, responsible for reviewing and approving legislation passed by the elected lower house.

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Label Occurrences
Senate canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of parliament ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jordanian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Jordan

Majlis al-Aayan ⓘ
linked to: Majlis al-Ayan
appliesTo national legislation of Jordan ⓘ
appointmentAuthority King of Jordan ⓘ
canAmend bills passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ
canApprove bills passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ
canReject bills passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ
compositionMethod appointed ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutionally established chamber ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
governmentTypeContext constitutional monarchy of Jordan ⓘ
hasFunction acting as a revising chamber ⓘ
participating in the legislative process ⓘ
providing legislative oversight ⓘ
hasHouseType upper house ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ
hasLegislativeFunction law approval ⓘ
law review ⓘ
hasMemberTitle Senator ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInArabic مجلس الأعيان الأردني ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Jordan
hasRole upper chamber ⓘ
hasTypeOfMembership appointed members ⓘ
hasVotingSystem internal majority voting among senators ⓘ
headedBy President of the Senate of Jordan ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerOf House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ
isOneOfChambersOf Jordanian Parliament ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
legalSystem Jordanian constitutional framework ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Jordan ⓘ
legislatureName National Assembly of Jordan ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ
meetsIn Amman ⓘ
Jordanian Parliament building ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Jordan ⓘ
partOfGovernmentBranch legislative branch of Jordan ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
relatedTo Monarchy of Jordan ⓘ
relationshipToLowerHouse reviews and approves laws passed by the elected lower house ⓘ
responsibleFor approving legislation passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ
reviewing legislation passed by the House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by the King of Jordan ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith House of Representatives of Jordan ⓘ

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