Grand Council

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The Grand Council was the central legislative body of the Helvetic Republic, responsible for making laws and representing the unified Swiss state during its brief existence in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Grand Council canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
appliesToJurisdiction Helvetic Republic NERFINISHED
authorityOver national legislation
country Helvetic Republic NERFINISHED
Switzerland
countryGoverned former Swiss Confederacy territories
dissolutionCause Act of Mediation (1803) NERFINISHED
endTime 1803
establishedBy constitution of the Helvetic Republic
governmentBranch legislative branch
governmentForm centralized government
hasJurisdictionOver domestic legislation
foreign policy legislation
hasPart deputies representing Swiss regions
historicalContext French occupation of Switzerland NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod French Revolutionary era NERFINISHED
influencedBy French revolutionary institutions NERFINISHED
jurisdiction entire territory of the Helvetic Republic
languageOfWorkOrName French
German
Italian
legalStatus constitutional organ of the Helvetic Republic
legislativeFunction make laws for the Helvetic Republic
legislativeProcess debate and vote on laws
locatedIn Helvetic Republic NERFINISHED
Switzerland
opposedBy federalist and conservative Swiss factions
partOf government of the Helvetic Republic NERFINISHED
politicalSystem unitary state
precededBy Tagsatzung (federal diet of the Old Swiss Confederacy) NERFINISHED
repealedBy Act of Mediation constitution NERFINISHED
replaced cantonal diets of the Old Swiss Confederacy
replacedBy restored cantonal legislatures
represents unified Swiss state
role central legislative body
law‑making body
representative body
seatOfGovernment Aarau NERFINISHED
Bern NERFINISHED
Lucerne NERFINISHED
significantEvent creation of a unified Swiss legislative authority
startTime 1798
succeededBy Tagsatzung (restored under the Act of Mediation) NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
typeOfParliament unicameral legislature

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Helvetic Republic legislature Grand Council
Grand Orient of Italy governedBy Grand Council