National Assembly (Yugoslavia)
The National Assembly ( Narodna Skupština ) with its seat in Belgrade was the parliament from 1921 to 1931 and the lower house of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1931 to 1941 . In addition to the National Assembly, there was also the Senate as the upper house of the bicameral parliament from 1931 .
General
The parliament consisted of men (women did not have the right to stand as a candidate) with a minimum age of 25 years (from 1922: 30 years). Another prerequisite for the right to stand as a candidate was the command of the Serbo-Croatian or Slovene language, both spoken and written, which hindered the participation of the German and Hungarian, but also the Albanian minority. The legal basis was the election law of September 3, 1920. This was revised on June 27, 1922, March 10, 1931 and March 24, 1933. On June 28, 1921, Parliament passed the St. Vitus Constitution , which was replaced by the September 3, 1931 constitution.
elections
Electoral term | Election date | Legislative period | Number of mandates |
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Constituent Assembly | November 28, 1920 | December 23, 1920 to October 20, 1922 | 517 |
I. | March 18, 1923 | April 16, 1923 to November 10, 1924 | 313 |
II. | February 8, 1925 | March 7, 1925 to June 15, 1926 | 313 |
III. | September 11, 1927 | October 5, 1927 to January 6, 1929 | 315 |
Between January 6, 1929 and November 8, 1931 there was no parliament | |||
IV. | November 8, 1931 | December 7, 1931 to February 7, 1935 | 306 |
I. | May 5, 1935 | June 3, 1935 to March 17, 1938 | 368 |
I. | December 11, 1938 | February 16, 1939 to 1941 | 374 |
Royal dictatorship and the end
The political situation in Yugoslavia was very unstable due to the conflicts between the nationalities. Politics was characterized by a large number of changes of government and difficult majority finding in parliament. On January 6, 1929, Parliament was dissolved by the king and a royal dictatorship was established. Parliamentary elections were held again in 1931. The parties of the individual nationalities remained banned and only all Yugoslav parties were allowed. The parliament was no longer representative of the population. With the unconditional surrender of Yugoslavia on April 17, 1941 as a result of the Balkan campaign , the mandate of parliament ended.
literature
- Mads Ole Balling: From Reval to Bucharest - Statistical-Biographical Handbook of the Parliamentarians of the German Minorities in East Central and Southeastern Europe 1919-1945, Volume 2, 2nd edition. Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-1-8 , p. 529