National Congress of Chile

National Congress of Chile Congreso Nacional de Chile

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate Chamber of Deputies
Leadership
President of the Senate	Isabel Allende, PS
President of the Chamber	Aldo Cornejo, PDC
Structure

Political groups	New Majority DC (7) PS (6) PPD (6) MAS (1) New Majority's independents (1) Chile Vamos UDI (7) RN (6) Chile Vamos' independents (1) Out of pact: Patagonian Regional Democracy (1) Amplitude (1) Independent (1)

Political groups	Government (New Majority) Christian Democratic (21) Socialist (16) Party for Democracy (15) Communist (6) Social Democrat Radical (6) Citizen Left (1) New Majority's Independents (2) Opposition (Chile Vamos) Independent Democratic Union (29) National Renewal (15) Political Evolution (1) Chile Vamos' independents (2) Crossbench/Others Independent (3) Amplitude (2) Liberal (1)
Elections
Voting system	Binomial voting system
Meeting place
Valparaíso, Chile
Website
Cámara de Diputados (Spanish) Senado (Spanish)

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The National Congress (Spanish: Congreso Nacional) of Chile is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Chile.

The National Congress of Chile was founded on July 4, 1811. It is a bicameral legislature comprised by the Chamber of Deputies (lower house), of 120 Deputies and by the Senate (upper house), formed by 38 Senators.

The organisation of Congress and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of the current constitution and by the Constitutional Organic Law No. 18,918. Congress meets in the Chile Congress building, which was built during the last years of the Pinochet regime and stands in the port city of Valparaíso, some 140 km west of the capital, Santiago. This new building replaced the Former National Congress Building, located in downtown Santiago.

On 13 September 1973, the Government Junta of Chile dissolved Congress.^[1]

References

↑ Junta general names himself as new President of Chile. The Guardian, Friday, 14 September 1973

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Coordinates: 33°02′52″S 71°36′21″W / 33.04778°S 71.60583°W / -33.04778; -71.60583

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