March Constitution of Poland

The Second Polish Republic

Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...

 adopted the March Constitution on 17 March 1921, after ousting the occupation of the German

Germany

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/Prussian

Kingdom of Prussia

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 forces in the 1918 Greater Poland Uprising

Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919)

The Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–1919, or Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918–1919 or Posnanian War was a military insurrection of Poles in the Greater Poland region against Germany...

, and avoiding conquest by the Soviets in the 1920 Polish-Soviet War

Polish-Soviet War

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. The Constitution, based on the French one, was regarded as very democratic. Among others, it expressly ruled out discrimination on racial or religious grounds.

It was partially adjusted by the 1926 August Novelization

August Novelization

The August Novelization of 2 August 1926 was a set of amendments to the 1921 March Constitution of Poland.These amendments were proposed and adopted by national plebiscite after Józef Piłsudski took power in the May Coup....

, and superseded by the Polish Constitution of 1935

Polish Constitution of 1935

The April Constitution of Poland was the general law passed by the act of the Polish Sejm on 23 April 1935. It introduced in Poland a presidential system with certain elements of authoritarianism....

(April Constitution).

External links

Full text of March Constitution