States General of the Netherlands
Supreme legislature of the Netherlands
States General of the Netherlands
The States General of the Netherlands (Dutch: Staten-Generaal [ˈstaːtə(ŋ)‿ɣenəˈraːl] ) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate (Dutch: Eerste Kamer lit. 'First Chamber') and the House of Representatives (Dutch: Tweede Kamer lit. 'Second Chamber'). Both chambers meet at the Binnenhof in The Hague, the oldest parliament building in the world still in use. The States General originated in the 15th century as an assembly of all the provincial states of the Burgundian Netherlands. In 1579, during the Dutch Revolt, the States General split as the northern provinces openly rebelled against Philip II, and the northern States General replaced Philip II as the supreme authority of the Dutch Republic in 1581. The States General were replaced by the National Assembly after the Batavian Revolution of 1795, only to be restored in 1814, when the country had regained its sovereignty. The States General was divided into a Senate and a House of Representatives in...
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