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Constituent Assembly

American  

noun

French History.
  1. the legislature of France 1789–91.


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His mother, Ariadna Chernova, was the daughter of Viktor Chernov, a socialist revolutionary who fleetingly served as president of Russia's Constituent Assembly in 1918, before it was dispersed by the Bolsheviks.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2023

First elected to a public office in 2000, she came to national prominence in 2014 as the vice-chairperson of the Constituent Assembly, created to draft a new constitution.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2021

The head of the country’s Constituent Assembly, who is also a military officer, and the former head of Venezuelan military intelligence were also charged.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020

The assembly was scheduled to meet Tuesday, which would have coincided with a session of the National Constituent Assembly.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2020

In my book on the October Revolution, I tried to explain the reasons which made the Constituent Assembly the out-of-date reflection of an epoch through which the revolution had already passed.

From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich

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