April Constitution of 1935

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The April Constitution of 1935 was the fundamental law of interwar Poland that significantly strengthened presidential powers and established an authoritarian framework in the Second Polish Republic.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution
fundamental law
aimedTo strengthen presidential powers
weaken parliament
appliesToJurisdiction Poland
associatedWith Józef Piłsudski
characterizedBy concentration of power in the executive
limited political pluralism
weakening of legislative branch
country Second Polish Republic
dateAdopted 1935-04-23
dateEffective 1935-04-24
dateSigned 1935-04-23
definedRoleOf Council of Ministers
President of Poland
surface form: "President of the Republic of Poland"

Sejm
Senate
follows March Constitution of 1921
governmentForm authoritarian system
grantedPowerTo President of Poland
grantedPresidentPower appoint and dismiss the government
designate his successor
dissolve Sejm
issue decrees with force of law in certain circumstances
hasAlternativeName April Constitution of 1935
surface form: "Constitution of Poland of 1935"

April Constitution of 1935
surface form: "Polish April Constitution"
historicalContext Sanation after May Coup of 1926
inForceUntil Invasion of Poland
surface form: "German invasion of Poland in 1939"

World War II
introducedPrinciple strong presidentialism
language Polish
legalForm written constitution
legalStatus abolished
legalSystem Polish law
limitedPowerOf Sejm
Senate
partOf constitutional history of Poland
placeOfAdoption Warsaw
politicalOrientation Sanation movement
surface form: "Sanation regime"
regulates organization of state authorities
presidential succession
relations between executive and legislature
repealedBy Small Constitution of 1947
replaced parliamentary system with a presidential system
restricted parliamentary control over the executive
subjectOf constitutional law scholarship
historical debate on authoritarianism in Poland
timePeriod Second Polish Republic
surface form: "interwar Poland"

interwar period

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prime Minister of Poland constitutingInstrument April Constitution of 1935
this entity surface form: "Constitution of Poland"
Second Polish Republic constitution April Constitution of 1935
March Constitution of 1921 followedBy April Constitution of 1935
April Constitution of 1935 hasAlternativeName April Constitution of 1935
this entity surface form: "Polish April Constitution"
April Constitution of 1935 hasAlternativeName April Constitution of 1935
this entity surface form: "Constitution of Poland of 1935"
Sanation movement influenced April Constitution of 1935
President of the Republic of Poland in exile legalBasis April Constitution of 1935
this entity surface form: "April Constitution of Poland (1935)"
Small Constitution of 1947 partiallyRepealed April Constitution of 1935
Small Constitution of 1947 precededBy April Constitution of 1935
March Constitution of 1921 precedes April Constitution of 1935
May Coup of 1926 relatedTo April Constitution of 1935
this entity surface form: "Constitution of April 1935 of Poland"
March Constitution of 1921 repealedBy April Constitution of 1935

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