Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Federal_Assembly_of_the_Swiss_Confederation

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:BA gptkb:AFR gptkb:AFS AF
gptkbp:appointedBy	Swiss citizens
gptkbp:composedOf	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Council_of_States
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:electionInterval	every four years
gptkbp:established	1848
gptkbp:firstSession	6 November 1848
gptkbp:hasCommittee	yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Swiss_Federal_Constitution
gptkbp:legislature	Swiss Confederation
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Bern
gptkbp:meetingFrequency	four regular sessions per year
gptkbp:meetingPlace	gptkb:Federal_Palace_of_Switzerland
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:Assamblea_federala_svizra gptkb:Assemblée_fédérale_suisse gptkb:Assemblea_federale_svizzera gptkb:Schweizerische_Bundesversammlung
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	246
gptkbp:numberOfMembers_(Council_of_States)	46
gptkbp:numberOfMembers_(National_Council)	200
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:French gptkb:German gptkb:Italian gptkb:Romansh
gptkbp:presidedBy	election of the Federal Chancellor election of the Federal Council election of the Federal Supreme Court judges
gptkbp:publicSessions	yes
gptkbp:role	ratifies international treaties enacts federal legislation approves the federal budget elects the Federal Chancellor elects the Federal Council elects the Federal Supreme Court judges supervises the federal administration
gptkbp:termLength	4 years
gptkbp:type	bicameral
gptkbp:votingSystem_(Council_of_States)	majority system
gptkbp:votingSystem_(National_Council)	proportional representation
gptkbp:website	https://www.parlament.ch/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Parliament_of_Switzerland
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5