House of the People

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The House of the People was the elected lower chamber of Afghanistan’s National Assembly, responsible for representing citizens and drafting national legislation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
House of the People canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lower house of parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
canApprove laws ⓘ
canInterpellate members of the executive ⓘ
canIntroduce bills ⓘ
canQuestion ministers ⓘ
canReject proposed legislation ⓘ
chamberOf National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ
composition elected representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Afghanistan (2004) ⓘ
constitutionalRole primary legislative authority in Afghanistan ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
dissolutionReason abolished de facto by Taliban government ⓘ
electorate citizens of Afghanistan ⓘ
function enact national legislation ⓘ
participate in formation of national policy ⓘ
represent constituencies at the national level ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Afghanistan ⓘ
historicalEra Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
houseType popularly elected chamber ⓘ
jurisdiction Afghanistan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
legislativeStatus elected chamber ⓘ
meetsIn Kabul ⓘ
National Assembly building in Kabul ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
oversightOf Council of Ministers of Afghanistan ⓘ
Government of Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ
positionInBicameralSystem lower chamber ⓘ
predecessor Wolesi Jirga of the 1964 Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Wolesi Jirga
relatedInstitution President of Afghanistan ⓘ
Supreme Court of Afghanistan ⓘ
represents population of Afghanistan ⓘ
role approve national budget ⓘ
debate and pass laws ⓘ
draft national legislation ⓘ
exercise oversight over the executive branch ⓘ
represent citizens of Afghanistan ⓘ
status defunct after Taliban takeover in 2021 ⓘ
system parliamentary system component ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral legislature lower house ⓘ
upperChamber House of Elders (Afghanistan) ⓘ
linked to: House of Elders
votingSystem direct election ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Kingdom of Afghanistan → lowerHouse → House of the People ⓘ
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan → lowerHouse → House of the People ⓘ
National Assembly of Afghanistan → hasPart → House of the People ⓘ
House of Elders → bicameralPartner → House of the People ⓘ
House of Elders → lowerHouse → House of the People ⓘ