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Congress of the Republic (Portugal)

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Legislative body of the First Portuguese Republic
Presidential inauguration of António José de Almeida at the meeting chamber of the Congress, 5 October 1919

The Congress of the Republic (Portuguese: Congresso da República) was the legislative body of the First Portuguese Republic.

It was proposed by Machado Santos. The Congress was formed by two chambers, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The home of the Congress was the Palácio de São Bento, the current home of the Assembly of the Republic, in Lisbon.

References

  1. ^ Leal, Ernesto Castro (2016). "The Political and Ideological Origins of the Estado Novo in Portugal". Portuguese Studies. 32 (2): 128–148. ISSN 2222-4270. In his Projecto de Estatuto Nacional, of 1916, Machado Santos further proposed a bicameral Congress of the Republic, with a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate, the latter being composed of senators from the municipalities and overseas provinces, and from social and religious interests (formed of clergy from all confessions), as well as professionals.

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