Great National Assembly
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Great National Assembly Marea Adunare Naţională |
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| Communist Romania (1948-1989) | |
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| History | |
| Established | 1948 |
| Disbanded | 1989 |
| Preceded by | Romanian: Reprezentanţa Naţionalǎ1 (Adunarea Deputaţilor2) |
| Succeeded by | Parliament of Romania (Chamber of Deputies and the Senate) |
| Seats | 369 |
| Elections | |
| open single party list | |
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| Palatul Adunǎrii Deputaţilor | |
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1the name under which the Parliament of Romania was defined by the 1866 and 1923 Constitutions; 2after World War II the Constitution of 1923 was reestablished; due to the communist occupation of the country the Senate was suspended; |
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The Great National Assembly (Romanian: Marea Adunare Naţională; MAN) was the legislature of the Socialist Republic of Romania (known as the Romanian People's Republic before 1965). After the overthrow of Communism in Romania in December 1989, the National Assembly was replaced by a bicameral parliament, made up of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
The Great National Assembly was elected every four years and each of its members represented 60,000 citizens. Like all other Communist legislatures, it was nominally vested with great lawmaking powers, but in practice served as a rubber stamp which helped perpetuate the illusion of democracy.
The MAN had the power to, among other things, amend the constitution and appoint and depose the Supreme Commander of the Romanian Army. The resolutions required a simple majority to be passed through.
The Assembly convened twice a year for ordinary sessions and for extraordinary sessions as many times as required by the State Council or by at least one third of the members of the Assembly. It elected its own chairmen and four deputies to preside each session. On paper, it was the highest level of state power in Romania, and all other state organs were subordinate to it. In practice, like all other Communist legislatures, it did little more than give legal sanction to decisions already made by the Romanian Communist Party.
Formally, the MAN gained in power over time. The 1948 Constitution (article 39) granted it just eight powers; the 1952 Constitution (article 24), 10; the 1965 Constitution (article 43), 24.
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