Constituent Assembly of 1945

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The Constituent Assembly of 1945 was the elected French body tasked with drafting a new constitution and reshaping the political system of France in the immediate aftermath of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
legislative body
aim define relations between executive and legislature in postwar France
establish a parliamentary democratic regime
appliesToJurisdiction French Republic
composition deputies elected by universal suffrage
context Liberation of France
end of the Vichy regime
country France
dissolvedAfter rejection of first constitutional draft in referendum
electoralDate 21 October 1945
electorate French voters
endTime 10 June 1946
establishedBy ordinances of the Provisional Government of the French Republic
followedBy Constituent Assembly of 1946
National Assembly of France
surface form: Fourth Republic Parliament
governmentType unicameral constituent legislature
hasChairperson Félix Gouin
hasJurisdictionOver French overseas territories
Metropolitan France
surface form: metropolitan France
hasMember Communist Party of France
surface form: French Communist Party

French Section of the Workers' International
surface form: French Section of the Workers’ International

Popular Republican Movement
hasNumberOfChambers 1
hasRole drafting a new constitution for France
reshaping the political system of France
historicalPeriod post–World War II
inception 1945
isElectedBody true
languageOfWork French
legalBasis referendum of 21 October 1945
legislativeBodyFor France
legislativePeriod First Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic
location Paris
meetsAt Palais Bourbon
partOf French Fourth Republic constitutional process
French constitutional history
partOfEvent transition from Provisional Government to Fourth Republic
precededBy Provisional Consultative Assembly
replacedBy Constituent Assembly of 1946
surface form: Second Constituent Assembly of 1946
replaces Third Republic constitutional framework
republic French Fourth Republic
surface form: Fourth French Republic
significantEvent adoption of constitutional draft rejected in May 1946 referendum
drafting of the 1946 constitutional project
startTime 21 October 1945
supervisingAuthority Provisional Government of the French Republic
votingSystem proportional representation

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Provisional Government of the French Republic legislativeBody Constituent Assembly of 1945
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of 1946
Félix Gouin wasElectedTo Constituent Assembly of 1945
Félix Gouin wasElectedTo Constituent Assembly of 1945
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of 1946
Provisional Consultative Assembly followedBy Constituent Assembly of 1945