Constituent National Assembly Asamblea Nacional Constituyente | |
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| Type | |
| History | |
| Succeeded by | 2017 Constituent Assembly |
| Leadership | |
President | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 131 |
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Political groups | Government
Opposition
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| Meeting place | |
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| Federal Legislative Palace, Caracas | |
| Website | |
| [1] | |
The Constituent National Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Nacional Constituyente) or ANC was a constitutional convention held in Venezuela in 1999 to draft a new Constitution of Venezuela, but the assembly also gave itself the role of a supreme power above all the existing institutions in the republic. The Assembly was endorsed by a referendum in April 1999 which enabled Constituent Assembly elections in July 1999. Three seats were reserved for indigenous delegates in the 131-member constitutional assembly,[1] and two additional indigenous delegates won unreserved seats in the assembly elections.[2]
The constitution was later endorsed by the referendum in December 1999, and new general elections were held under the new constitution in July 2000. This ended the bipartisanship and ushered in the Bolivarian Revolution.