May Constitution of 1934

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The May Constitution of 1934 was the authoritarian charter that established the Austrofascist corporate state in Austria, replacing parliamentary democracy with a one-party, clerical-fascist regime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian charter
constitution
abolished multi-party system
appliesTo Federal State of Austria
linked to: Austria
characterizedAs Austrofascist constitution
containsProvisionOn ban on opposition parties
corporate representation of professions
limitations on civil liberties
strong executive power
country Austria
endedWith Anschluss of Austria in 1938
established Austrofascist corporate state
one-party state
favored Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
governmentForm authoritarian corporatist state
headOfGovernmentTitle Federal Chancellor of Austria
headOfStateTitle Federal President of Austria
linked to: Austrian President
historicalPeriod interwar period
ideology Austrofascism
Catholic conservatism
corporatism
influencedBy Catholic social teaching
Italian Fascist corporate state model
language German
legalStatus fundamental law of Austria (1934–1938)
legislativeBodyType corporatist chambers
legitimized Austrofascist regime
limited political pluralism
officialParty Fatherland Front
politicalCharacter authoritarian
clerical-fascist
one-party regime
precededBy Constitution of Austria 1920
reducedRoleOf popular elections
region Central Europe
replaced First Austrian Republic parliamentary democracy
restricted parliamentary democracy
strengthenedPositionOf Federal Chancellor
succeededBy Nazi German legal order in Austria
systemType corporate state
weakenedInstitution parliament

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Austrofascism constitution May Constitution of 1934
Engelbert Dollfuss implementedPolicy corporatist constitution of 1934
linked to: May Constitution of 1934
Austrian government of Engelbert Dollfuss basedOn May Constitution of 1934
Ständestaat legalBasis May Constitution of 1934
Ständestaat constitutionalBasis May Constitution of 1934
subject linked to: Ständestaat (corporate state)