National Assembly

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The National Assembly was the supreme legislative body of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, functioning as its central parliament during the country's socialist period.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
National Assembly canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Meli Shura ⓘ
linked to: Majlis

National Shura ⓘ
capitalSeat Kabul ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1987) ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
function adopt laws ⓘ
approve state budget ⓘ
approve state plans ⓘ
oversee government activities ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
governmentTypeContext one-party state ⓘ
historicalEra Saur Revolution period and aftermath ⓘ
linked to: Saur Revolution
jurisdiction Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
legislativeFunction supreme legislative body ⓘ
meetsIn Kabul ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet ⓘ
politicalIdeologyContext Marxist–Leninist ⓘ
politicalPartyDominance People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
politicalSystem socialist state ⓘ
predecessor Loya Jirga (as supreme representative body) ⓘ
relatedEvent Saur Revolution ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
role central parliament ⓘ
law-making body ⓘ
representation of the people ⓘ
stateForm socialist republic ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo Revolutionary Council of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
head of state of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
successor National Assembly of Afghanistan (post-2001) ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan → legislature → National Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: DRA