Senate of Venezuela

upper house of Venezuela's legislature, 1961-1999

The Senate of Venezuela was the upper house of Venezuela's legislature under its 1961 constitution. Under the 1999 constitution, the bicameral system was replaced by the unicameral National Assembly of Venezuela.[1][2] However, since 1999 the chamber of senators has been used by the National Assembly for meetings and other special functions. It was eventually replaced by the unicameral system National Assembly.

References change

  1. Venezuela (1983). "25 Años de legislación democrática".
  2. Sereno, Herminia Cristina Méndez (January 1997). "5 siglos de historia de Venezuela: Desde 1492 hasta 1996 : Guía para estudiantes".