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The Small Constitution of 1919 was the "Legislative Sejm
Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
's ordinance of February 20, 1919, entrusting Józef Pilsudski
Józef Pilsudski

]]In 1892 Pilsudski returned from exile. In 1893 he joined the Polish Socialist Party and helped organize its Lithuanian branch. Initially he sided with the Socialists' more radical wing, but despite the socialist movement's ostensible internationalism he remained a Polish nationalist....
 with the further execution of the office of Chief of State
Naczelnik panstwa

Naczelnik Panstwa was the title of Poland's Chief of State in the early years of the Second Polish Republic. This office was held only by J?zef Pilsudski, from 1918 to 1922....
" (Polish: "Uchwala Sejmu Ustawodawczego z dnia 20 lutego 1919 r. w sprawie powierzenia Józefowi Pilsudskiemu dalszego sprawowania urzedu Naczelnika Panstwa"). The legislation was published as Dz. Pr. P.P. Nr 19, poz. 226.

Small Constitution declared that Poland has a parliamentary system
Parliamentary system

Parliamentary systems are characterized by no clear-cut separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches, leading to a different set of checks and balances compared to those found in presidential systems....
, although it didn't define Poland as a republic.

Executive powers were held by the Chief of State
Naczelnik panstwa

Naczelnik Panstwa was the title of Poland's Chief of State in the early years of the Second Polish Republic. This office was held only by J?zef Pilsudski, from 1918 to 1922....
.






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The Small Constitution of 1919 was the "Legislative Sejm
Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
's ordinance of February 20, 1919, entrusting Józef Pilsudski
Józef Pilsudski

]]In 1892 Pilsudski returned from exile. In 1893 he joined the Polish Socialist Party and helped organize its Lithuanian branch. Initially he sided with the Socialists' more radical wing, but despite the socialist movement's ostensible internationalism he remained a Polish nationalist....
 with the further execution of the office of Chief of State
Naczelnik panstwa

Naczelnik Panstwa was the title of Poland's Chief of State in the early years of the Second Polish Republic. This office was held only by J?zef Pilsudski, from 1918 to 1922....
" (Polish: "Uchwala Sejmu Ustawodawczego z dnia 20 lutego 1919 r. w sprawie powierzenia Józefowi Pilsudskiemu dalszego sprawowania urzedu Naczelnika Panstwa"). The legislation was published as Dz. Pr. P.P. Nr 19, poz. 226.

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The Small Constitution declared that Poland has a parliamentary system
Parliamentary system

Parliamentary systems are characterized by no clear-cut separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches, leading to a different set of checks and balances compared to those found in presidential systems....
, although it didn't define Poland as a republic.

Executive powers were held by the Chief of State
Naczelnik panstwa

Naczelnik Panstwa was the title of Poland's Chief of State in the early years of the Second Polish Republic. This office was held only by J?zef Pilsudski, from 1918 to 1922....
. He could name the ministers (with the consent of the Sejm); he and the ministers were responsible before the Sejm. The Chief of State
Naczelnik panstwa

Naczelnik Panstwa was the title of Poland's Chief of State in the early years of the Second Polish Republic. This office was held only by J?zef Pilsudski, from 1918 to 1922....
 (previously the Provisional Chief of State) no longer had legislative initiative and could not dismiss the Sejm; all his acts required the signature of the relevant minister.

The Small Constitution was adopted and published on February 20, 1919, and went into effect a week later, on the February 27, 1919. It was amended on February 25, 1920, and was supplanted on June 1, 1921, by the March 1921 Constitution.

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External links

at the Adam Mickiewicz University website