National Assembly of the Batavian Republic
The National Assembly of the Batavian Republic (
A number of members of the second National Assembly (elected in 1797) were expelled after a coup d'état'' by Pieter Vreede on 25 January 1798 aided by General Daendels. This rump Assembly was itself dissolved after a second coup on 12 June 1798, again supported by Daendels.
A new parliament under the name Representative Body (Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam) came into being in May 1798 after elections held under a new constitution. Under that new constitution, the head of state of the Batavian Republic was a member of the Uitvoerend Bewind. Following the June 1798 coup, the name changed to Intermediary Legislative Body (Intermediair Wetgevend Lichaam), but it was changed back to Representative Body a month later. In 1801 it was replaced with a new 35-member parliament named the Legislative Body (Wetgevend Lichaam).
Presidents of the National Assembly between 1796 and 1798
- Pieter Paulus 1 March 1796 – 17 March 1796
- Pieter Leonard van de Kasteele 18 March 1796 – 1 April 1796
- Albert Johan de Sitter 1 April 1796 – 17 April 1796
- Jan Bernd Bicker 17 April 1796 – 3 May 1796
- Daniël Cornelis de Leeuw 3 May 1796 – 17 May 1796
- Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck 17 May 1796 – 30 May 1796
- Joan Arend de Vos van Steenwijk 30 May 1796 – 13 June 1796
- Jacob George Hieronymus Hahn 13 June 1796 – 27 June 1796
- Paulus Hartog 27 June 1796 – 11 July 1796
- Willem Aernout de Beveren 11 July 1796 – 25 July 1796
- Ludovicus Timon de Kempenaer 25 July 1796 – 8 August 1796
- Jan Pieter van Wickevoort Crommelin 8 August 1796 – 22 August 1796
- Paulus Emmanuel Anthonie de la Court 22 August 1796 – 5 September 1796
- Jacob Jan Cambier 5 September 1796 – 19 September 1796
- Jacobus Kantelaar 19 September 1796 – 3 October 1796
- Tammo Adriaan ten Berge 3 October 1796 – 17 October 1796
- Bernardus Blok 17 October 1796 – 31 October 1796
- Gerrit David Jordens 31 October 1796 – 14 November 1796
- Abraham Gijsbertus Verster 14 November 1796 – 28 November 1796
- IJsbrand van Hamelsveld 28 November 1796 – 12 December 1796
- Cornelis van Lennep 12 December 1796 – 26 December 1796
- Jan Hendrik Stoffenberg 26 December 1796 – 9 January 1797
- Lambert Engelbert van Eck 9 January 1797 – 23 January 1797
- Willem Queysen 23 January 1797 – 6 February 1797
- Carel de Vos van Steenwijk 6 February 1797 – 20 February 1797
- Hendrik van Castrop 20 February 1797 – 6 March 1797
- Meinardus Siderius 6 March 1797 – 20 March 1797
- Cornelis Wilhelmus de Rhoer 20 March 1797 – 3 April 1797
- Jan Couperus 3 April 1797 – 17 April 1797
- Jacob Abraham de Mist 17 April 1797 – 1 May 1797
- Jan Bernd Bicker 1 May 1797 – 15 May 1797
- Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck 15 May 1797 – 29 May 1797
- Gerard Willem van Marle 29 May 1797 – 12 June 1797
- Herman Hendrik Vitringa 12 June 1797 – 26 June 1797
- Johan Herman de Lange 26 June 1797 – 10 July 1797
- Ambrosius Justus Zubli 10 July 1797 – 24 July 1797
- Willem Hendrik Teding van Berkhout 24 July 1797 – 7 August 1797
- Scato Trip 7 August 1797 – 21 August 1797
- Pieter Leonard van de Kasteele 21 August 1797 – 1 September 1797
- Jan David Pasteur 1 September 1797 – 18 September 1797
- Adrianus Ploos van Amstel 18 September 1797 – 2 October 1797
- Joachim Nuhout van der Veen 2 October 1797 – 16 October 1797
- Hugo Gevers 16 October 1797 – 30 October 1797
- Jacob van Manen 30 October 1797 – 13 November 1797
- Pieter Vreede 13 November 1797 – 27 November 1797
- Stefanus Jacobus van Langen 27 November 1797 – 11 December 1797
- Jacobus Blaauw 11 December 1797 – 25 December 1797
- Joan Bernard Auffmorth 25 December 1797 – 8 January 1798
- Joannes Franciscus Rudolphus van Hooff 8 January 1798 – 19 January 1798
- Johannes Henricus Midderigh 19 January 1798 – 25 January 1798