April Constitution of 1935

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constitution fundamental law

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.

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Label Occurrences
April Constitution of 1935 canonical 10
April Constitution of Poland (1935) 1
Constitution of April 1935 of Poland 1

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 (15)

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

Second Polish Republic → constitution → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
May Coup of 1926 → relatedTo → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of April 1935 of Poland
Prime Minister of Poland → constitutingInstrument → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Poland
March Constitution of 1921 → precedes → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
March Constitution of 1921 → followedBy → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
March Constitution of 1921 → repealedBy → 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 ⓘ
Sanacja → constitutionalChange → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
Sanacja → supported → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ
Legal history of Poland → includesLegalAct → April Constitution of 1935 ⓘ