Friends of the Constitution

The Friends of the Constitution (Polish: Zgromadzenie Przyjaciół Konstytucji Rządowej) was the first modern Polish political party (with a charter and organizational discipline), formed in May 1791, shortly after the adoption of the Constitution of 3 May 1791, by the efforts of the Patriotic Party. The purpose of the Friends of the Constitution was to defend the reformed political system and to introduce further reforms.

For other entities, see Friends of the Constitution (disambiguation).

The party's leading members included Hugo Kołłątaj, Ignacy Potocki, Tadeusz Mostowski, Michał Ossowski and Józef Weyssenhof.

The Friends of the Constitution published a periodical, Gazeta Narodowa i Obca (The National and Foreign Gazette).

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