Constituent Assembly of 1945

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The Constituent Assembly of 1945 was the elected French body tasked with drafting a new constitution and reshaping the political system of France in the immediate aftermath of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
aim define relations between executive and legislature in postwar France ⓘ
establish a parliamentary democratic regime ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
composition deputies elected by universal suffrage ⓘ
context Liberation of France ⓘ
end of the Vichy regime ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolvedAfter rejection of first constitutional draft in referendum ⓘ
electoralDate 21 October 1945 ⓘ
electorate French voters ⓘ
endTime 10 June 1946 ⓘ
establishedBy ordinances of the Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
followedBy Constituent Assembly of 1946 ⓘ
Fourth Republic Parliament ⓘ
governmentType unicameral constituent legislature ⓘ
hasChairperson Félix Gouin ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver French overseas territories ⓘ
metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
hasMember French Communist Party ⓘ
French Section of the Workers’ International ⓘ
Popular Republican Movement ⓘ
hasNumberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
hasRole drafting a new constitution for France ⓘ
reshaping the political system of France ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II ⓘ
inception 1945 ⓘ
isElectedBody true ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
legalBasis referendum of 21 October 1945 ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor France ⓘ
legislativePeriod First Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
meetsAt Palais Bourbon ⓘ
partOf French Fourth Republic constitutional process ⓘ
French constitutional history ⓘ
partOfEvent transition from Provisional Government to Fourth Republic ⓘ
precededBy Provisional Consultative Assembly ⓘ
replacedBy Second Constituent Assembly of 1946 ⓘ
replaces Third Republic constitutional framework ⓘ
republic Fourth French Republic ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of constitutional draft rejected in May 1946 referendum ⓘ
drafting of the 1946 constitutional project ⓘ
startTime 21 October 1945 ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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Provisional Government of the French Republic → legislativeBody → Constituent Assembly of 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Assembly of 1945
Félix Gouin → wasElectedTo → Constituent Assembly of 1945 ⓘ
Félix Gouin → wasElectedTo → Constituent Assembly of 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Assembly of 1945
Provisional Consultative Assembly → followedBy → Constituent Assembly of 1945 ⓘ