Althing (Icelandic Parliament)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Althing_(Icelandic_Parliament)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:age 18
gptkbp:buildingCompleted 1881
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iceland
gptkbp:currentSpeaker gptkb:Birgir_Ármannsson
gptkbp:founded 930
gptkbp:hasCommittee gptkb:Foreign_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:Scrutiny_Committee
gptkb:Budget_Committee
gptkb:Education_and_Culture_Committee
gptkb:Health_and_Welfare_Committee
gptkb:Constitutional_and_Supervisory_Committee
gptkb:Economic_Affairs_and_Trade_Committee
gptkb:Employment_and_Social_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:Environment_and_Communications_Committee
gptkb:Fisheries_and_Agriculture_Committee
gptkb:General_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:Industrial_Affairs_Committee
gptkb:Judicial_Affairs_and_Education_Committee
gptkb:Transport_and_Local_Government_Committee
gptkb:Welfare_Committee
gptkbp:historicalSignificance oldest surviving parliament in the world
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Althing (Icelandic Parliament)
gptkbp:lastElection 25 September 2021
gptkbp:legislature approves budget
passes laws
supervises government
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Reykjavík
gptkbp:meetingPlace gptkb:Alþingishúsið
gptkbp:nextEdition 2025
gptkbp:numberOfMembers 63
gptkbp:officialLanguage Icelandic
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Þingvellir
gptkbp:president gptkb:Guðni_Th._Jóhannesson
gptkb:Katrín_Jakobsdóttir
gptkbp:presidingOfficerTitle gptkb:Speaker_of_the_Althing
gptkbp:restored 1845
gptkbp:symbol Althing logo
gptkbp:termLength 4 years
gptkbp:type gptkb:unicameral_legislature
gptkbp:votingSystem proportional representation
gptkbp:website https://www.althingi.is/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eygló_Harðardóttir
gptkb:Halldór_Ásgrímsson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6