May Constitution of 1934

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The May Constitution of 1934 was the authoritarian charter that established the Austrofascist corporate state in Austria, replacing parliamentary democracy with a one-party, clerical-fascist regime.

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corporatist constitution of 1934 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian charter
constitution
abolished multi-party system
appliesTo Federal State of Austria NERFINISHED
characterizedAs Austrofascist constitution
containsProvisionOn ban on opposition parties
corporate representation of professions
limitations on civil liberties
strong executive power
country Austria
endedWith Anschluss of Austria in 1938 NERFINISHED
established Austrofascist corporate state
one-party state
favored Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
governmentForm authoritarian corporatist state
headOfGovernmentTitle Federal Chancellor of Austria NERFINISHED
headOfStateTitle Federal President of Austria NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod interwar period
ideology Austrofascism NERFINISHED
Catholic conservatism
corporatism
influencedBy Catholic social teaching NERFINISHED
Italian Fascist corporate state model
language German
legalStatus fundamental law of Austria (1934–1938) NERFINISHED
legislativeBodyType corporatist chambers
legitimized Austrofascist regime
limited political pluralism
officialParty Fatherland Front NERFINISHED
politicalCharacter authoritarian
clerical-fascist
one-party regime
precededBy Constitution of Austria 1920 NERFINISHED
reducedRoleOf popular elections
region Central Europe
replaced First Austrian Republic parliamentary democracy
restricted parliamentary democracy
strengthenedPositionOf Federal Chancellor NERFINISHED
succeededBy Nazi German legal order in Austria
systemType corporate state
weakenedInstitution parliament

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Austrofascism constitution May Constitution of 1934
Engelbert Dollfuss implementedPolicy May Constitution of 1934
this entity surface form: corporatist constitution of 1934