National Assembly (Beiyang government)

National Assembly

國會
Type
Type
HousesSenate
House of Representative
History
Founded8 April 1913 (1913-04-08)
Disbanded1 July 1925 (1925-07-01)
Preceded byAdvisory Council (1912)
Succeeded byLegislative Yuan (1928)
National Assembly (1947)
Structure
SeatsSenate: 274
House of Representative: 596
Senate: 168
House of Representative: 406
Length of term
Senate:
6 years
House of Representative:
3 years
Elections
First general election
December 1912–January 1913
Last general election
May–June 1918
Meeting place
National Assembly Building, Peking
Constitution
Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
National Assembly
Traditional Chinese國會
Simplified Chinese国会

The National Assembly (Chinese: 國會) was the legislative branch of the Beiyang government during the Republican era of Chinese history.[1] The National Assembly was first founded in 1913, following the overthrow of the previous Qing dynasty, as the first free democratic legislature in Chinese history. It was disbanded less than a year later as President Yuan Shikai assumed dictatorial power and declared himself the Emperor of China. During the Warlord Era, the National Assembly was resurrected and disbanded more than once as different warlords vied for power and legitimacy.

In 1925, the National Revolutionary Army led by Kuomintang entered Beijing (Peking) and completed the Northern Expedition. The National Assembly, along with the Beiyang government, was dissolved and replaced by the Nationalist government led by Kuomintang. The KMT established a new appointed parliament called the Legislative Yuan.

  1. ^ Huang, Xusheng (2019-05-04). "Space, State, and Crowds: Urban Squares on Beijing's Central Axis in the 1910s". Architectural Theory Review. 23 (2): 214–232. doi:10.1080/13264826.2019.1656270. ISSN 1326-4826.

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