Assembly of the Republic of Portugal

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The Assembly of the Republic of Portugal is the unicameral national parliament and primary legislative body of Portugal, responsible for making laws, overseeing the government, and representing the Portuguese people.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature ⓘ
unicameral national parliament ⓘ
appoints Prime Minister of Portugal (based on electoral results and political conditions) ⓘ
approves Government programme ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
budgetaryFunction debates and approves the State Budget ⓘ
buildingUsed Palácio de São Bento ⓘ
linked to: São Bento Palace
canBeDissolvedBy President of Portugal ⓘ
canDismiss Government of Portugal through motions of no confidence ⓘ
chamberType unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalStatus constitutional organ of sovereignty ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
electoralSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
proportional representation ⓘ
elects Ombudsman (Provedor de Justiça) ⓘ
members of other independent constitutional bodies ⓘ
some members of the Constitutional Court of Portugal ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Portugal ⓘ
governmentOversightFunction oversees the Government of Portugal ⓘ
hasJurisdiction national ⓘ
hasPower approval of the State Budget ⓘ
constitutional revision ⓘ
ratification of international treaties ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Cortes of Portugal ⓘ
legalSystemContext civil law system of Portugal ⓘ
legislativeFunction amends laws ⓘ
enacts laws ⓘ
primary legislative body of Portugal ⓘ
locatedIn Lisbon ⓘ
meetsIn Palácio de São Bento ⓘ
linked to: São Bento Palace
meetsInBuilding São Bento Palace ⓘ
meetsInCity Lisbon ⓘ
nativeName Assembleia da República ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
officialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
oversightInstrument interpellations to the Government ⓘ
motions of censure ⓘ
parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
written and oral questions to the Government ⓘ
predecessor Cortes Gerais ⓘ
National Assembly (Estado Novo) ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Assembly of the Republic ⓘ
representationFunction represents the Portuguese people ⓘ
supervises implementation of laws by the Government ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation representative democracy ⓘ
votingSystem closed-list proportional representation ⓘ

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Referenced by (33)

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

Portuguese Communist Party → parliamentaryRepresentation → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
São Bento Square → associatedWith → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
CDU → hasParliamentaryRepresentation → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Bloco de Esquerda → parliamentaryGroupIn → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Government Program of Portugal → submittedTo → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Government Program of Portugal → monitoredBy → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Liberal Initiative → parliamentaryRepresentation → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Chega → parliamentaryGroupIn → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Chega → representedIn → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
PAN – People–Animals–Nature → hasRepresentationIn → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
CDS-PP → representedIn → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
CDS – Partido Popular → parliamentaryGroup → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
subject linked to: CDS
Court of Auditors of Portugal → reportsTo → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Socialist Party (Portugal) → representedIn → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
subject linked to: Socialist Party
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Social Democratic Party (Portugal) → representedIn → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
subject linked to: Social Democratic Party
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Jorge Sampaio → memberOf → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Assembly of the Republic plenary → includesMembersOf → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Legislatures of Portugal → appliesToBody → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Legislatures of Portugal → recordsMaintainedBy → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Iniciativa Liberal → parliamentaryRepresentation → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Portuguese legislative election, 1985 → electoralBody → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Portuguese legislative election, 1985 → parliamentaryChamber → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
State Budget of Portugal → approvedBy → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
State Budget of Portugal → submittedTo → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
State Budget of Portugal → monitoredBy → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
XXII Constitutional Government of Portugal → hasCabinetCollectiveResponsibilityTo → Assembly of the Republic (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal
Regional Government of Madeira → hasHigherAuthority → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Portuguese Communist Party → participatesIn → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
subject linked to: PCP
Unitary Democratic Coalition → parliamentaryRepresentation → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Rua de São Bento → parliamentHoused → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal ⓘ
Junta de Freguesia de São Bento (Angra do Heroísmo) → subordinateTo → Assembly of the Republic of Portugal (through national law on local government) ⓘ
linked to: Assembly of the Republic of Portugal