President of the Parliamentary Assembly

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The President of the Parliamentary Assembly is the elected political head who presides over the Assembly’s debates, represents it externally, and ensures its rules and procedures are followed.

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Label Occurrences
President of the Parliamentary Assembly canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
accountableTo Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
associatedWith interparliamentary relations ⓘ
parliamentary diplomacy ⓘ
belongsToCategory parliamentary speakers and presidents ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy procedures defined in the Assembly’s rules of procedure ⓘ
domain legislative deliberation ⓘ
parliamentary procedure ⓘ
electedBy members of the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver application of the Assembly’s rules of procedure ⓘ
conduct of sittings of the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
hasFunction announcing results of votes in the Assembly ⓘ
ensuring compliance with the Assembly’s agenda ⓘ
guaranteeing respect for minority and majority rights in debate ⓘ
opening and closing sittings of the Assembly ⓘ
putting questions to a vote in the Assembly ⓘ
symbolic representation of the Assembly’s authority ⓘ
hasRole chairing plenary sittings ⓘ
ensuring fair conduct of debates ⓘ
ensuring rules and procedures of the Assembly are followed ⓘ
interpreting the rules of procedure when necessary ⓘ
maintaining order during debates ⓘ
managing speaking time in the Assembly ⓘ
overseeing the work of Assembly bodies as defined by its rules ⓘ
presiding over debates of the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
representing the Parliamentary Assembly externally ⓘ
headOf Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
legalBasis internal rules and statutes of the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
mayBeAssistedBy vice-presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
mayDelegate certain procedural tasks to vice-presidents or other officers ⓘ
occupies highest presiding position within the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
partOf leadership structure of the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ
represents Parliamentary Assembly in external relations ⓘ
requires election according to the Assembly’s rules of procedure ⓘ
membership in the Parliamentary Assembly (in most systems) ⓘ
political support from a majority or plurality of Assembly members ⓘ
scopeOfPower limited by the Assembly’s rules and collective decisions ⓘ
selectionMethod election rather than appointment in most systems ⓘ
termDefinedBy rules of procedure of the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ

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Parliamentary Assembly Secretariat → supports → President of the Parliamentary Assembly ⓘ