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National Assembly

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noun

  1. French history the body constituted by the French Third Estate in June 1789 after the calling of the Estates General. It was dissolved in Sept 1791 to be replaced by the new Legislative Assembly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In November 2025, when Ortega was four years into his five-year term, the National Assembly passed a constitutional reform extending the presidential term to six years.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The National Assembly approved the legislation early Tuesday.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The opposition group is made up of former lawmakers who were elected to the National Assembly in 2015, the last time opposition parties won a majority in the legislative body.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

On June 18, Cuba’s National Assembly unanimously approved a package of 176 market-oriented reforms, the most far-reaching economic overhaul since the 1959 revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

And in August, the newly defined National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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