Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga

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The Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga is the presiding officer and principal leader of Afghanistan’s lower house of the National Assembly, responsible for overseeing legislative sessions and parliamentary procedures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
associatedWith Afghan constitution ⓘ
Afghan parliamentary procedures ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Afghanistan ⓘ
canInfluence parliamentary agenda ⓘ
priority of bills debated ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
domain Afghan national politics ⓘ
electedBy members of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
equivalentOffice Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
Speaker of the lower house in other bicameral parliaments ⓘ
governingRules rules of procedure of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
governsBody plenary sessions of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver parliamentary debates in the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
recognition of members to speak ⓘ
rulings on points of order ⓘ
jurisdiction national legislation of Afghanistan ⓘ
languageOfTitle Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
legislativeChamberType lower house ⓘ
mayDelegateTo deputy speakers of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
officeLocation National Assembly building in Kabul ⓘ
Wolesi Jirga chamber ⓘ
linked to: Wolesi Jirga
participatesIn legislative process in Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ
positionInHierarchy one of the highest offices in the Afghan legislature ⓘ
principal leader of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
presidesOver Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
relatedBody Meshrano Jirga ⓘ
National Assembly of Afghanistan ⓘ
relatedOffice Speaker of the Meshrano Jirga ⓘ
reportsTo Wolesi Jirga as a collective body ⓘ
requires membership in the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
responsibleFor enforcing parliamentary rules and procedures ⓘ
ensuring adherence to the constitution within parliamentary proceedings ⓘ
facilitating the legislative process ⓘ
maintaining order during debates ⓘ
managing the agenda of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
overseeing legislative sessions ⓘ
representing the Wolesi Jirga in official functions ⓘ
roleInGovernment head of the lower house of parliament ⓘ
status parliamentary leadership position ⓘ
symbolizes authority of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral national legislature ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Yunus Qanuni → politicalOffice → Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ
Wolesi Jirga → hasSpeaker → Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga ⓘ