National Assembly

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The National Assembly was the unicameral legislative body of the French Second Republic, responsible for making laws and shaping national policy in mid-19th-century France.

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National Assembly canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
parliament
unicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction France
composition elected deputies
constitutionalPower budgetary authority
power to propose and pass laws
power to question the executive
constitutionalRole adopted the Constitution of 1848
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative authority of the French Second Republic
country French Second Republic
dissolutionCause coup d’état of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
dissolved 1851
2 December 1851
eligibility adult male citizens
governmentForm republic
headOfStateInteraction shared power with President of the French Republic
historicalEra mid-19th century
houseType unicameral
inception 1848
jurisdiction French colonies (limited)
Metropolitan France
surface form: metropolitan France
language French
legalBasis Constitution of 4 November 1848
surface form: Constitution of 1848
legislativeBranchOf French Second Republic
location Paris
meetingPlace Palais Bourbon
memberOf institutions of the French Second Republic
notableLeader Alphonse de Lamartine (in early provisional phase influence)
numberOfHouses 1
oversightOf executive branch of the French Second Republic
politicalContext aftermath of the 1848 Revolution in France
politicalOrientation divided between monarchists, republicans, and Bonapartists
power legislative power
precededBy Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy
replacedBy Corps législatif of France
surface form: Corps législatif (Second French Empire)
role lawmaking
shaping national policy
sessionType extraordinary sessions
regular sessions
significantEvent conflict with President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
election of 1848
termLength 3 years
timePeriod 1848–1851
votingSystem direct election
universal male suffrage

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French Second Republic legislature National Assembly