National Assembly (Czechoslovakia)

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National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Republic Národní shromáždění republiky Československé (Czech) Národné zhromaždenie republiky Československej (Slovak)
Legislative body in Czechoslovakia

Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate Chamber of Deputies
History
Established	1920
Disbanded	1939
Preceded by	Revolutionary National Assembly
Succeeded by	Interim National Assembly
Seats	450 members 150 Senate 300 Chamber of Deputies
Elections
Voting system	proportional representation
Last election	19 May 1935
Meeting place

Senate, Thun Palace, Prague

Chamber of Deputies, Rudolfinum, Prague
Constitution
Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920

The National Assembly (Czech: Národní shromáždění) was the bicameral parliament of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1939, during the First and Second Republics.^[1] It consisted of a Chamber of Deputies with 300 members and a Senate with 150 members.

Leadership

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Presidents of the Senate

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1920 Cyril Horáček
1920–1924 Karel Prášek
1924–1926 Václav Donát
1926 Václav Klofáč
1926–1929 Mořic Hruban
1929–1939 František Soukup

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies

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1920–1925 František Tomášek
1925–1932 Jan Malypetr
1932–1935 František Staněk [cs]
1935 Bohumír Bradáč
1935–1939 Jan Malypetr

References

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^ Agnew, Hugh LeCaine (2004). The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Hoover Press. p. 1922. ISBN 9780817944926.

v t e Parliaments of Czechoslovakia
Predecessor Bohemian Diet (1861–1918)
National parliaments Revolutionary National Assembly (cs) (1918–20) National Assembly (1920–39) None in the German-occupied Bohemia-Moravia; National Assembly (sk) in the Slovak State (1939–45) Interim National Assembly (1945–46) Constituent National Assembly (1946–48) National Assembly (Communist) (1948–68) Federal Assembly (1969–92)
Subnational parliaments Parliament of Carpatho-Ukraine (1938-39) Czech National Council (1969–92) Slovak National Council (1969–92)
Succeeded by Parliament of the Czech Republic (1993–present) National Council of Slovakia (1993–present)
See also: Origins of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak National Council Constitution of Czechoslovakia Munich Agreement German occupation of Czechoslovakia 1948 Communist coup Prague Spring Velvet Revolution Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

v t e Parliamentary constituencies in Czechoslovakia
Chamber of Deputies (First Republic)	Báňská Bystrica Brno Česká Lípa České Budějovice Hradec Králové Jihlava Karlovy Vary Košice Lipt. Sv. Mikuláš Louny Ml. Boleslav Mor. Ostrava Nové Zámky Olomouc Pardubice Plzeň Prague Prešov Těšín Trnava Turč. Sv. Martin Uherské Hradiště Užhorod
Senate (First Republic)	Brno Hradec Králové Lipt. Sv. Mikuláš Louny Ml. Boleslav Mor. Ostrava Nové Zámky Plzeň Prague Prešov Těšín Turč. Sv. Martin Užhorod

v t e Elections and referendums in Czechoslovakia
Parliamentary elections	1920 1925 1929 1935 1946 1948 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990 1992
Parliamentary by-elections	1924
Regional elections	1923 1928 1935
Local elections	1919 1923 1927 1931 1938 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990
Referendums	1951
See also: Presidential elections Elections in the Czech Republic Elections in Slovakia