Federal Council of Tarper

Federal Council of Tarper Conseil Fédéral de Tarper
5th Federal Council
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of Tarper
History
Founded	September 10, 2002 (2002-09-10)
Preceded by	Officer's Chamber (Second Republic of Tarper)
Leadership
Speaker of the Federal Council	Laraine Castilla, SP since 22 September 2016
Leader of the Federal Council	Abraham Reed, SP since 24 September 2012
Shadow Leader	Laurence Abram, CDSF since 28 September 2012
Structure
Seats	123
Political groups	Government (73)   SP (47)   GLU/ULV (20)   CPT (6) Opposition (50)   CDSF (39)   NLP (5)   CNP (3)   PP (3)
Elections
Voting system	Appointed by State legislature
Last election	1 March 2016
Next election	1 March 2020
Meeting place
Astran House of Nobles, Center, Terraum

The Federal Council of Tarper is a legislative body that represents the twelve states of Tarper at the federal level. The Council meets at the Palace of States in Terraum.

The Federal Council participates in legislation, alongside the Bundestag, the directly elected representatives of the people of Tarper, with laws affecting state competencies and all constitutional changes requiring the consent of the body. It is equivalent in function to an upper house of parliament.

The modern Federal Council is the successor similar upper houses in Tarper's history like the Imperial Diet of the TSE, the General Courts of the UKT, the Hall of Confederation of the CTCR, and the Officer's Chamber of the Republic.

The political makeup of the Council is affected by changes in power in the states of Tarper, and thus by elections in each state. Each state delegation in the Federal Council is essentially a representation of the state government and reflects the political makeup of the ruling majority or plurality of each state legislature (including coalitions).