Parliament of Morocco

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The Parliament of Morocco is the bicameral national legislature of the Kingdom of Morocco, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Parliament of Morocco canonical 14
Parliament of Morocco leadership 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
national legislature
branchOf legislative branch of Morocco
budgetaryPower votes on Finance Bill of Morocco
building Parliament Building, Rabat
canDissolve House of Representatives of Morocco
capitalOfCountry Rabat
compositionTypeUpperHouse representatives of local authorities, professional chambers, and employees
constitutionalMonarchyContext operates within a constitutional monarchy headed by the King of Morocco
constitutionalStatus defined by the Constitution of Morocco
coordinates 34.020°N 6.836°W
country Kingdom of Morocco
linked to: Morocco

Morocco
electoralSystemLowerHouse mixed-member proportional representation
elects some members of the Constitutional Court of Morocco
hasComponent House of Councillors of Morocco
House of Representatives of Morocco
hasJurisdiction Morocco
inception 1963
languageUsed Amazigh
Arabic
French
legislativeBodyFor Government of Morocco
Kingdom of Morocco
linked to: Morocco
legislativeChamber House of Councillors of Morocco
House of Representatives of Morocco
location Rabat
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Morocco
meetsIn Rabat
meetsInSession ordinary sessions
numberOfHouses 2
ordinarySessionFrequency twice a year
presidingOfficerLowerHouseTitle President of the House of Representatives
presidingOfficerUpperHouseTitle President of the House of Councillors
reestablished 1996
replaces Consultative Assembly of Morocco
role budget approval
government oversight
lawmaking
ratification of international treaties
subjectToDissolutionBy King of Morocco
supervises Government of Morocco
termLengthLowerHouse 5 years
termLengthUpperHouse 6 years
upperHouse House of Councillors of Morocco
votingSystemUpperHouse indirect election
website http://www.parlement.ma/

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

Rabat isSeatOf Parliament of Morocco
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra containsGovernmentInstitution Parliament of Morocco
subject linked to: Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region
Government of Morocco coexistsWith Parliament of Morocco
Government of Morocco collaboratesWith Parliament of Morocco
Government of Morocco hasElectionsFor Parliament of Morocco
House of Representatives of Morocco partOf Parliament of Morocco
Parliament Building, Rabat legislativeBody Parliament of Morocco
Parliament Building, Rabat governingBody Parliament of Morocco
Parliament Building, Rabat operator Parliament of Morocco
President of the House of Councillors partOf Parliament of Morocco leadership
linked to: Parliament of Morocco
House of Councillors of Morocco partOf Parliament of Morocco
state budget of Morocco approvedBy Parliament of Morocco