Eerste Kamer members

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Eerste Kamer members are the elected representatives who sit in the upper house of the Dutch parliament, responsible for reviewing and approving legislation passed by the lower house.

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Eerste Kamer members canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
alternativeLabel member of the Dutch Senate ⓘ
senator (Netherlands) ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Senate
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
canHoldPosition President of the Eerste Kamer ⓘ
parliamentary group leader in the Eerste Kamer ⓘ
cannot amend bills ⓘ
canSubmit motions ⓘ
private members’ bills only via Tweede Kamer members ⓘ
chamber upper house ⓘ
collectiveNumberOfSeats 75 ⓘ
country Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
electedBy electoral college for non-residents ⓘ
electoral college for the Caribbean Netherlands ⓘ
members of the provincial councils ⓘ
electionMethod indirect election ⓘ
governedBy Dutch Constitution ⓘ
Rules of Procedure of the Eerste Kamer ⓘ
hasPower delay legislation ⓘ
veto legislation ⓘ
historicalPrecursor member of the Eerste Kamer under the 1815 Constitution of the Netherlands ⓘ
jurisdiction Netherlands ⓘ
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
legalSystem civil law system of the Netherlands ⓘ
legislativeBody Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Senate
mainFunction approve or reject bills ⓘ
constitutional review of legislation in practice ⓘ
review legislation passed by the Tweede Kamer ⓘ
mayBelongTo political party ⓘ
mayCombineWith other professional activities, subject to incompatibility rules ⓘ
meetsAt Eerste Kamer building at the Binnenhof ⓘ
minimumAgeRequirement 18 years ⓘ
officeLocation Binnenhof, The Hague ⓘ
officeType part-time political office ⓘ
oversightRole political scrutiny of the government ⓘ
participatesIn parliamentary committees of the Eerste Kamer ⓘ
partOf Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal ⓘ
linked to: Dutch Senate

States General of the Netherlands ⓘ
positionHeldIn Dutch Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Dutch parliament
reportsTo electorate represented via provincial councils and electoral colleges ⓘ
requiredCitizenship Dutch citizenship ⓘ
responsibleFor assessing compatibility of laws with higher norms ⓘ
checking legislation for feasibility and enforceability ⓘ
final legislative review ⓘ
roleIn bicameral parliament of the Netherlands ⓘ
salaryPaidBy Dutch state ⓘ
linked to: Netherlands
termLength four years ⓘ

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Dutch provincial elections → indirectlyElect → Eerste Kamer members ⓘ