List of legislatures by country
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This is a list of legislatures by country, whether parliamentary or congressional, that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives with the power to legislate. In the lists below all entities included in the list of countries are included.
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[edit] Names of legislatures
The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the (most-used) native language of the country.
The names of the legislatures differ per country. The most used name seems to be National Assembly, but Parliament and Congress are often used too. The name Parliament is in some cases even used when in political science the legislature would be considered a congress. The upper house of the legislature is often named Senate. In some cases, countries use very traditional names. In Germanic countries variations Thing (e.g. Folketing) are used. A thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. A variant is the use of the word Tag or Dag (e.g. Bundestag), used because things were held at daylight and often lasted all day. Other traditional names are the Estates General and variations of Sejm. In Islamic countries Majlis is often included in the name. This can be translated as "Council" or "Assembly".
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Native name not available
- ^ a b The head of state is a constituent part of the parliament too.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac The native name is also used in English.
- ^ The PRC has also a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议 Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhèngzhì Xiéshāng Huìyì), which is a political advisory body but not a legislature.
- ^ Also: Temsilciler Meclisi
- ^ Also: Riksdag
- ^ Also: National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale)
- ^ Also: Chambre des Députés
- ^ Also: Assemblée nationale
- ^ Transliterally, People's Hall
- ^ Transliterally, Nation's Hall
- ^ In English State Great Khural is used too.
- ^ The elected People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) never convened, so didn't became the legislature.
- ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative tasks
- ^ The Assembly of State has only consultative tasks
- ^ Name used only on those rare occasions when both houses sit together
- ^ The Consultative Assembly has only consultative task
- ^ The appointed Consultative Assembly has only legislative tasks
- ^ Also: Assemblée fédérale and Assemblea federale
- ^ Also: Conseil National and Consiglio Nazionale
- ^ Also: Conseil des Etats and Consiglio degli Stati
- ^ Also: Landsting
- ^ The Legislative Council of Hong Kong is known as 立法會 in Chinese. Lìfǎ Huì is its Pinyin romanization based on Mandarin, and Laap Faat Wui is its Jyutping romanization based on Cantonese.
- ^ The Legislative Assembly of Macao is known as 立法會 in Chinese. Lìfǎ Huì is its Pinyin romanization based on Mandarin, and Laap Faat Wui is its Jyutping romanization based on Cantonese.
[edit] See also
- List of national governments
- List of national leaders
- List of state legislatures of the United States
- Legislative Assemblies of Canada's provinces and territories
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- National parliaments of the European Union
