Ionian Parliament

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The Ionian Parliament was the legislative assembly of the Republic of the Ionian Islands .

history

During the Second Peace of Paris , the protectorate of the Republic of the Ionian Islands went from defeated France to the United Kingdom .

In 1862, Henry Temple decided to cede the islands to the Kingdom of Greece . This form of colonialism was not economically viable, especially since the United Kingdom had become a world empire through the nationalization of the British East India Company after the Indian Uprising of 1857 .

In the Treaty of London (1864) , the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ceded the protectorate of the Ionian island republic to the Kingdom of Greece. The treaty was signed by Charilaos Trikoupis on March 29, 1864 for the Kingdom of Greece. On May 2nd the British side signed. The UK retained the right to use the port in Corfu.

houses of Parliament

Article 7 of the Constitution of August 26, 1817 of the Republic of the Ionian Islands stipulated that the civil administration of these states consists of a legislative assembly, a senate and a judicial authority. The Constituent Assembly for this constitution was the House of Commons .

The time intervals between the approval of the dissolution of the Ionian Parliament by the respective British High Commissioner can be assumed as legislative periods :

  • March 19, 1834
  • September 7, 1838
  • June 17, 1839
  • December 10, 1842
  • November 14, 1851

The parliament met on September 23, 1863 and, under the chairmanship of Stephanou Padoba (1807–1872), approved the union with the Kingdom of Greece and thus its final dissolution.

Parliament building

Parliament building

Parliament met in a neoclassical building built in 1855 according to plans by John Chronis in the old town of Corfu. Four Doric columns carry a portico. In 1869 the building was given to the British community, who added an Anglican church .

During the Second World War it was damaged in the Luftwaffe bombing raid on September 14, 1943. It was restored in 1962 and is now a place where cultural events, exhibitions and lectures take place.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time. P. 540 at Google Books
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command. Volume 17 ( Online at Google Books )
  3. ^ Arthur Mills, Colonial Constitutions: an Outline of the Constitutional History and existing Government, p. 70
  4. ↑ [1] [2]

Coordinates: 39 ° 37 ′ 19.5 ″  N , 19 ° 55 ′ 19.11 ″  E