Constitutional Bloc (other)
The Constitutional Bloc may refer to: *Constitutional Bloc (Bulgaria), a defunct political alliance in Bulgaria *Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon), a political party in Lebanon, now defunct, continued as Constitutional Union Party *Constitutional block (France) The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic , and it replaced the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of 1946 with the exception of the preamble per a Constit ...

Constitutional Bloc (Bulgaria)
The Constitutional Bloc ( bg, Конституционен блок) was a political alliance in Bulgaria in the early 1920s. It was formed by parties that opposed the ruling Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU) in the early 1920s. History The alliance was formed on 6 July 1922 by the United People's Progressive Party, the Democratic Party and the Radical Democratic Party,Raymond Detrez (2006''Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria''Scarecrow Press, p122 and aligned itself with the People's Alliance.RJ Crampton (2007) ''Bulgaria'', Oxford University Press, p231 It also launched a new newspaper called '' Slovo'' (''Word''). The alliance won 17 seats in the April 1923 elections,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p385 and also ran a joint list with the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) that failed to win a seat. However, its most prominent leaders were arrested and held prisoner on charges of being responsi ...
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Constitutional Bloc (Lebanon)
Constitutional Bloc ( ar, الكتلة الدستورية; transliterated as ''Al Kutla ad Dustuuriyya'') was a Lebanese political party established in 1934 by Bechara El Khoury and advocating the full independence of Lebanon ruled at the time by the French Mandate and fought for its achievement in 1943. The Bloc also advocated an active role in establishing the Arab League with Lebanon as an integral part of the Arab World. It was also active in approving the Lebanese National Pact as an agreement between the various Lebanese religious communities, an unwritten agreement that laid the foundation of Lebanon as a multi-confessional state. Bechara El Khoury, the head of the Constitutional Bloc became President of Lebanon under French Mandate from 21 September 1943 to 11 November 1943, and after a brief taking over by the former President Émile Eddé for 11 days from 11 to 22 November 1943, was re-elected as first President of the new independent Lebanese Republic presiding for al ...
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