List of members of the National Congress of Belgium
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This is a list of members of the National Congress of Belgium. The National Congress was the
constituent assembly A constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution. Members of a constituent assembly may be elected b ...
of
Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
, sitting from 1830 to 1831. It had 200 members, elected on 3 November 1830 to represent modern Belgium,
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, and
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. When those elected died or resigned from the Congress, substitutes took their places, meaning that a total of 236 people sat in the Congress. These people represented a range of political opinions. Orangists favoured reconciliation with the Netherlands, whilst Unionists favoured secession and union with
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