Polish National Constituent Assembly (1919–1922)
The Polish National Constituent Assembly (Polish: Sejm Ustawodawczy ) was a unicameral parliament , which was partially democratically elected on January 26, 1919 for the purpose of constitution-making in the re-established Polish state .
The elections of 296 representatives took place in the formerly Russian territories, while 28 and 6 former members of the Austro-Hungarian Reichsrat and 7 of the German Reichstag were accepted for the former Galicia , Teschener Land and Posener Land . On May 2, 1920 by-elections took place in the Pomeranian Voivodeship . Men and women from the age of 21 were entitled to vote.
Parliament started its work in mid-February. The first to be passed on February 20, 1919, was the provisional constitution ( Mała Konstytucja ). a. confirmed the claim to power of Józef Piłsudski as head of state ( Naczelnik Państwa ).
The final constitution was passed on March 17, 1921; previously there were other important laws such as the above. Provisional constitution or founding statute of the Silesian Voivodeship adopted .
The constituent national assembly worked until November 28, 1922, i. H. until the bicameral parliament (with Sejm and Senate ) provided for by the March constitution had started its work.
Representative of the German minority
Representatives of the German minority in Poland were also represented in the constituent national assembly .
| Political party | MP | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| German People's Party | Josef Spickermann | |
| German People's Party | Ludwig Wolff | until November 1st |
| German People's Party | Oscar Friese | from November 1st |
| German party | Gustav Heike | Constituency Pomerania 1 |
| German party | Ernst Barczewski | Constituency Pomerania 2 |
| German party | Karl Daczko | Constituency Pomerania 2 |
| German party | Erwin Hasbach | Constituency Pomerania 2 |
| German party | Albrecht Luedecke | Constituency Pomerania 2 |
| Central Working Group of Political Parties | Johann Splett | Constituency Pomerania 1 |
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 1, 2nd edition . Copenhagen 1991, ISBN 87-983829-3-4 , pp. 191 .
Footnotes
- ↑ Włodziemierz Borodziej, History of Poland in the 20th Century , Munich 2010, p. 94. ISBN 978-3-406-60648-9
- ↑ full text