Provisional National Assembly (Austria)

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The Provisional National Assembly (Austria) was the transitional parliamentary body that represented the German-speaking parts of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire and laid the foundations for the First Austrian Republic after World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political institution
legislative body
transitional parliament
appliesToJurisdiction German-Austria
linked to: Austria

German-speaking parts of Cisleithania
composedOf deputies of the former Imperial Council elected in 1911
constitutionalStatus provisional legislature
country Austria
Republic of German-Austria
dissolved 1919-02-16
endTime 1919-02-16
establishedFor German-speaking territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire
followedBy Constituent National Assembly (Austria)
follows Imperial Council (Austria)
governmentalBranch legislative branch of German-Austria
hasPart Christian Social deputies
German National Council
German Nationalist deputies
Social Democratic deputies
hasRole laid foundations for the First Austrian Republic
historicalPeriod aftermath of World War I
inception 1918-10-21
languageOfWorkOrName German
legalForm provisional representative body
legislativeBodyFor First Austrian Republic
Republic of German-Austria
legislativeTerm single-chamber parliament
location Vienna
meetsIn Vienna Parliament Building
nativeLabel Provisorische Nationalversammlung
Provisorische Nationalversammlung für Deutschösterreich
numberOfMembers 208
partOf dissolution of Austria-Hungary
politicalContext collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
precededBy Imperial Council (Austria)
primaryFunction establish framework for republican government in Austria
exercise legislative power in German-Austria
referredToAs Provisional National Assembly for German-Austria
regionServed Cisleithanian crown lands with German-speaking majority
replacedBy Constituent National Assembly (Austria)
significantEvent adoption of basic constitutional laws for German-Austria
decision to hold elections for a Constituent National Assembly
election of the State Council (Staatsrat)
proclamation of the Republic of German-Austria
startTime 1918-10-21
typeOfElectoralSystem indirect continuation of 1911 Imperial Council elections
usedBuilding Parliament Building (Vienna)

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Imperial Council (Reichsrat) replacedBy Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Imperial Council (Reichsrat) followedBy Constituent National Assembly (Austria)
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Federal Constitutional Law of Austria adoptedBy Constituent National Assembly of Austria
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Karl Seitz (acting, 1919–1920) legislativeBody Constituent National Assembly of Austria
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Provisional National Assembly (Austria) followedBy Constituent National Assembly (Austria)
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Provisional National Assembly (Austria) nativeLabel Provisorische Nationalversammlung
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Provisional National Assembly (Austria) nativeLabel Provisorische Nationalversammlung für Deutschösterreich
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Provisional National Assembly (Austria) replacedBy Constituent National Assembly (Austria)
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Provisional National Assembly (Austria) referredToAs Provisional National Assembly for German-Austria
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)
Cisleithanian government replacedBy Provisional government of German-Austria
linked to: Provisional National Assembly (Austria)