Senate of Czechoslovakia

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The Senate of Czechoslovakia was the upper chamber of the country’s bicameral parliament during the First Czechoslovak Republic, responsible for legislative review and oversight.

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
appliesToPeriod First Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
checksAndBalancesWith Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
executive branch of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
coexistsWith Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
country Czechoslovakia ⓘ
countryCapital Prague ⓘ
dissolutionCause German occupation of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
end of the First Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasChamberType upper chamber ⓘ
hasConstituencyType multi‑member constituencies ⓘ
hasElectoralSystem proportional representation for Senate elections ⓘ
hasJurisdiction territory of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
hasLanguage Czech ⓘ
Slovak ⓘ
linked to: Slovak language
hasNumberOfMembers 150 ⓘ
hasParliamentarySystem bicameral parliament of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext multi‑party system of the First Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ
hasPower amend legislation ⓘ
approve legislation ⓘ
delay legislation ⓘ
oversight of the executive ⓘ
participate in constitutional amendments ⓘ
hasRole representation of regions and social groups ⓘ
historicalEra interwar Europe ⓘ
isAbolished yes ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Czechoslovakia of 1920 ⓘ
legislativeFunction co‑decision on laws ⓘ
legislative review ⓘ
oversight of government ⓘ
locatedInBuilding parliament buildings in Prague ⓘ
meetsIn Prague ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
politicalSystemContext parliamentary democracy ⓘ
replacedBy unicameral National Assembly of Czechoslovakia after World War II ⓘ
selectionMethod election by popular vote for senators ⓘ
indirect election ⓘ
startTime 1920 ⓘ
supervises government policies ⓘ
termLength 8 years ⓘ

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

First Czechoslovak Republic → upperHouse → Senate of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
First Czechoslovak Republic → lowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Czechoslovakia
Chamber of Deputies (Czechoslovakia) → hasParliamentaryChamber → Senate of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies (Czechoslovakia) → meetsWith → Senate of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamber of Deputies
Senate of Czechoslovakia → hasLowerHouse → Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
linked to: Senate of Czechoslovakia