Vice Presidents of the Senate

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Vice Presidents of the Senate are high-ranking parliamentary officers who assist and substitute for the Senate President in directing legislative sessions and overseeing the chamber’s internal governance.

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Label Occurrences
Vice Presidents of the Senate canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative leadership position ⓘ
parliamentary office ⓘ
aimsTo ensure orderly conduct of Senate business ⓘ
support effective functioning of the legislative process ⓘ
appointedBy Senate ⓘ
assists President of the Senate ⓘ
category legislative branch offices ⓘ
parliamentary titles ⓘ
existsIn bicameral parliamentary systems ⓘ
some unicameral systems with a Senate-style chamber ⓘ
governedBy constitution of the country ⓘ
parliamentary law ⓘ
hasDuty ensuring continuity of Senate leadership ⓘ
participating in meetings of the Senate’s governing body ⓘ
signing official Senate documents when delegated ⓘ
hasFunction calling items on the legislative agenda ⓘ
directing legislative sessions ⓘ
ensuring observance of parliamentary rules ⓘ
maintaining order during debates ⓘ
managing speaking time of senators ⓘ
overseeing internal governance of the chamber ⓘ
presiding over votes in the absence of the President of the Senate ⓘ
representing the Senate presidency in official functions when delegated ⓘ
hasRank high-ranking parliamentary officer ⓘ
mayChair internal Senate committees when designated ⓘ
plenary sittings of the Senate ⓘ
mayHaveTitle Deputy President of the Senate ⓘ
Vice President of the Upper House ⓘ
partOf Senate leadership ⓘ
presiding officers of the Senate ⓘ
positionHeldBy senators ⓘ
reportsTo President of the Senate ⓘ
requires membership in the Senate ⓘ
responsibleFor announcing results of votes when presiding ⓘ
granting or withdrawing the floor to speakers ⓘ
opening and closing sittings when presiding ⓘ
procedural rulings when presiding ⓘ
roleIn Senate ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority application of Senate standing orders ⓘ
internal organization of Senate proceedings ⓘ
selectedBy election by senators ⓘ
substitutesFor President of the Senate ⓘ
termDefinedBy Senate rules of procedure ⓘ
worksWith Senate secretariat ⓘ
committee chairs ⓘ

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

Board of Directors of the Senate → composedOf → Vice Presidents of the Senate ⓘ