Council of Representatives of Bahrain

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The Council of Representatives of Bahrain is the elected lower house of the country’s National Assembly, responsible for legislating and overseeing the government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chamber of Deputies of Bahrain ⓘ
arabicName مجلس النواب البحريني ⓘ
buildingType parliament building ⓘ
chamberOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
constitutionalMonarch King of Bahrain ⓘ
constitutionalRole represents the people in the legislative process ⓘ
constitutionalStatus lower chamber of the National Assembly ⓘ
country Bahrain ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
electoralBody citizens of Bahrain ⓘ
electoralCycle parliamentary elections every four years ⓘ
electoralEligibility adult Bahraini citizens meeting legal requirements ⓘ
establishedInYear 2002 ⓘ
governmentSystemContext constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasCommittee financial and economic affairs committee ⓘ
foreign affairs committee ⓘ
legislative committees ⓘ
hasPower amend legislation ⓘ
approve state budget ⓘ
initiate no-confidence procedures ⓘ
propose legislation ⓘ
question ministers ⓘ
ratify international agreements (subject to constitutional procedures) ⓘ
houseType elected ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Bahrain ⓘ
linked to: Bahrain
languageOfProceedings Arabic ⓘ
legalBasis 2002 Constitution of Bahrain ⓘ
legislativeFunction enacts laws ⓘ
meetsAt Council of Representatives building in Manama ⓘ
meetsIn Bahrain ⓘ
Manama ⓘ
numberOfMembers 40 ⓘ
oversightFunction oversees the government ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Bahrain ⓘ
predecessor National Assembly of Bahrain (1973–1975) ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
relationshipToMonarch shares legislative authority with the King ⓘ
relationshipToUpperHouse shares legislative authority with the Consultative Council ⓘ
sessionType plenary sessions ⓘ
subregion Persian Gulf ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
upperHouse Consultative Council of Bahrain ⓘ
votingSystem single-member constituencies ⓘ
two-round system ⓘ

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

Constitution of Bahrain → providesFor → Council of Representatives of Bahrain ⓘ
Bahrain Island → hasParliamentBuilding → Council of Representatives (Bahrain) ⓘ
linked to: Council of Representatives of Bahrain
Council of Representatives of Bahrain → arabicName → مجلس النواب البحريني ⓘ
linked to: Council of Representatives of Bahrain
Council of Representatives of Bahrain → alsoKnownAs → Chamber of Deputies of Bahrain ⓘ
linked to: Council of Representatives of Bahrain
National Assembly of Bahrain → hasComponent → Council of Representatives of Bahrain ⓘ
National Assembly of Bahrain → hasLowerHouse → Council of Representatives of Bahrain ⓘ
Shura Council of Bahrain → coLegislativeBodyWith → Council of Representatives of Bahrain ⓘ
Shura Council of Bahrain → worksWith → Council of Representatives of Bahrain ⓘ