Polish Constitution of 1921

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The Polish Constitution of 1921 was the interwar Second Polish Republic’s fundamental law, establishing a democratic parliamentary system with extensive civil liberties and a framework for regional autonomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
aim to consolidate the legal order of the newly independent Polish state ⓘ
to establish a democratic parliamentary system ⓘ
to guarantee extensive civil rights and liberties ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution of March 1921 ⓘ
March Constitution ⓘ
cabinetResponsibleTo Sejm ⓘ
checksAndBalances strong parliamentary control over executive ⓘ
civilLiberties equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
inviolability of person ⓘ
protection of property ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
dateAdopted 1921-03-17 ⓘ
executivePowerVestedIn Council of Ministers ⓘ
President of Poland ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Council of Ministers ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
historicalEra interwar period ⓘ
inspiredBy French Third Republic constitution ⓘ
Weimar Constitution ⓘ
democratic liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
judicialIndependence guaranteed ⓘ
legislativeBody Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
legislativePowerVestedIn Sejm ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
legislatureStructure bicameral ⓘ
limitedPresidentialPowers yes ⓘ
lowerHouse Sejm ⓘ
minorityRights recognized ⓘ
periodInForce 1921-1935 ⓘ
placeAdopted Warsaw ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished parliamentary democracy ⓘ
presidentElectedBy National Assembly ⓘ
regionalAutonomyFramework provided ⓘ
religionStatus freedom of conscience guaranteed ⓘ
stateReligion none ⓘ
status superseded ⓘ
suffrage proportional representation for Sejm elections ⓘ
secret ballot ⓘ
universal ⓘ
supersededBy April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
termLengthOfPresident 7 years ⓘ
upperHouse Senate ⓘ

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Silesian Parliament → grantedBy → Polish Constitution of 1921 ⓘ
Sejm of the Second Polish Republic → governingDocument → March Constitution of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish Constitution of 1921
May Coup in Poland → relatedEvent → Poland's March Constitution of 1921 ⓘ
linked to: Polish Constitution of 1921
Government of the Second Polish Republic → appliesLegalFramework → March Constitution of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish Constitution of 1921