The Parliament of Yugoslavia was the

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Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. Before

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in the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

it was known as the National Assembly (''Narodna skupština''), while in the

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the name was changed to Federal Assembly ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Savezna skupština, Савезна скупштина). It functioned from 1920 to 1992 and resided in the building of the House of the National Assembly which subsequently served as the seat of the

Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro The Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Скупштина Србије и Црне Горе, Skupština Srbije i Crne Gore) was the legislative body of Serbia and Montenegro (until 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). The ...

and since 2006 hosts the

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Kingdom

The first parliamentary body of the state was the

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which existed until the first elections were held on 28 November 1920. The new parliament was known as the Constitutional Assembly. The assembly adopted the

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on 28 June 1921, after which it became known as the National Assembly. After the end of the

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, in 1931 the kingdom returned to a

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and the National Assembly became the National Representation consisting of the National Assembly (lower chamber) and the Senate (upper chamber).

Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia

During the

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(1941−1944), the

Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia The Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia,, mk, Антифашистичко собрание за народно ослободување на Југославија commonly abbreviated as the AVNOJ, was a deliberat ...

(AVNOJ) was the political umbrella organization for the national liberation councils of the

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Socialist Federal Republic

As a result of the

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, AVNOJ was reformed into the Temporary National Assembly which also included several dozen members of the assembly elected in 1938. After the consolidation of power by the communists in late 1945, the Constitutional Assembly was established. The Constitutional Assembly was divided into two houses: the Federal Assembly, and the Assembly of Peoples. With the adoption of a constitution in 1946, the name National Assembly was adopted again. It was divided into two councils (chambers): the Federal Council, and the Council of Peoples. With the amendment of the constitution in 1953, the Federal People's Assembly was divided into the Federal Council and the Council of Producers (from 1953 until 1967 the Council of Nations was a "sub-chamber" within the Federal Council). In 1963 with the adoption of a new constitution, the Federal Assembly was divided into five chambers: the Federal Council, the Economic Council, Educational-Cultural Council, Social-Health Council and the Organization-Political Council. In 1967 the Council of Nations became it separate chamber, while in 1968 the Federal Council was demoted in favor of the Council of Nations and the Organization-Political Council changed its name into Socio-Political Council. The Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia was the only

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(later hexacameral) legislature on the planet. After the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution was adopted, the Assembly of the SFRY was bicameral, with the lower house called the ''Federal Chamber'' and an upper house called the ''Chamber of Republics and Provinces''. The Federal Chamber had 30 members from each Republic and 20 from each Autonomous Province, while the Chamber of Republics and Provinces had 12 members from each Republic and 8 from each Autonomous Province. The Assembly was composed of members of the League of Communists from each constituent republic appointed by electoral colleges chosen at different levels in the legal hierarchy through complex procedures. 1974 Constitution of Yugoslavia on

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When the League of Communists collapsed in 1990 amid ethnic tensions, the Assembly was shut down. The institution would be resurrected as the Federal Assembly of the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

in 1992, but this assembly had elected members.

Gallery

Milan Stojadinovic u Narodnoj skupštini, 1936. godina.jpg, The parliament in 1936 III Zasedanje AVNOJ-a, Beograd 1945.jpg, The parliament in 1945 Zvezna ljudska skupščina v Beogradu 1958.jpg, The parliament in 1958

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{{National bicameral legislatures Government of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Politics of Yugoslavia Defunct bicameral legislatures 1920 establishments in Yugoslavia 1992 disestablishments in Yugoslavia

Kingdom

Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic

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