Permanent Council

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Permanent Council

The Permanent Council (

Sejm of the Commonwealth. Even though it exerted some constructive influence in Polish politics and government, because of its unpopularity during the Partitions period
, in some Polish texts it was dubbed as Zdrada Nieustająca - Permanent Betrayal.

History

The establishment of an institution of permanent council, an early form of executive government in the late years of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, was originally recommended by the political reformer

magnates
and that it would put an end to the King's push toward reforms.

The Council was composed of King

Roman Ignacy Potocki
.

In reality all the Council's members were nominated in accordance with the wishes of Ambassador Stackelberg, who acted as a representative of the Empress, protectress of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth since 1768. Soon after its creation, the Council became an instrument of Russian surveillance over Poland.

The council was divided onto 5 separate ministries called Departments:

  1. Foreign interests
  2. Military
  3. Police ("Good Order")
  4. Treasury
  5. Justice[1]

Among the prerogatives of the Council was heading the state administration, preparation of projects of laws and Sejm acts, which were to be later accepted by the parliament, control over law enforcement and interpretation of the law.

Sejm of Grodno. However, this time it was directly headed by the Russian ambassador. Majority of the Council's members were then bribed by the Russian embassy in Warsaw
.

Notable members

See also

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 83-01-03732-6
    , p. 60-74
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