Speaker of the National Assembly

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The Speaker of the National Assembly is the non-partisan presiding officer responsible for maintaining order, overseeing debates, and ensuring parliamentary rules are followed in Mauritius’s legislature.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Speaker of the National Assembly canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appointedBy National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of Mauritius ⓘ
can decide on admissibility of questions and motions ⓘ
order a member to withdraw from the chamber ⓘ
suspend members for disorderly conduct ⓘ
country Mauritius ⓘ
electedBy members of the National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
electionMethod election by members of the National Assembly ⓘ
ensures application of Standing Orders and parliamentary conventions ⓘ
fair opportunity for government and opposition to speak ⓘ
respect for the Constitution in parliamentary procedure ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver disciplinary measures against members in the chamber ⓘ
proceedings of the National Assembly ⓘ
hasCharacteristic impartial ⓘ
neutral ⓘ
non-partisan ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Mauritius ⓘ
linked to: Mauritius
languageOfWork English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Mauritian Creole ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Port Louis ⓘ
mayBeAssistedBy Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (Mauritius) ⓘ
nativeLabel Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ
officeHoldersTitle Speaker ⓘ
officeLocatedIn National Assembly building, Port Louis ⓘ
partOf National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
positionInGovernment head of the National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
presiding officer of the legislature of Mauritius ⓘ
presidesOver sittings of the National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
rankInOrderOfPrecedence high-ranking state official of Mauritius ⓘ
reportsTo National Assembly of Mauritius ⓘ
responsibleFor announcing results of votes ⓘ
calling members to speak during debates ⓘ
ensuring decorum in the chamber ⓘ
ensuring orderly conduct of members ⓘ
ensuring parliamentary rules are followed ⓘ
interpreting the Standing Orders of the National Assembly ⓘ
maintaining order in the National Assembly ⓘ
overseeing debates in the National Assembly ⓘ
putting questions to the vote ⓘ
ruling on points of order ⓘ
roleIn Parliament of Mauritius ⓘ
styleOfAddress Madam Speaker ⓘ
Mr Speaker ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

National Assembly of Mauritius → presidingOfficerTitle → Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ
Constitution of Mauritius (as amended in 1992) → definesOffice → Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ
Speaker of the National Assembly (Mauritius) → nativeLabel → Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ