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Use `GovernmentBody` to describe a government body and link it to the associated
offices.
Provides the full name of the generic English title of the government
body. This must include the jurisdiction of the government body but
exclude any information that's related to the electoral district.
Specifically, this refers to any governmental, regulatory, or
administrative agency, commission, department, court, or other similarly
recognized organization or body of a government, such as senates,
parliaments, ministries, and cabinets (among many others).
Examples:
Ministry of Education of India
Parliament of Singapore
Russian State Duma
United States Senate
References
The following entities contain references to GovernmentBody:
Office contains a reference to the
government body the office is party of in GovernmentBodyIds
Attributes
The following table describes the attributes for GovernmentBody:
Attribute
Required?
Type
Description
objectId
Required
ID
Unique internal identifier that's used by other elements to reference
this element.
Elements
The following table describes the elements for GovernmentBody:
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