Georgian Constituent Assembly

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The Georgian Constituent Assembly was the democratically elected legislative body that led the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia from 1919 until the Soviet takeover in 1921.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
legislative body
approvedConstitution Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
approvedConstitutionDate 21 February 1921
archivesAt National Archives of Georgia
conflict Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR
country Democratic Republic of Georgia
countryToday Georgia
dissolved 1921
dominantParty Georgian Social Democratic Party
electionDate 14 February 1919
electorate citizens of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
endCause Red Army occupation of Georgia in 1921
hasMember Akaki Chkhenkeli
Evgeni Gegechkori
Grigol Uratadze
Irakli Tsereteli
Karlo Chkheidze
Noe Zhordania
headquarters Tbilisi
historicalEra Interwar period
inception 1919
jurisdiction Democratic Republic of Georgia
languageOfWork Georgian
legislatedIn Democratic Republic of Georgia
legislativeOutput civil code and criminal legislation drafts
legislativePeriod 1919–1921
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tbilisi
mainIdeologyOfMajority social democracy
meetsIn Tbilisi
numberOfMembers 130
partOf history of Georgia
history of the Democratic Republic of Georgia
politicalOrientation multi‑party
precededBy National Council of Georgia
presidingOfficer Niko Nikoladze
Nikolay Chkheidze
linked to: Nikolai Chkheidze
reasonForDissolution Soviet invasion of Georgia
Sovietization of Georgia
replacedBy Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic institutions
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic authorities
significantEvent adoption of the 1921 Constitution of Georgia
legislation on minority rights
proclamation of land reform laws
significantFor development of Georgian parliamentary tradition
status defunct
votingSystem proportional representation

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Georgian Social Democratic Party heldMajorityIn Georgian Constituent Assembly