Congress of the Republic

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Congress of the Republic is the unicameral national legislature of Peru, responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the Peruvian people.

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Label Occurrences
Congress of the Republic canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national legislature ⓘ
public institution of Peru ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
can amend laws ⓘ
approve constitutional reforms ⓘ
approve laws ⓘ
approve the national budget ⓘ
authorize trips abroad of the President of the Republic ⓘ
censure ministers ⓘ
exercise political control over the executive ⓘ
grant or deny a vote of confidence ⓘ
initiate impeachment proceedings ⓘ
ratify international treaties ⓘ
repeal laws ⓘ
composition members elected by popular vote ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Peru ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
establishedInCurrentForm 1993 ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Peru ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem special committees ⓘ
standing committees ⓘ
hasJurisdiction national territory of Peru ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle President of Congress ⓘ
hasNumberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
hasPower to appoint certain high officials ⓘ
to declare war ⓘ
to grant amnesties ⓘ
isPartOf political system of Peru ⓘ
isUnicameral true ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Republic of Peru ⓘ
linked to: Peru
locatedIn Historic Centre of Lima ⓘ
mainFunction lawmaking ⓘ
oversight of the executive branch ⓘ
representation of the Peruvian people ⓘ
meetingPlace Legislative Palace ⓘ
meetsIn Lima ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
oversees public administration ⓘ
predecessor Chamber of Deputies of Peru ⓘ
Senate of Peru ⓘ
publishes Diario de los Debates ⓘ
replaces bicameral Congress of the Republic of Peru ⓘ
represents Peruvian citizens ⓘ
supervises Council of Ministers of Peru ⓘ
typeOfParliament unicameral parliament ⓘ

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

Government of Peru → legislatureName → Congress of the Republic ⓘ