Italian Constituent Assembly

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The Italian Constituent Assembly was the representative body elected after World War II to design Italy’s post-fascist democratic framework and establish the foundations of the modern Italian Republic.

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instanceOf constituent assembly
legislative body
alsoKnownAs Assemblea Costituente
constitutionApprovalDate 1947-12-22
constitutionEffectiveDate 1948-01-01
country Italy
draftedDocument Constitution of Italy
surface form: Constitution of the Italian Republic
electionDate 1946-06-02
electorate Italian citizens
endDate 1948-01-31
followedBy Chamber of Deputies of Italy
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
headOfStateDuringTerm Enrico De Nicola
Umberto II of Italy
surface form: Umberto II of Savoy
historicalSignificance end of the Kingdom of Italy’s institutional framework
foundation of the Italian Republic
inception 1946-06-25
includedParty Action Party
Christian Democracy (Italy)
surface form: Christian Democracy

Common Man's Front
Italian Communist Party
Italian Liberal Party
Italian Republican Party
Italian Socialist Party
jurisdiction Italian Republic
languageOfWork Italian
legalBasis Decree-Law of 16 March 1946 (Decreto Luogotenenziale n. 98/1946)
Italian institutional referendum of 1946
surface form: Institutional Referendum of 2 June 1946
legislativePeriod First Legislature of the Italian Republic
location Rome
mainTask define the institutional framework of post-fascist Italy
draft the Constitution of the Italian Republic
meetsIn Palazzo Montecitorio
numberOfMembers 556
oversaw transition to republican institutions
partOf Italian post-war institutional transition
politicalContext post-World War II reconstruction
transition from monarchy to republic
precededBy Chamber of Fasces and Corporations
president Giuseppe Saragat
Umberto Terracini
ratified Constitution of Italy
surface form: Constitution of the Italian Republic
resultOf 1946 Italian institutional referendum
secretaryGeneral Alberto Giovannini
startDate 1946-06-25
suffrage universal suffrage including women
vicePresident Giovanni Conti
Giuseppe Micheli
Meuccio Ruini
Palmiro Togliatti
votingSystem proportional representation

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Constitution of Italy draftedBy Italian Constituent Assembly
Provisional Head of State appointedBy Italian Constituent Assembly
Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy replacedBy Italian Constituent Assembly
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of Italy
Italian Communist Party participatedIn Italian Constituent Assembly
Italian Liberal Party participatedIn Italian Constituent Assembly
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of Italy
Italian institutional referendum of 1946 relatedTo Italian Constituent Assembly
this entity surface form: Italian Constituent Assembly election, 1946
Capo provvisorio dello Stato appointedBy Italian Constituent Assembly
Article 84 of the Constitution of Italy enactedBy Italian Constituent Assembly
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of Italy
Christian Democracy (Italy) participatedIn Italian Constituent Assembly
Italian Republican Party participatedIn Italian Constituent Assembly
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of Italy
Amintore Fanfani participantIn Italian Constituent Assembly
Action Party participatedIn Italian Constituent Assembly
this entity surface form: Italian Constituent Assembly elections, 1946