Brazilian Constituent Assembly (1988)

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National Constitutional Assembly

Assembleia Nacional Constituinte
Type
Type
constituent assembly
History
FoundedFebruary 1, 1987 (1987-02-01)
DisbandedJuly 22, 1988 (1988-07-22)
Leadership
President
1st Vice President
Mauro Benevides, PMDB
2nd Vice President
Jorge Arbage, PDS
Structure
Seats559 constituents
Political groups
Majority
  •   PMDB (303)
  •   PFL (135)
  •   PDS (38)
  •  
    PTB
    (18)
  •   PL (7)
  •  
    PDC
    (6)
  •   PSC (1)
  •   PMB (1)

Minority

AuthorityConstitutional Amendment no. 26 of November 27, 1985
Elections
Last election
November 15, 1986
Meeting place
The final working session of the 1988 Constituent Assembly, in which Constituent Deputies approved the final text of country's new Constitution, that days later was promulgated in solemn session.

The 1988 Constituent Assembly (

Brazilian Democratic Movement Party of São Paulo
, served as president of the Assembly.

The majority in the Constituent Assembly was formed by the Democratic Centre (

term
, the maintenance of the agrarian policy and the role of the Armed Forces.

See also

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