With 65 members in the 'Chamber of Counties' and 151members in the 'House of Representatives', the 'Sabor' is the parliament of which Eastern European country?
"1997 Croatian Chamber of Counties election Elections for the Second Assembly of the Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament were held in Croatia on 13 April 1997. The result was a victory for the Croatian Democratic Union, which won 40 of the 63 elected seats. This was the last election for the Chamber of Counties, which was abolished through a constitutional amendment on 29 March 2001. UNTAES facilitated the conduct of elections in the United Nations protectorate region of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia. Franjo Tuđman, as President of Croatia, had the constitutional right to appoint up to"
"the Chamber of Representatives, it was abolished in 2001 and its powers were transferred to the county governments. The number of Sabor representatives can vary from 100 to 160; they are all elected by popular vote and serve four-year terms. 140 members are elected in multi-seat constituencies, up to six members are chosen by proportional representation to represent Croatians living abroad and five members represent ethnic and national communities or minorities. The two largest political parties in Croatia are the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). The last parliamentary election was held on 11"
"Croatian Parliament The Croatian Parliament () or the Sabor is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Croatia; it is Croatia's legislature. Under the terms of the Croatian Constitution, the Sabor represents the people and is vested with legislative power. The Sabor is composed of 151 members elected to a four-year term on the basis of direct, universal and equal suffrage by secret ballot. Seats are allocated according to the Croatian Parliament electoral districts: 140 members of the parliament are elected in multi-seat constituencies, 8 from the minorities and 3 from the Croatian diaspora. The Sabor"
"won three county-prefect elections, and the HNS and HDSSB won one county-prefect election each. Croatia first elected 12 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in a by-election held after its accession to the EU in 2013. Thereafter, its number of members in the European Parliament was reduced to 11 and the country elected them as part of the regular election in 2014. The elections are regulated by special legislation enacted by the ""Sabor"". Provisions of the legislation are very similar to the parliamentary-election legislation, with the main difference being that the 11 members of the European Parliament are elected in"
"a five-year term. The government (), the main executive power of Croatia, is headed by the prime minister, who has four deputy prime ministers who serve also as government ministers. Twenty ministers are in charge of particular activities. The executive branch is responsible for proposing legislation and a budget, executing the laws, and guiding the foreign and internal policies. The parliament is a unicameral legislative body. The number of ""Sabor"" representatives (MPs) ranges from 100 to 160; they are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms. The powers of the legislature include enactment and amendment of the constitution and"
"2016, Croatian Prime Minister has been Andrej Plenković. A unicameral parliament ("""") holds legislative power. A second chamber, the ""House of Counties"", set up in 1993 pursuant to the 1990 Constitution, was abolished in 2001. The number of Sabor members can vary from 100 to 160; they are all elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms. The sessions of the Sabor take place from 15 January to 15 July, and from 15 September to 15 December. The two largest political parties in Croatia are the Croatian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party of Croatia. Croatia has a civil"
"Orders of the Croatian Parliament), President of the Parliament: This is the list of Speakers of the Croatian Parliament. (9)<br> There are nine living former Speakers: Speaker of the Croatian Parliament The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (, literally the President of the Croatian Parliament) is the presiding officer in the Croatian Parliament (""Sabor""), Croatia's legislative body. Under Article 97 of the Constitution of Croatia, the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament is the only constitutional deputy to the President of Croatia and serves as Acting President if the elected President vacates the office before the expiration of the 5-year presidential"
"behalf of the parliament, is granted parliamentary immunity equal to that enjoyed by parliamentary members. The members of the parliament elect the Speaker of the Parliament and one or more deputy speakers by a simple majority vote. Since the first multi-party elections held after the start of Communist rule, there have been eight speakers of the parliament; the first five, executing the office until constitutional amendments in March 2001, were also speakers of the Chamber of Deputies (since the parliament was bicameral at the time). As of 28 December 2015, Željko Reiner (HDZ) is the tenth Speaker of the Sabor."
"the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of North East Somerset. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. According to the 2001 census the Farmborough ward (which includes Compton Dando, Marksbury, Woollard and Chewton Keynsham), had 1,111 residents, living in 428 households, with an average age of 44.5 years. Of these, 71% of residents described their health as 'good',"
"which consists of 12 members of parliament. He has been a member of the assembly since January 22, 2001. Seyidov is a member of Committee on Economic Affairs and Development, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee), Political Affairs Committee, Sub-Committee on conflict prevention through dialogue and reconciliation and Sub-Committee on External Relations. He currently acts as co-rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Serbia, Samed Seyidov is fluent in English and Russian. He is"
"chambers. The House of Representatives has 98 delegates, elected for four-year terms by proportional representation. The House of Peoples has 58 members, 17 delegates from among each of the constituent peoples of the Federation, and 7 delegates from among the other peoples. Republika Srpska, the other entity, has a unicameral parliament, known as the National Assembly. The German federal state of Bavaria had a bicameral legislature from 1946 to 1999, when the Senate was abolished by a referendum amending the state's constitution. The other 15 states have used a unicameral system since their founding. Seven Indian States, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar,"
"in Croatia. Petrov's party turned out the surprise of the election, with 13.17% of the votes and 19 seats in the Croatian Parliament (Sabor). The party had a crucial role in forming the new government and started negotiations with the ruling centre-left Croatia is Growing coalition, centred around the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP), and the opposition centre-right Patriotic Coalition, centred around the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). Members of the party said that they won’t join any of the two coalitions in forming the new government unless their reform agenda is adopted. After more than 40 days of negotiations"
"is presided over by a Speaker, who is assisted by at least one deputy speaker (usually four or five deputies). The Sabor's powers are defined by the Constitution and they include: defining economic, legal and political relations in Croatia, preservation and use of its heritage and entering into alliances. The Sabor has the right to deploy the Croatian armed forces abroad, and it may restrict some constitutional rights and liberties in wartime or in cases of imminent war or following natural disasters. The Sabor amends the borders of Croatia or the Constitution, enacts legislation, passes the state budget, declares war"
"House of Representatives of Belarus Under the 1996 Constitution, the House of Representatives (, ""Palata Pradstawnikow"", , ""Palata Predstaviteley"") is the lower house of the parliament of Belarus. It consists of 110 deputies elected on the basis of universal, equal, free, and direct electoral suffrage by secret ballot (art. 91). It is a majoritarian system, with the outcome decided by overall majorities in single-member constituencies. Any citizen of 21 years is eligible for election (art. 92). The functions of the House are to consider draft laws and the other business of government; it must approve the nomination of a prime"
"supervising the work of the Government of Croatia and other holders of public powers responsible to the Sabor, and granting amnesty. Decisions are made based on a majority vote if more than half of the Chamber is present, except in cases of constitutional issues. The Croatian constitution and legislation provides for regular elections for the office of the President of the Republic, parliamentary, county prefects, county assemblies, city and municipal mayors and city and municipal councils. The President of the Republic is elected to a five-year term by a direct vote of all citizens of Croatia. A majority vote is"
"Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 47-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The Council of Europe is an older and wider circle of nations than the 28-member European Union – it includes, for example, Russia and Turkey among its member states – and oversees the European Court of Human Rights. The Assembly is made up of 324 members drawn from the national parliaments of the Council of Europe's member states, and generally"
"each unit, 14 candidates are elected on proportional electoral system. The election threshold is 5%. In addition, 8 candidates are elected to represent national minorities. The citizens that live outside Croatian borders vote in a separate electoral unit. The number of representatives elected from this unit will be determined after the elections, based on how many people actually vote in Croatia, so that there is equal value of votes both inside and outside Croatia. For reference, the number of diaspora seats in the 2000-2003 Sabor was six. Total: 140 domestic seats + 8 minority seats + 4 diaspora seats. Distribution"
"European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation. The ""Seymour Arms"" is a traditional public house. Purpose-built along with farm buildings in 1866 or 1867 for the Duke of Somerset's estate, it takes its name from the family name of the Duke of Somerset. The pub is noted by CAMRA because of its beautifully preserved interior, and is included in their National Inventory of Historic Pubs. Since the 19th century, the village water supply has come from the estate of the Duke of Somerset rather than from a commercial water company. The estate's decision"
"and decides on cessation of hostilities, adopts parliamentary resolutions and bylaws, adopts long-term national security and defence strategies, implements civil supervision of the armed forces and security services, calls referenda, performs elections and appointments conforming to the constitution and applicable legislation, supervises operations of the Government and other civil services responsible to the parliament, grants amnesty for criminal offences and performs other duties defined by the constitution. The oldest Sabor with extant records was held in Zagreb on 19 April 1273. This was the Sabor of Slavonia, and not of Croatia and Dalmatia. The earliest Sabor of the Kingdom of"
"parties are exempt from this threshold). Sejm The Sejm of the Republic of Poland (; ) is the lower house of the Polish parliament. It consists of 460 deputies (posłowie, literally ""envoys"", in Polish) elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the ""Marshal of the ""Sejm"" of the Republic of Poland"" (""Marszałek Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej""). In the Kingdom of Poland, """"Sejm"""" referred to the entire three-chamber parliament of Poland, comprising the lower house (the Chamber of Envoys; ), the upper house (the Senate; Polish: ""Senat"") and the King. It was thus a three-estate parliament. Since"
"and 16 ministers in the Cabinet. Bakhytzhan Sagintayev became the Prime Minister in September 2016. The legislature, known as the Parliament (Parliament), has two chambers. The Lower House Assembly (""Mazhilis"") has 107 seats, elected for a four-year term, 98 seats are from party lists, 9 - from Assembly of People. All MPs are elected for 5 years. The Upper House Senate has 47 members, 40 of whom are elected for six-year terms in double-seat constituencies by the local assemblies, half renewed every two years, and 7 presidential appointees. In addition, ex-presidents are ""ex officio"" senators for life. Majilis deputies and"
"currently a coalition of the DP, LSAP and Green Party. The Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourgish: ""D'Chamber""; French: ""Chambre des Députés"") has 60 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation in four multi-seat constituencies. The Council of State (Luxembourgish: ""Staatsrot""; French: ""Conseil d'État"") is an advisory body composed of 21 citizens (usually politicians or senior public servants with good political ties) proposed by the Council of Government and appointed by the Grand Duke. Traditionally the heir of the throne is also one of its members. Its role is to advise the Chamber of Deputies in the drafting of legislation."
"House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina The House of Representatives (Bosnian: ""Predstavnički Dom"", Croatian: ""Zastupnički Dom"" and Serbian Cyrillic: Представнички Дом), is one of the two chambers of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the other being the House of Peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The chamber consists of 42 members which are elected by party-list proportional representation. 28 members are elected from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), and 14 from the Republika Srpska (RS). Members serve for terms of four years. The current membership of the chamber was elected on 7 October 2018. The"
"– 324 principal members and 324 substitutes – who are appointed or elected by the parliaments of each member state. Delegations must reflect the balance in the national parliament, so contain members of both ruling parties and oppositions. The population of each country determines its number of representatives and number of votes. This is in contrast to the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe's executive body, where each country has one vote. While not full members, the parliaments of Kyrgyzstan, Jordan, Morocco and Palestine hold ""Partner for Democracy"" status with the Assembly - which allows their delegations to take"
"holds one of the in total 250 seats in the Lower House. The 102 members of the Upper House Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders) are called Senators. A ""member of Parliament"" is a member of either of the two chambers of the Parliament of Austria (""Österreichisches Parlament""). The members of the Nationalrat are called ""Abgeordnete zum Nationalrat"". The members of the Bundesrat, elected by the provincial diets (""Landtage"") of the nine federal States of Austria, are known as ""Mitglieder des Bundesrats"". In Bulgaria there are 240 members of Parliament (; transliteration Narodno sabranie / Parlament), which are called 'Deputati' (singular"
"Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia () or the Sobranie is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia; it is Macedonia's sole legislature. According to the Constitution, the Sobranie represents the people and is vested with legislative power. It can have between 120 and 140 MPs (currently 120), elected by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts, each contributing 20 MPs, and 3 reserved seats elected from the Macedonian diaspora which are awarded only if the voter turnout was sufficient. MPs are elected for a term of four years"
"since Communist rule and the adoption of the 1990 constitution, the Sabor was bicameral (Chamber of Representatives and Chamber of Counties) until 2001, when constitutional amendments changed it to the unicameral form currently used. The Sabor, in its various forms, has represented the identity and opinions of Croats from the diets of the 9th century nobility to the modern parliament. The oldest Sabor whose records are preserved was held in Zagreb on 19 April 1273 as the ""Congregatio Regni totius Sclavonie generalis"" or ""Universitas nobilium Regni Sclavoniae"" (General diet of the entire kingdom of Slavonia or Community of the nobility"
"independent ministers. The executive branch is responsible for proposing legislation and a budget, executing the laws, and guiding the country's foreign and domestic policies. The government's official residence is at Banski dvori. As of 19 October 2016, the prime minister is Andrej Plenković. The Parliament of Croatia () is a unicameral legislative body. A second chamber, the ""Chamber of Counties"" (), was set up in 1993 pursuant to the 1990 Constitution. The Chamber of Counties was originally composed of three deputies from each of the twenty counties and the city of Zagreb. However, as it had no practical power over"
"were actually political program of the People's Party which had governed all Croatian counties since 1842. The session of the ""Grand National Assembly"" that was held on March 25, 1848, as a result of the Illyrian movement and social upheavals all across Europe in mid-19th century, is considered to be the beginning of the modern Croatian Parliament (Sabor). The session is important because it was for the first time in history attended by members of all social classes representing the Triune Kingdom Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia. In addition to members of different classes, session was attended by students of the"
"Sejm The Sejm of the Republic of Poland (; ) is the lower house of the Polish parliament. It consists of 460 deputies (posłowie, literally ""envoys"", in Polish) elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the ""Marshal of the ""Sejm"" of the Republic of Poland"" (""Marszałek Sejmu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej""). In the Kingdom of Poland, """"Sejm"""" referred to the entire three-chamber parliament of Poland, comprising the lower house (the Chamber of Envoys; ), the upper house (the Senate; Polish: ""Senat"") and the King. It was thus a three-estate parliament. Since the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939), """"Sejm"""""
"Chamber of Regions The Chamber of Regions is one of the two Chambers of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the other being the Chamber of Local Authorities. The Chamber is the voice of regional authorities in the Council of Europe. It consists of 318 representatives and substitutes from the Council’s 47 member states, who either hold a general regional authority mandate from direct elections or are politically accountable to a directly elected assembly. The work of the Chamber is organised around four statutory committees. The Institutional Committee is in charge of the issues"
"92—the Earl Marshal, the Lord Great Chamberlain and the 90 elected by other peers—retain their seats in the House. The Commons, the last of the ""estates"" of the Kingdom, are represented in the House of Commons, which is formally styled ""The Honourable The Commons in Parliament Assembled"" (""commons"" coming not from the term ""commoner"", but from """", the old French term for a district). In 2016, the House consists of 650 members. Each Member of Parliament (MP) is chosen by a single constituency by the First-Past-the-Post electoral system. Universal adult suffrage exists for those 18 and over; citizens of the"
"Speaker of the Croatian Parliament The Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (, literally the President of the Croatian Parliament) is the presiding officer in the Croatian Parliament (""Sabor""), Croatia's legislative body. Under Article 97 of the Constitution of Croatia, the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament is the only constitutional deputy to the President of Croatia and serves as Acting President if the elected President vacates the office before the expiration of the 5-year presidential term due to either death, resignation or removal from office (as determined by the Constitutional Court). In this case an early presidential election must be held"