Parliament of Yugoslavia

The National Assembly ( Narodna Skupština ) based in Belgrade was from 1921 to 1931, the Parliament and from 1931 to 1941 the lower house of Parliament of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In addition to the National Assembly was in 1931 in the bicameral Parliament nor the Senate as the upper house.

General

The parliament consisted of men ( women did not have to stand for election ) with minimum 25 years (from 1922: 30 years). A further condition for the passive suffrage was the mastery of the Serbo-Croatian or Slovenian language in speech and writing, which hampered especially the participation of the German and Hungarian, but also the Albanian minority. Legal basis was the electoral law of September 3, 1920. This was revised on June 27, 1922 March 10, 1931 and 24 March 1933. The Parliament adopted on 28 June 1921, Veit Tags constitution, which was replaced by the Constitution of 3 September 1931.

Royal dictatorship and end

The political situation in Yugoslavia was very unstable due to the conflicts between the nationalities. The policy was characterized by a variety of government changes and difficult contraptions majority in parliament. On January 6, 1929, the parliament was dissolved by the king and established a royal dictatorship. 1931 parliamentary elections were conducted again. The parties of the different nationalities remained banned and only All-Yugoslav parties were permitted. Parliament was therefore no longer representative of the population. With the unconditional surrender of Yugoslavia on April 17, 1941 ended not only the sovereignty of Yugoslavia but also the mandate of the Parliament.