First Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic

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The First Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic was the post–World War II French parliamentary body elected in 1945 to draft a new republican constitution and lay the foundations of the Fourth Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
parliamentary body ⓘ
aim define the institutional framework of the Fourth Republic ⓘ
establish a new republican regime ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
category 1945 establishments in France ⓘ
1946 disestablishments in France ⓘ
Constituent assemblies ⓘ
French Fourth Republic ⓘ
composedOf deputies elected by universal suffrage ⓘ
constitutionalOutcome rejected draft constitution of 1946 referendum ⓘ
constitutionalProjectSubmissionDate 1946 ⓘ
constitutionalProjectSubmittedTo French electorate ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolvedAfter constitutional referendum of 5 May 1946 ⓘ
drafts first constitutional project of the Fourth Republic ⓘ
electionDate 21 October 1945 ⓘ
electoralEvent French legislative election of 21 October 1945 ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
followedBy Second Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic ⓘ
governmentFormDiscussed parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasJurisdiction French overseas territories ⓘ
metropolitan France ⓘ
linked to: Metropolitan France
hasRole drafting a new republican constitution for France ⓘ
laying the foundations of the Fourth Republic ⓘ
headOfStateDuringTerm Charles de Gaulle (as head of the Provisional Government) ⓘ
historicalContext Liberation of France ⓘ
end of World War II in Europe ⓘ
inception 1945 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
legalBasis ordinances of the Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Fourth French Republic (in formation) ⓘ
legislativeTermNumber 1 ⓘ
legislatureOf France ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
mainTasks debating institutional balance between executive and legislature ⓘ
defining relationship between France and its empire ⓘ
drafting constitutional text ⓘ
meetsIn Palais Bourbon ⓘ
notableFeature first national French assembly elected with women’s suffrage ⓘ
partOf history of the French Fourth Republic ⓘ
politicalEra Fourth Republic transition period ⓘ
precededBy Third Republic parliamentary institutions ⓘ
replaces institutions of the French Third Republic ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
subjectOf French constitutional history ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II ⓘ
typeOfElectionSystem proportional representation ⓘ
votingFranchise universal suffrage including women ⓘ

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Provisional Consultative Assembly → followedBy → First Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic ⓘ
Constituent Assembly of 1945 → legislativePeriod → First Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic ⓘ