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The Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Parlament České republiky) or just Parliament (Czech: Parlament) is the legislative branch of the Czech Republic. It meets in Malá Strana, Prague and is composed of 281 total members and Senators. It consists of two chambers, both elected in direct elections: the Upper House: Senate
Legislative body: Parliament of the Czech Republic: Jurisdiction: Czech Republic: Meeting place: Thun Palace: Term: 27 November 2013 – 26 October 2017: Election: 2013 Czech legislative election: Government: Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet: Members: 200: Speaker: Jan Hamáček: Prime Minister: Bohuslav Sobotka: Party control: ČSSD—ANO 2011—KDU ...
From 1991, the Czech Republic, originally as part of Czechoslovakia and since 1993 in its own right, has been a member of the Visegrád Group and from 1995, the OECD. The Czech Republic joined NATO on 12 March 1999 and the European Union on 1 May 2004. On 21 December 2007 the Czech Republic joined the Schengen Area. [8]
The Senate was established in constitutional law of the Czech National Council (ČNR) No. 1/1993 on 16 December 1992. [4] The immediate reason for its creation was a need to find a place for members of the Federal Assembly, dissolved together with Czechoslovakia .
The 8th Chamber of Deputies is the assembled legislature of the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic following the election held on 20 and 21 October 2017. All 200 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to serve a 4-year term. [1]
Czech Republic: Parliament of the Czech Republic (Parlament České republiky) Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna) Lower 4 Open list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method by region with a 5% threshold 200 52,811 Senate (Senát) Upper 6 Two-round system (staggered elections) 81 130,397 Denmark: People's Assembly [note 3 ...
Since 2002, there are 14 constituencies, matching the Czech regions, with district size varying from 8 to 26 representatives. A Cabinet is answerable to the Chamber of Deputies and the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as they retain the support of a majority of its members.
For the first time since the Third Czechoslovak Republic, a Communist party would not be represented in the national parliament covering the Czech lands. [262] Political analyst Jiří Pehe of the New York University in Prague hailed the results as a "triumph for liberal democracy" and said they "signalled the end of the post-Communist era". [263]