Constituent Assembly of 1946

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The Constituent Assembly of 1946 was the body elected in post-liberation France to draft and adopt a new republican constitution, ultimately leading to the establishment of the Fourth Republic.

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instanceOf constituent assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
adoptedOn 1946-10-13 ⓘ
appliesToPeriod post‑Liberation France ⓘ
constitutionalRegimeEstablished Fourth French Republic ⓘ
constitutionApprovedBy referendum of 13 October 1946 ⓘ
convenedBy Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
country France ⓘ
draftedDocument French Constitution of 1946 ⓘ
electionDate 1946-06-02 ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
endTime 1946-11-27 ⓘ
followedBy Fourth Republic National Assembly ⓘ
governingLaw provisional constitutional arrangements of 1945–1946 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction French Republic ⓘ
historicalPeriod Fourth Republic founding phase ⓘ
includedChamber single chamber ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
legalForm republican constituent body ⓘ
legislativeTerm single constituent term ⓘ
locatedIn Paris ⓘ
majorParty French Communist Party ⓘ
French Section of the Workers' International ⓘ
Popular Republican Movement ⓘ
meetsIn Palais Bourbon ⓘ
numberOfMembers 586 ⓘ
politicalContext end of Vichy regime ⓘ
post‑World War II reconstruction ⓘ
precededBy Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
president Vincent Auriol ⓘ
purpose adopt a new French republican constitution ⓘ
draft a new French republican constitution ⓘ
recognizedRightsInConstitution preamble affirming equality between men and women ⓘ
preamble affirming social and economic rights ⓘ
rejectedPreviousDraft draft constitution of the First Constituent Assembly of 1945 ⓘ
relatedEvent French constitutional referendum of May 1946 ⓘ
French constitutional referendum of October 1946 ⓘ
replaces Third Republic constitutional framework ⓘ
result Constitution of 27 October 1946 ⓘ
establishment of the French Fourth Republic ⓘ
startTime 1946-06-02 ⓘ
succeededBy First legislature of the Fourth Republic ⓘ
timeInHistoryOfFrance transition from Provisional Government to Fourth Republic ⓘ
typeOfElection national legislative election ⓘ
votingRight universal suffrage including women ⓘ

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Constituent Assembly of 1945 → followedBy → Constituent Assembly of 1946 ⓘ
Constituent Assembly of 1945 → replacedBy → Second Constituent Assembly of 1946 ⓘ
linked to: Constituent Assembly of 1946