National Assembly

Encyclopedia : N : NA : NAT : National Assembly

The Politics series:
Politics by country Political science Political history Political scientists Comparative government International relations Political economy Political philosophy Political psychology Form of government Sovereignty Public administration Consent of the governed Theories of political behavior
Subseries of Politics
Forms of government *Democracy Executives Legislature Elections *Voting *Electoral systems Ideology Political parties
This box: [ view] • [ talk] • [ edit]

The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. The best known National Assembly, and the first legislature to be known by this title, was that established following the French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée nationale. Consequently, the name is particularly common in Francophone countries, but is also found in some Commonwealth countries.

It was also the name of the legislature during France's First Republic and the Consulate, and since 1946 has been the lower house of the French parliament, first under the Fourth Republic, and from 1958, the Fifth Republic.

List of National Assemblies

Unicameral national legislatures

Lower house of bicameral national legislature

Upper house of bicameral national legislature

Entire bicameral legislature

Other

See also

• List of national legislatures

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.