List of constituent assemblies
This is a(n incomplete) list of constituent assemblies:
| Name | Country | Formation and dissolution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Constituent Assembly Assemblée nationale constituante | France | 1789–1791 | Formed during the French Revolution |
| Constituent Assembly Grunnlovsforsamlingen | Norway | 1814 | Adopted the current Constitution of Norway |
| National Congress Congrès national Nationaal Congres | Belgium | 1830 | Elected after the Provisional Government of Belgium had proclaimed the independence, adopted the Constitution and appointed the first King of the Belgians, dissolved after the first Belgian Parliament was elected |
| Constituent Assembly Assemblée constituante | Luxembourg | 1848 | Adopted the Constitution of Luxembourg after being elected, and then replaced by the first Chamber of Deputies |
| National Constituent Assembly Assembleia Nacional Constituinte | Portugal | 1911 | Elected on 28 May 1911, following 5 October 1910 Portuguese Republican Revolution |
| All-Russian Constituent Assembly Всероссийское Учредительное собрание | Russia | 1918 | Elected after the October Revolution of 1917 |
| Weimar National Assembly Weimarer Nationalversammlung | Germany | 1919–1920 | Enacted the Weimar Constitution in 1919, bringing into being the Weimar Republic |
| Constituent Assembly of Georgia საქართველოს დამფუძნებელი კრება | Georgia | 1919–1921 | Elected in 1919 and enacted the 1921 constitution |
| Estonian Constituent Assembly | Estonia | 15 June 1920 adopted the first Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, according to which Estonia was a parliamentary democratic republic | |
| Constituent Assembly of Lithuania Steigiamasis Seimas | .svg.png){kind=small} Lithuania | 1920–1922 | Elected in 1920 and enacted the 1922 constitution |
| Third Dáil (Irish Constituent Assembly) | Irish Free State | 1922 | Elected in 1922 and, in the same year, enacted the Constitution of the Irish Free State by means of which the Irish Free State seceded from the UK |
| Syrian Constituent Assemblies | .svg.png){kind=small} Syria | Formed in 1930 following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and the introduction of the French Mandate, and in 1949 to reintroduce civilian rule after a series of military governments | |
| National Assembly 國民大會 Guómín Dàhuì | Taiwan | Also known as the National Constituent Assembly, enacted the Republic of China's current constitution in 1946 | |
| Constituent Assembly of Italy Assemblea Costituente della Repubblica Italiana | Italy | 1946–1948 | Formed on 25 June 1946 following the referendum on republic or monarchy, dissolved the adoption of the Constitution, on 12 May 1948 |
| Constituent Assembly of Costa Rica Asamblea Nacional Constituyente de Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 1949 | Acting between January and November 1949, wrote the current Costa Rican Constitution. |
| Constituent Assembly of India | India | 1946–1950 | Formed on 9 December 1946 to write the Constitution, and serve as India's first Parliament, dissolving on 26 January 1950 when India became a republic |
| Constituent Assembly of Indonesia Konstituante | Indonesia | 1956–1959 | Elected in 1955, and sitting between 10 November 1956 and 2 July 1959, when the previous 1945 constitution was reimposed |
| Constituent Assembly of Pakistan | Pakistan | 1947 | Formed on 10 August 1947 to write the Constitution, and serve as Pakistan's first parliament. It was dissolved on 24 October 1954 and reconstituted after fresh elections on 28 May 1955, lasting until 23 March 1956 when Pakistan became a republic |
| Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 1972 | Formed in 1972 to draft the Constitution |
| Constituent Assembly Assembleia Constituinte | Portugal | 1975–1976 | Elected on 25 April 1975, following the Carnation Revolution, and enacted the current Constitution |
| Constitutional Assembly of Peru | Peru | Condoned by the military dictatorship of General Francisco Morales Bermúdez Cerruti following paralyzing national strikes of May 1978 and June 1979, it produced a new constitution for Peru with many new civil liberties and was followed by new elections and a return to democratic rule in 1980 | |
| Constituent Assembly of El Salvador | El Salvador | 1982 | Elected in 1982 as a provisional parliament and presidential electoral college, and charged with drafting the Constitution |
| National Constituent Assembly Asamblea Nacional Constituyente | Colombia | 1991 | Formed on 5 February 1991 to draft the country's constitution. It was dissolved in July 1991 when the document was adopted nationwide |
| Democratic Constitutional Congress Congreso Constituyente Democrático | Peru | 1992–1993 | Convened by Alberto Fujimori in 1992 to draft a new constitution |
| National Constituent Assembly Asamblea Nacional Constituyente | Venezuela | 1999 | Adopted the Constitution of 1999 |
| Iraqi Constituent Assembly | Iraq | 2005 | Elected on 30 January 2005, after the collapse of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, caused by the U.S. invasion, adopted the Constitution of the new democratic, parliamentary and regional Iraq, approved by a referendum of 15 October 2005 |
| Constituent Assembly Asamblea Constituyente | Bolivia | 2006–2007 | Approved the new Political Constitution of the State on 9 December 2007. It was put to a national referendum held on 25 January 2009, and went into force on 7 February 2009 |
| First Constituent Assembly of Nepal नेपालको पहिलो संविधान सभा | Nepal | 2008–2012 | Following the end of the Nepalese Civil War and after several postponements it was elected on 10 April 2008. The first session was scheduled on 28 May 2008 upon which Nepal should be declared a republic |
| Loya jirga (Grand assembly) | Afghanistan | Afghanistan traditional large council to settle major conflict or enact constitutional change | |
| Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly Asamblea Constituyente | Ecuador | Which is to draft the future constitution of Ecuador – to be established according to the results of the referendum held on 15 April 2007 | |
| Constitutional Assembly of Estonia | Estonia | Set up in 1992 consisted of an equal number of members from the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR and the Congress of Estonia | |
| Constituent Assembly of Montenegro | Montenegro | 2006–2007 | Elected in 2006 to replace the old Yugoslav constitution, enacted the current constitution on 22 October 2007 |
| Constituent Assembly of the Philippines | Philippines | ||
| Icelandic Constitutional Assembly Stjórnlagaráð | Iceland | Summoned by an act of Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, on 16 June 2010 for the purpose of reviewing the Constitution of the Republic | |
| Constitutional Assembly of Ukraine Конституційна Асамблея | Ukraine | A special auxiliary agency under the president of Ukraine set up in May 2012 for drawing up bills of amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine; the president then will table them in parliament[1] | |
| Constitutional Assembly of South Africa | South Africa | Established by the Constitution of South Africa, 1993 (Interim Constitution) to adopt a final constitution.[2] The Parliament of South Africa acted in the capacity of the Constitutional Assembly until the Constitution of South Africa, 1996 was adopted |
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