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Governmental Body list
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This is any group of people that together constitute part of a government, such as a legislature, council, etc. This type should not, however, be...
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| San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislature of the City and County of San Francisco, California.
As the official name implies, the City and County of San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a charter city and...
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| Lhengye Zhungtshog |
Lhengye Zhungtshog is a Dzongkha term. In English it means Council of Ministers.
The Lhengye Zhungtshog is the highest executive body in Bhutan. It was created in 1999 under the 4th king of Bhutan. Presently, the council has 10 members who are...
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| Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
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The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (also known as Ontario Legislative Assembly or OntLA), is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario.
The British North...
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| State Council of the People's Republic of China | Company |
The State Council , which is largely synonymous with the Central People's Government , is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the Premier and includes the heads of each governmental department and...
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| Ministry of Research and Innovation |
The Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation is a government ministry of the Province of Ontario. The current minister is John Wilkinson, who took over the role from Dalton McGuinty in 2007. McGuinty served as the Minister while also serving as...
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| Australian House of Representatives |
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Parliament of Australia |
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. It is the lower house, the upper house being the Senate.
The House is presided over by the Speaker.
The 150 members of the House are elected from...
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| United States Senate |
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Government Office or Title | United States Congress |
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the lower house being the House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate and the House are established in Article One of the Constitution (which...
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| United States Congress |
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Employer | Federal government of the United States | United States Senate |
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct...
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| United States House of Representatives |
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Employer | United States Congress |
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Each state receives representation in the House proportional to its population but is entitled to at least one...
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| Knesset |
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The Knesset (, lit. Assembly, ) is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.
The Knesset sits on a hilltop in western Jerusalem in a district known as Sheikh Badr before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The building was financed by...
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| Manchester City Council |
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Manchester City Council is the local authority for the City of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. It is made up of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 wards. Currently the council is controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Sir...
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| Congress of the Philippines |
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Senate of the Philippines |
The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongréso ng Pilipínas) is the national legislature of the Philippines. It is a bicameral body consisting of the Senate (upper chamber), and the House of Representatives (lower chamber).
The Senate is...
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| Senate of the Philippines |
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Congress of the Philippines |
The Senate of the Philippines (Filipino: Senádo ng Pilipínas) is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines. The Philippine Senate is composed of 24 senator who are elected at-large.
Senators...
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| House of Representatives of the Philippines |
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Congress of the Philippines |
The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines. The Senate is the upper chamber. The House is often informally called the Congress. Members...
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| Parliament of Canada |
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The Parliament of Canada is Canada's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. According to Section 17 of the Constitution Act, 1867, parliament consists of three components: the sovereign, the Senate, and the House of...
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| Congress of Mexico |
Congress (formally: Congreso de la Unión or Congress of the Union) is the legislative branch of the Mexican government. Its structure and responsibilities are defined in Articles 50 to 79 of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.
The Mexican Congress is...
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| Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada |
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791. The lower house consisted of elected...
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| Parliament of New Zealand |
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The Parliament of New Zealand consists of the Queen of New Zealand and the New Zealand House of Representatives and, until 1951, the New Zealand Legislative Council. However most people incorrectly refer to the House of Representatives as ...
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| Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
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The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton....
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| Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada |
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as...
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| Lok Sabha |
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The Lok Sabha (alternatively titled, the House of the People, by the Constitution of India) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The Lok Sabha also stands for the term of the lower house between consecutive parliamentary general elections...
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| Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories |
The Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories, Canada, is located in Yellowknife. The Assembly is a unicameral elected body that creates and amends law in the Northwest Territories. The...
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| Legislative Assembly of Nunavut |
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The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is located in Iqaluit, and is the territory's parliament.
The Assembly was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, on October 7, 2002, during her Golden Jubilee tour of Canada. In her speech the Queen...
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| Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada |
The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the elected legislature for the province of Upper Canada and functioned as the province's lower house. Created by the Constitutional Act of 1791, in practice the Assembly's power was enormously curtailed...
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| Gibraltar House of Assembly |
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The Gibraltar Parliament is the legislature of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Between 1969 and 2006 it was called the Gibraltar House of Assembly.
This unicameral body consisted of fifteen members elected by vote of the Gibraltar...
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| Parliament of Sierra Leone |
The unicameral Parliament of Sierra Leone is the country's legislative body. It is sometimes known as the House of Representatives.
The current Parliament, formed following elections held on 14 May 2002, has a total of 124 members. 112 members are...
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| Senate of Kazakhstan |
The Senate of Kazakhastan is the upper house of two chambers in Kazakhstan's legislature, known as the Parliament (Parlamenti). The Senate has 47 members, 40 of whom are elected for six-year terms in double-seat constituencies by the local...
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| Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro |
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The Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro (Скупштина Србије и Црне Горе/Skupština Srbije i Crne Gore) was the national assembly of Serbia and Montenegro. The parliament was unicameral and was made up of 126 deputies, of which 91 were from Serbia and...
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| Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia |
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The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, the Assembly (Sobranie), has 120 members, elected for a four year term, by proportional representation.
Macedonia
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| Barbados House of Assembly |
The House of Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados. It has 30 members, elected for a five-year-term in single-seat constituencies.
In previous elections the National Democratic Party (NDP), the Barbados National Party ...
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| Federal Parliamentary Assembly |
The Parliament of Ethiopia consists of two chambers:
Created with the adoption of the Ethiopian Constitution of 1995, the Parliament replaced the Shengo as the legislative branch of the Ethiopian government.
Many opposition parties are represented...
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| National Assembly of Cambodia |
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The National Assembly of Cambodia (Radhsphea ney Preah Recheanachakr Kampuchea) is one of two chambers of the Cambodian Parliament. It has 123 members, elected for five year terms by proportional representation, using provinces as constituencies of...
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| Transitional Federal Parliament |
The Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic (; often Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya) is an interim Parliament of Somalia formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004.
The Transitional Federal Parliament has 275 member, with each of...
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| Parliament of Australia |
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Australian House of Representatives |
The Parliament of Australia or Commonwealth Parliament is the legislative branch of government of Australia. It is bicameral, largely modelled in the Westminster tradition, but with some influences from the United States Congress. According to...
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| Commission on Appointments |
The Commission on Appointments is a body of the Congress of the Philippines as provided by the Constitution. It confirms all appointments made by the President of the Philippines. Article VII, Section 16 of the 1987 Constitution reads: "The...
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| Parliament of the Czech Republic |
The Parliament of the Czech Republic is the legislative body of the Czech Republic, based in Prague.It consists of two chambers, both directly-elected:
The Parliament exercises competences usual in parliamentary systems: it holds and passes bills,...
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| National Assembly of Azerbaijan |
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The National Assembly (Milli Məclis) is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies and 25 were members...
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| Senate of Colombia |
The Senate of the Republic of Colombia is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. The Senate has 102 members elected for concurrent (non-rotating) four-year terms.
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| Mississauga City Council |
Mississauga City Council is the governing body of the City of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The council consists of the mayor and 11 councillors elected to serve a four-year term. The last election was November 13, 2006. Mississauga is the largest...
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| Senate of Paraguay |
The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay (Cámara de Senadores), the upper house of the National Congress, has 45 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation.
Paraguay
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| Thunder Bay City Council |
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The Thunder Bay City Council is the governing body of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It consists of a mayor and twelve councillors. The mayor and five of the councillors are elected at large, with one councillor being elected for each of...
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| Louisiana State Legislature |
The Louisiana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bicameral body, comprising the lower Louisiana House of Representatives with 105 Representatives, and the upper house Louisiana Senate with 39 Senators....
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| National Council of Provinces |
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