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Bundesrat (Federal Council)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Bundesrat_(Federal_Council)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:abbreviation
BR
gptkbp:authority
can veto or amend legislation
gptkbp:boardMemberOf
appointed by state governments
gptkbp:buildingType
gptkb:former_Prussian_House_of_Lords
gptkbp:canConveneSpecialSessions
yes
gptkbp:canInitiateLegislation
yes
gptkbp:canRequestConstitutionalCourtReview
yes
gptkbp:composition
delegates of state governments
gptkbp:constitutionalAmendmentsRequireConsent
yes
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:eachStateHas
3 to 6 votes
gptkbp:emblem
Bundesrat logo
gptkbp:established
1949
gptkbp:federalLegislationRequiresConsent
in some cases
gptkbp:firstSession
7 September 1949
gptkbp:hasCommittee
yes
gptkbp:hasMember
16 federal states (Länder)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Bundesrat (Federal Council)
gptkbp:language
gptkb:German
gptkbp:legalBasis
gptkb:Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkbp:legislature
gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:meetingPlace
Bundesrat building, Leipziger Straße 3-4, Berlin
gptkbp:members
69
gptkbp:nativeName
gptkb:Bundesrat
gptkbp:numberOfFloors
16
gptkbp:officialGazette
Bundesratsdrucksachen
gptkbp:officialLanguage
gptkb:German
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:Bundesrat
gptkbp:otherChamber
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:parliamentaryGroup
none (members are state delegates)
gptkbp:presidencyRotates
annually among state premiers
gptkbp:president
gptkb:Manuela_Schwesig
gptkbp:publicSessions
yes
gptkbp:role
participates in legislation
approves certain federal laws
represents the federal states
gptkbp:sessionRoom
Bundesrat chamber, Berlin
gptkbp:stateDelegationHead
Minister-President or Mayor
gptkbp:stateDelegations
16
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Reichsrat
gptkbp:termLength
no fixed term
1 year
gptkbp:type
gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:votesCastEnBloc
yes, by state
gptkbp:votesPerState
based on population
gptkbp:votingSystem
delegated voting by state governments
gptkbp:website
https://www.bundesrat.de/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Leipziger_Straße,_Mitte,_Berlin
gptkbp:bfsLayer
8