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{{Short description|Bicameral legislature of Uruguay}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = General Assembly of Uruguay
| native_name = Asamblea General de Uruguay
| native_name_lang =
| transcription_name =
| legislature =[[49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators of Uruguay|49th Legislature of the Chamber of Senators]]<br />[[49th Legislature of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay|49th Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies]]
| coa_pic = Coat of arms of Uruguay.svg
| coa_res = 100px
| coa_alt =
| foundation = 
| house_type = Bicameral
| body =
| houses = [[Senate of Uruguay|Chamber of Senators]]<br />[[Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay|Chamber of Deputies]]
| leader1_type =[[Vice President of Uruguay|President of the General Assembly & Senate]]
| leader1 =[[Beatriz Argimón]]
| party1 =[[National Party (Uruguay)|National Party]]
| election1 =March 1, 2020
| leader2_type =[[List of presidents of the Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay|President of the Chamber of Representatives]]
| leader2 = [[Sebastián Andújar]]
| party2 =[[National Party (Uruguay)|National Party]]
| election2 =March 1, 2023
| leader3_type =
| leader3 =
| party3 =
| election3 =
| members = 129 members<br />99 deputies<br />30 senators
| house1 =[[Senate of Uruguay|Senate]]
| house2 =[[Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay|Chamber of Representatives]]
| structure1 =Uruguay Sénat 2019.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| structure1_alt =
| structure2 = Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay 2019.svg
| structure2_res = 250px
| structure2_alt =
| political_groups1 = '''[[Coalición Multicolor|Government]]'''
*{{color box|{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}}} [[National Party (Uruguay)|National Party]] (10)
*{{color box|{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}}} [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado Party]] (4)
*{{color box|{{party color|Open Cabildo (Uruguay)}}}} [[Open Cabildo (Uruguay)|Open Cabildo]] (3)

'''[[Opposition (parliamentary)|Opposition]]'''
*{{color box|{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}}} [[Broad Front (Uruguay)|Broad Front]] (13)
| political_groups2 =
'''[[Coalición Multicolor|Government]] (56)'''
*{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|National Party (Uruguay)}}}} [[National Party (Uruguay)|National Party]] (30)}}
*{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Colorado Party (Uruguay)}}}} [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado Party]] (13)}}
*{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Open Cabildo (Uruguay)}}}} [[Open Cabildo (Uruguay)|Open Cabildo]] (11)}}
*{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Independent Party (Uruguay)}}}} [[Independent Party (Uruguay)|Independent Party]] ([[Pablo Mieres|1]])}}
*{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Partido de la Gente}}}} [[Partido de la Gente]] ([[Edgardo Novick|1]])}}

'''[[Opposition (parliamentary)|Opposition]] (43)'''
*{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Broad Front (Uruguay)}}}} [[Broad Front (Uruguay)|Broad Front]] (42)}}
*{{nowrap|{{color box|{{party color|Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente}}}} [[Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente|PERI]] ([[César Vega (agronomist)|1]])}}
| committees1 =
| committees2 =
| joint_committees =
| voting_system1 = [[Proportional representation]]
| voting_system2 =
| last_election1 =[[2019 Uruguayan general election|27 October 2019]]
| last_election2 =[[2019 Uruguayan general election|27 October 2019]]
| previous_election1 =
| previous_election2 =
| session_room = 2016 Fachada del Palacio Legislativo de Montevideo.jpg
| session_res =
| session_alt =
| meeting_place = [[Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay)|Palacio Legislativo]], [[Montevideo]]
| website ={{URL|www.parlamento.gub.uy}}
| footnotes =
| motto =
}}
{{Politics of Uruguay}}
The '''General Assembly of Uruguay''' ({{lang-es|Asamblea General de Uruguay}}) or [[parliament]] is the [[Legislature|legislative branch]] of the government of [[Uruguay]], and consists of two chambers: the [[Senate of Uruguay|Chamber of Senators]] and the [[Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay|Chamber of Representatives]]. General Assembly has 130 voting members: 99 representatives and 30 senators, the [[Vice President of Uruguay|Vice President of the Republic]], who serves as President of the General Assembly, and the Senate has the right to vote. The legislature meets in the [[Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay)|Legislative Palace]] in [[Montevideo]]. Both senators and representatives are chosen through [[proportional representation]] for five-year terms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parlamento.gub.uy/camarasycomisiones/senadores/que-es-senadores|title=Cámara de Senadores {{!}} Parlamento|website=parlamento.gub.uy|date=25 November 2013 |access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref>

The General Assembly holds its sessions in the Chamber of Representatives of the Legislative Palace. During the 19th century, the legislature met in the [[Montevideo Cabildo]].

== History ==
In 1828, on the initiative of [[Juan Antonio Lavalleja]], delegates were elected to what was to be the Parliament of the Eastern Province of Río de la Plata. As a consequence of the [[Treaty of Montevideo (1828)|Treaty of Montevideo]], such institution became the General Constituent and Legislative Assembly of the State, and had among other tasks the drafting of the country's first [[Constitution of Uruguay|Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.denorteasur.com/asp/articulo.asp?numero=263&id=2566|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002191557/http://www.denorteasur.com/asp/articulo.asp?numero=263&id=2566|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-10-02|title=WebCite query result|website=www.webcitation.org|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref>

The Assembly was unicameral. But since the establishment of the Constitution in 1830, the Uruguayan Parliament became bicameral, and has remained so to this day. The voting system of its members also changed: during the 19th century, voting was reserved for a minority, and senators represented departments. Later, the secret and universal vote was established, and the representativeness of the senators, who are elected at the national level, was reformulated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parlamento.gub.uy/sobreelparlamento/historia|title=Historia del Parlamento {{!}} Parlamento|website=parlamento.gub.uy|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref>

== Attributes ==
The ordinary sessions span is from March 1 to December 15, or until September 15 in the event that elections are held, since the new Assembly must begin its sessions on February 15 of the following year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parlamento.gub.uy/camarasycomisiones/asambleageneral/fucionesycompetencias|title=Asamblea General {{!}} Parlamento|website=parlamento.gub.uy|date=30 April 2014 |access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref>

Article Ninety of the Uruguayan Constitution requires that members of the Chamber of Representatives must be aged at least 25 and have been a citizen of Uruguay for five years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parlamento.gub.uy/camarasycomisiones/representantes/funciones-competencias|title=Cámara de Representantes {{!}} Parlamento|website=parlamento.gub.uy|date=20 February 2013 |access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> While Article Ninety-eight requires that the members of the Senate must be at least 30 years old and have been Uruguayan citizens for seven years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parlamento.gub.uy/camarasycomisiones/senadores/que-es-senadores|title=Cámara de Senadores {{!}} Parlamento|website=parlamento.gub.uy|date=25 November 2013 |access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref>

The General Assembly is entitled to politically judge the conduct of the Ministers of State, to declare war and to approve or reject peace treaties, alliances, commerce, and conventions or contracts of any nature that the Executive Power enters into with foreign powers and designate every year the necessary armed force, as well as allowing foreign troops to enter the country. Denying or granting the departure of national forces outside the nation is also among the functions of the Assembly. The creation of new [[Departments of Uruguay|Departments]], the setting of their limits, as well as the establishment of customs and export and import duties concern the legislative power, in addition to other functions established in Article Eighty-Five of the Constitution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.impo.com.uy/bases/constitucion/1967-1967/85|title=Constitución de la República Oriental del Uruguay|website=www.impo.com.uy|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref>

==Latest elections==
{{Main|2019 Uruguayan general election}}
{{#section-h:2019 Uruguayan general election|Results}}

== Library of the Legislative Power ==
[[File:Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo de Uruguay.jpg|left|thumb|198x198px|Library of the Legislative Power.]]
The Library of the Legislative Power of Uruguay is a specialized institution whose main objective is to assist Uruguayan legislators and the cultural development of the community in the fulfillment of its functions, in order to provide documentation, information and advice to citizens, thanks to extensive bibliographic, jurisprudential, doctrinal and legislative collection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biblioteca.parlamento.gub.uy/biblioteca/|title=Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo}}</ref> It is considered the second most important library in Uruguay, behind the [[National Library of Uruguay|National Library]], due to the large collection and the status of parliamentary and public library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.republica.com.uy/biblioteca-del-poder-legislativo-celebra-el-dia-nacional-del-libro-id711308/|title=Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo celebra el Día Nacional del libro|website=Diario La República|language=es|access-date=2020-03-27}}</ref> The current library was founded on August 25, 1929 and has its origin in the unification of the libraries of the Chamber of Representatives and the Chamber of Senators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/comunidad/1235017-biblioteca-palacio-legislativo-dia-libro-raul-sendic-roy-berocay|title=Library of the Legislative Palace celebrates Book Day}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Senado ojopez.jpg|'''Senate'''
File:CamaradiputadosPL.jpg|'''Chamber of Representatives'''
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==See also==

*[[Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay]]
*[[Senate of Uruguay]]
*[[Politics of Uruguay]]
*[[List of legislatures by country]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/ Official website]

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