Federal Parliamentary Assembly

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The Federal Parliamentary Assembly is Ethiopia’s national bicameral legislature, responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the executive branch.

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Label Occurrences
Federal Parliamentary Assembly canonical 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch ⓘ
canOverride executive decisions subject to constitutional procedures ⓘ
compositionPrincipleOfUpperHouse representation of Nations, Nationalities and Peoples of Ethiopia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
elects President of Ethiopia (joint session, as provided by constitution) ⓘ
establishedUnder 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia ⓘ
hasComponent House of Federation ⓘ
House of Peoples’ Representatives ⓘ
hasPower to declare a state of emergency under constitutional conditions ⓘ
to enact federal criminal law ⓘ
to levy federal taxes ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of Ethiopia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Amharic ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Ethiopia
lowerHouse House of Peoples’ Representatives ⓘ
meetingPlace Ethiopian Parliament Building ⓘ
meetsIn Addis Ababa ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
officialName Federal Parliamentary Assembly of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ⓘ
oversees implementation of federal policies ⓘ
primaryFunction making federal laws ⓘ
overseeing the executive branch ⓘ
responsibility approval of federal budget ⓘ
enactment of federal legislation ⓘ
oversight of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
ratification of international agreements ⓘ
representation of the Nations, Nationalities and Peoples of Ethiopia through the House of Federation ⓘ
roleInConstitutionalAmendment participates in constitutional amendment procedures as defined by the constitution ⓘ
shortName Federal Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
supervises Council of Ministers of Ethiopia ⓘ
system parliamentary system within a federal republic ⓘ
termOfLowerHouseMembers 5 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature federal legislature ⓘ
upperHouse House of Federation ⓘ
votingSystemInLowerHouse first-past-the-post ⓘ
website http://www.hopr.gov.et/ ⓘ

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

Government of Ethiopia → legislature → Federal Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
Federal Parliamentary Assembly → shortName → Federal Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ