April Constitution of 1935

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The April Constitution of 1935 was the fundamental law of interwar Poland that significantly strengthened presidential powers and established an authoritarian framework in the Second Polish Republic.

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Generate an image of the April Constitution of 1935 (The April Constitution of 1935 was the fundamental law of interwar Poland that significantly strengthened presidential powers and established an authoritarian framework in the Second Polish Republic.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
fundamental law ⓘ
aimedTo strengthen presidential powers ⓘ
weaken parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Poland ⓘ
associatedWith Józef Piłsudski ⓘ
characterizedBy concentration of power in the executive ⓘ
limited political pluralism ⓘ
weakening of legislative branch ⓘ
country Second Polish Republic ⓘ
dateAdopted 1935-04-23 ⓘ
dateEffective 1935-04-24 ⓘ
dateSigned 1935-04-23 ⓘ
definedRoleOf Council of Ministers ⓘ
President of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
linked to: President of Poland

Sejm ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
follows March Constitution of 1921 ⓘ
governmentForm authoritarian system ⓘ
grantedPowerTo President of Poland ⓘ
grantedPresidentPower appoint and dismiss the government ⓘ
designate his successor ⓘ
dissolve Sejm ⓘ
issue decrees with force of law in certain circumstances ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Constitution of Poland of 1935 ⓘ
Polish April Constitution ⓘ
historicalContext Sanation after May Coup of 1926 ⓘ
inForceUntil German invasion of Poland in 1939 ⓘ
linked to: Invasion of Poland

World War II ⓘ
introducedPrinciple strong presidentialism ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
legalForm written constitution ⓘ
legalStatus abolished ⓘ
legalSystem Polish law ⓘ
limitedPowerOf Sejm ⓘ
Senate ⓘ
partOf constitutional history of Poland ⓘ
placeOfAdoption Warsaw ⓘ
politicalOrientation Sanation regime ⓘ
linked to: Sanation movement
regulates organization of state authorities ⓘ
presidential succession ⓘ
relations between executive and legislature ⓘ
repealedBy Small Constitution of 1947 ⓘ
replaced parliamentary system with a presidential system ⓘ
restricted parliamentary control over the executive ⓘ
subjectOf constitutional law scholarship ⓘ
historical debate on authoritarianism in Poland ⓘ
timePeriod interwar Poland ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ

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Second Polish Republic → constitution → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
May Coup of 1926 → relatedTo → Constitution of April 1935 of Poland ⓘ
linked to: April Constitution of 1935
Prime Minister of Poland → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of Poland ⓘ
linked to: April Constitution of 1935
March Constitution of 1921 → precedes → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
March Constitution of 1921 → followedBy → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
March Constitution of 1921 → repealedBy → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
April Constitution of 1935 → hasAlternativeName → Polish April Constitution ⓘ
linked to: April Constitution of 1935
April Constitution of 1935 → hasAlternativeName → Constitution of Poland of 1935 ⓘ
linked to: April Constitution of 1935
Sanation movement → influenced → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
President of the Republic of Poland in exile → legalBasis → April Constitution of Poland (1935) ⓘ
linked to: April Constitution of 1935
Small Constitution of 1947 → partiallyRepealed → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
Small Constitution of 1947 → precededBy → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
Sanacja → constitutionalChange → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
Sanacja → supported → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
Legal history of Poland → includesLegalAct → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
Polish Constitution of 1921 → supersededBy → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ