National Assembly (disambiguation)
The phrase National Assembly may refer to:
Currently in use
- National Assembly, an assembly of members, or delegated members, of a national institution, or organization, especially a political state. The English phrase may be a translation of a non-English word or phrase, either related linguistically, or totally different. It may also be a descriptive summary of a body with a different name, such as Parliament, or legislature.
- National Assembly (France), the lower house of the French parliament
- National Assembly (Quebec), the unicameral legislative body of Quebec
Historically
- National Assembly (French Revolution), the Assemblée Nationale existing from June 13 to July 9, 1789, formed from the Estates General
- National Constituent Assembly, the Assemblée Nationale constituante existing from July 9, 1789, to September 30, 1791, formed from the National Assembly. It continued to hold the latter name as well.
- (National) Legislative Assembly, the legislative body of the limited monarchy created by the Constitution of 1791. It also informally continued the name of National Assembly.
- National Assembly (1871), a temporary French body elected on February 4, 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War
- Prussian National Assembly, a constitutional assembly of Prussia existing from November 5 to December 5, 1848
- Greek National Assemblies, a series of constitutional assemblies held sporadically since 1821
- Roman assemblies, various legislative bodies on ancient Rome
- National Assembly of Soviets, a ligislature of the brief Hungarian Soviet Republic, existing only in June, 1919
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