Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public office
- Subclass of
- member of parliament
- Part of
- lower house
- Image
- Diputados PP 11-2016.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Legislators
- female form of label
- poslanica
- Commons category
- Deputies
- male form of label
- депутат
- ISCO-08 occupation class
- 1111
- ISCO-88 occupation class
- 1110
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Encyclopedic overview
A legislator, or lawmaker, is a person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature. Legislators are often elected by the people, but they can be appointed, or hereditary. Legislatures may be supra-national (for example, the European Parliament), national, such as the Japanese Diet, sub-national as in provinces, or local.
Overview
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