Sejm (disambiguation)
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Sejm (ˈsɛjm) is a generic Polish
word meaning "a gathering or diet (assembly)
". More specifically, it may refer to:
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
word meaning "a gathering or diet (assembly)
Diet (assembly)
In politics, a diet is a formal deliberative assembly. The term is mainly used historically for the Imperial Diet, the general assembly of the Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire, and for the legislative bodies of certain countries.-Etymology:...
". More specifically, it may refer to:
- Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), the lower chamber of the parliament of Poland
- General sejmGeneral sejmThe general sejm was the parliament of Poland for four centuries from the late 15th until the late 18th century.-Genesis:The power of early sejms grew during the period of Poland's fragmentation , when the power of individual rulers waned and that of various councils and wiece grew...
(sejm walny), any of Polish parliamentary assemblies during the 15th–18th centuries - Confederated sejmConfederated sejmConfederated sejm was a form of sejm in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century. After 1764, sejms were frequently confederated...
(sejm skonfederowany) - Convocation sejm (sejm konwokacyjny)
- Coronation sejm (sejm koronacyjny)
- Election sejm (sejm elekcyjny)
- Contract SejmContract SejmContract Sejm is a term commonly applied to the Polish Parliament elected in the Polish parliamentary elections of 1989. The contract refers to an agreement reached by the Communist Party and the Solidarity movement during the Polish Round Table Agreement. The final agreement was signed on April...
(sejm kontraktowy), 1989–1991 - Convocation Sejm (1764)Convocation Sejm (1764)The Convocation Sejm of 1764 was a session of the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It took place in Warsaw from 7 May to 23 June, and was a confederated convocation sejm, tasked with preparing a new royal election to fill the throne of the Commonwealth...
(sejm konwokacyjny 1764 r.) - Election Sejm of 1632Election Sejm of 1632The Election Sejm of 1632 was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's election sejm that elevated Władysław IV Waza to the Polish throne...
(sejm elekcyjny 1632 r.) - Great SejmGreat SejmThe Great Sejm, also known as the Four-Year Sejm was a Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that was held in Warsaw, beginning in 1788...
(Sejm Wielki), 1788–1792 - Grodno SejmGrodno SejmGrodno Sejm was the last Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Grodno Sejm, held in fall of 1793 in Grodno, Grand Duchy of Lithuania is infamous because its deputies, bribed or coerced by the Russian Empire, passed the act of Second Partition of Poland...
(Sejm Grodzieński), 1793 - Pacification SejmPacification SejmThe Pacification Sejm was a session of the Sejm in 1736 that concluded the War of the Polish Succession in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that erupted after the death of Augustus II the Strong in February 1733...
(Sejm Pacyfikacyjny), 1736 - Partition SejmPartition SejmThe Partition Sejm was a Sejm lasting from 1773 to 1776 in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, convened by its three neighbours in order to legalize their First Partition of Poland. During its first days in session, that Sejm was the site of Tadeusz Rejtan famous gesture of protest...
(Sejm Rozbiorowy), 1773–1776 - Repnin SejmRepnin SejmThe Repnin Sejm was a Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place between 1767 and 1768 in Warsaw. This session followed the Sejms of 1764 to 1766, where the newly elected King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski, attempted with some successes to push through reforms to...
(Sejm Repninowski), 1767–1768 - Silent SejmSilent SejmSilent Sejm is the name given to the session of the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of 1 February 1717. A civil war in the Commonwealth was used by the Russian Tsar Peter the Great as an opportunity to intervene as a mediator...
(Sejm Niemy), 1717 - Galician Sejm (Sejm Galicyjski), legislature of the Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaKingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaThe Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...
, 1861–1918 - SaeimaSaeimaSaeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the popular vote. Elections are scheduled to be held once every four years,...
, the parliament of Latvia - SeimasSeimasThe Seimas is the unicameral Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies , and the other half are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation...
, the parliament of Lithuania- For historical Lithuanian parliamentary assemblies, see: Template: Seimas of Lithuania
- Sejm of Four Lands, or Council of Four LandsCouncil of Four LandsThe Council of Four Lands in Lublin, Poland was the central body of Jewish authority in Poland from 1580 to 1764. Seventy delegates from local kehillot met to discuss taxation and other issues important to the Jewish community...
(Sejm Czterech Ziem, Va'ad Arba' Aratzot), central Jewish authority in Poland, 1580–1764 - Sejm of the Republic of Central LithuaniaRepublic of Central LithuaniaThe Republic of Central Lithuania or Middle Lithuania , or simply Central Lithuania , was a short-lived political entity, which did not gain international recognition...
(Sejm Litwy Środkowej), see: Republic of Central Lithuania general election, 1922Republic of Central Lithuania general election, 1922The general election in the Republic of Central Lithuania was an election to the Vilnius Sejm of the Polish-dominated Republic of Central Lithuania on January 8, 1922. The new parliament was intended to formally legalize incorporation of Central Lithuania into Poland. Such measure was fiercely... - SejmikSejmikA sejmik was a regional assembly in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and earlier in the Kingdom of Poland. Sejmiks existed until the end of the Commonwealth in 1795 following the partitions of the Commonwealth...
(diminutive of sejm), a regional or local legislature in Poland- Voivodeship sejmikVoivodeship sejmikA voivodeship sejmik is a provincial-level elected assembly for each of the 16 voivodeships of Poland. Sejmiks are elected to four-year terms, decided during nationwide local elections...
(sejmik województwa)
- Voivodeship sejmik
- Silesian Sejm or Silesian ParliamentSilesian ParliamentSilesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm was the governing body of the Silesian Voivodeship , an autonomous voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic between 1920 and 1945. It was elected in democratic elections and had certain influence over the usage of taxes collected in Silesia...
(Sejm Śląski), legislature of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship, 1920–1939 - Sojm, the parliament of the historical unrecognized state of Carpatho-UkraineCarpatho-UkraineCarpatho-Ukraine was an autonomous region within Czechoslovakia from late 1938 to March 15, 1939. It declared itself an independent republic on March 15, 1939, but was occupied by Hungary between March 15 and March 18, 1939, remaining under Hungarian control until the Nazi occupation of Hungary in...