Constituent National Assembly (Czechoslovakia)
Constituent National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic Ústavodárné národní shromáždění republiky Československé (Czech) Ústavodarné národné zhromaždenie republiky Československej (Slovak) | |
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Legislative body in Czechoslovakia | |
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Type | Constituent assembly |
History | |
Established | 18 June 1946 |
Disbanded | 30 May 1948 |
Preceded by | Interim National Assembly |
Succeeded by | National Assembly |
Structure | |
Seats | 300 members |
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Political groups | |
Elections | |
Voting system | Direct competitive proportional representation |
Last election | 26 May 1946 |
Meeting place | |
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Constituent National Assembly (originally stock exchange building), Prague |
The Constituent National Assembly (Czech: Ústavodárné národní shromáždění, Slovak: Ústavodarné národné zhromaždenie) was the unicameral parliament of the Third Republic of Czechoslovakia from 1946 until 1948. Only one election was ever held, in May 1946.
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The Constituent National Assembly was a successor to the Interim National Assembly. Democracy in Czechoslovakia ended in the Czechoslovak coup d'état of February 1948, where the Communist Party took power.[1] Democracy was not restored until 41 years later.
Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly
Name | Party | Entered office | Left office |
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Antonín Zápotocký | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | 18 June 1946 | 18 July 1946 |
Josef David | Czechoslovak National Social Party | 18 July 1946 | 30 May 1948 |
References
- ^ Simons, William (1960). The Constitutions of the Communist World. Springer Publishing. ISBN 9789028600706.
External links
- Joint Czech-Slovak Digital Parliamentary Library
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Predecessor
- Bohemian Diet (1861–1918)
National parliaments
Revolutionary National Assembly (cs) (1918–20) National Assembly (1920–39) None in the German-occupied Bohemia-Moravia; National Assembly (sk) in the Slovak State (1939–45) Interim National Assembly (1945–46) Constituent National Assembly (1946–48) National Assembly (Communist) (1948–68) Federal Assembly (1969–92)
Subnational parliaments
Parliament of Carpatho-Ukraine (1938-39) Czech National Council (1969–92) Slovak National Council (1969–92)
Succeeded by
Parliament of the Czech Republic (1993–present) National Council of Slovakia (1993–present)
See also: