Italian Constituent Assembly

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The Italian Constituent Assembly was the representative body elected after World War II to design Italy’s post-fascist democratic framework and establish the foundations of the modern Italian Republic.

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instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Assemblea Costituente ⓘ
constitutionApprovalDate 1947-12-22 ⓘ
constitutionEffectiveDate 1948-01-01 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
draftedDocument Constitution of the Italian Republic ⓘ
electionDate 1946-06-02 ⓘ
electorate Italian citizens ⓘ
endDate 1948-01-31 ⓘ
followedBy Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic ⓘ
headOfStateDuringTerm Enrico De Nicola ⓘ
Umberto II of Savoy ⓘ
linked to: Umberto II of Italy
historicalSignificance end of the Kingdom of Italy’s institutional framework ⓘ
foundation of the Italian Republic ⓘ
inception 1946-06-25 ⓘ
includedParty Action Party ⓘ
Christian Democracy ⓘ
Common Man's Front ⓘ
Italian Communist Party ⓘ
Italian Liberal Party ⓘ
Italian Republican Party ⓘ
Italian Socialist Party ⓘ
jurisdiction Italian Republic ⓘ
languageOfWork Italian ⓘ
legalBasis Decree-Law of 16 March 1946 (Decreto Luogotenenziale n. 98/1946) ⓘ
Institutional Referendum of 2 June 1946 ⓘ
legislativePeriod First Legislature of the Italian Republic ⓘ
location Rome ⓘ
mainTask define the institutional framework of post-fascist Italy ⓘ
draft the Constitution of the Italian Republic ⓘ
meetsIn Palazzo Montecitorio ⓘ
numberOfMembers 556 ⓘ
oversaw transition to republican institutions ⓘ
partOf Italian post-war institutional transition ⓘ
politicalContext post-World War II reconstruction ⓘ
transition from monarchy to republic ⓘ
precededBy Chamber of Fasces and Corporations ⓘ
president Giuseppe Saragat ⓘ
Umberto Terracini ⓘ
ratified Constitution of the Italian Republic ⓘ
resultOf 1946 Italian institutional referendum ⓘ
secretaryGeneral Alberto Giovannini ⓘ
startDate 1946-06-25 ⓘ
suffrage universal suffrage including women ⓘ
vicePresident Giovanni Conti ⓘ
Giuseppe Micheli ⓘ
Meuccio Ruini ⓘ
Palmiro Togliatti ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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Constitution of Italy → draftedBy → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Provisional Head of State → appointedBy → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy → replacedBy → Constituent Assembly of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Italian Communist Party → participatedIn → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Italian Liberal Party → participatedIn → Constituent Assembly of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Italian institutional referendum of 1946 → relatedTo → Italian Constituent Assembly election, 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Capo provvisorio dello Stato → appointedBy → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Article 84 of the Constitution of Italy → enactedBy → Constituent Assembly of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Christian Democracy (Italy) → participatedIn → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Italian Republican Party → participatedIn → Constituent Assembly of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Amintore Fanfani → participantIn → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Action Party → participatedIn → Italian Constituent Assembly elections, 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Giuseppe Saragat → participantIn → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Assemblea Costituente → officialName → Assemblea Costituente della Repubblica Italiana ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
First Legislature of the Italian Republic → follows → Constituent Assembly of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Decree-Law of 16 March 1946 → subject → Italian Constituent Assembly elections ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Italian provisional government → legislativeBody → Constituent Assembly of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Article 93 of the Constitution of Italy → enactedBy → Constituent Assembly of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Umberto Terracini → memberOf → Constituent Assembly of Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Umberto Terracini → participatedIn → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Meuccio Ruini → memberOf → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Meuccio Ruini → participatedIn → Italian Constituent Assembly (1946–1948) ⓘ
linked to: Italian Constituent Assembly
Action Party (Italy) → representedIn → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
Italian Republican Party → participatedIn → Italian Constituent Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: PRI