Constitutional law of 2 November 1945
The French constitutional Law of 2 November 1945 was an interim, transitional constitutional law that set a legal basis for government in France under the Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF) for one year until a new constitution was approved.
| Constitutional law of 2 November 1945 | |
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| Overview | |
| Original title | Loi constitutionnelle portant organisation provisoire des pouvoirs publics |
| Jurisdiction | France |
| Presented | 21 October 1945 |
| Date effective | November 3, 1945 |
| System | Unitary parliamentary republic |
| Government structure | |
| Branches | two (legislative and executive) |
| Chambers | one, the National Assembly |
| Executive | head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic |
| Loi constitutionnelle portant organisation provisoire des pouvoirs publics at French Wikisource | |
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The law was adopted by popular referendum as part of the 1945 French legislative election on 21 October 1945. Results were promulgated on 3 November 1945. The law provided a provisional constitutional structure for republican government in France which had been re-established in Metropolitan France in June 1944 under the aegis of the Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF) led by General Charles de Gaulle. It lasted for a year, until the Assembly drafted a new constitution which became the foundation for the new, Fourth Republic in October 1946.