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Botswana. National Assembly

LC control no.n 50078373
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Corporate name headingBotswana. National Assembly
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Variant(s)Botswana. Parliament. National Assembly
See alsoPredecessor: Bechuanaland Protectorate. Legislative Assembly
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Beginning date1966
Associated countryBotswana
Found inIts Paper
Its Official report of the debates ... 30th Sept.-7th Oct. 1966: cover (Republic of Botswana; National Assembly)
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association website, viewed Feb. 26, 2017 (The Parliament of Botswana; the legislature is unicameral; the sole chamber, the National Assembly, has 57 members directly elected for a 5-year term; also a variable number of non-voting members (currently 4) nominated by the president from both the majority party and the opposition, and elected by the parliament itself; the president and attorney general are ex officio members; a 15-member House of Chiefs (Ntlo ya Dikgosi) acts as an advisory body on tribal matters and on alterations to the constitution)
Wikipedia, viewed Feb. 26, 2017 (National Assembly (Botswana); founded 1966; the National Assembly is the legislature of Botswana's unicameral Parliament; National Assembly, 11th Parliament; it is advised by the Ntlo ya Dikgosi (Tswana for "House of Chiefs"), which is not a house of Parliament)
Not found inBechuanaland Protectorate. Legislative Assembly. Official report of the debates ... 5th to 14th July 1965: cover (Bechuanaland Protectorate; Legislative Assembly)