Constituent and Parliamentary Assembly

Constituent and Parliamentary Assembly

المجلس التأسيسي والنيابي
Constituent and Parliamentary Assembly ; المجلس التأسيسي والنيابي
Type
Type	Constituent assembly and unicameral of Second Syrian Republic
History
Founded	December 12, 1961
Disbanded	March 8, 1963
Preceded by	Chamber of Deputies
Succeeded by	National Council for the Revolutionary Command
Leadership
Speaker	Maamun al-Kuzbari (Independent); until September 12, 1962; Said al-Ghazzi (Independent); since September 17, 1962;
Structure
Seats	172
Political groups	People's Party (33); National Party (21); Ba'ath Party (20); Muslim Brotherhood (10); Arab Liberation Movement (4); Independents (84);
Elections
First election	1961 Syrian parliamentary election
Meeting place
	Chamber of Deputies building, Damascus

The Constituent and Parliamentary Assembly (Arabic: المجلس التأسيسي والنيابي), was the unicameral parliament of the Syria from 1961 until its dissolution after the Baath coup in 1963. One of its tasks was to adopt a new constitution following Syria's secession from the United Arab Republic in addition to being a national legislature. After the new constitution was adopted on September 13, 1962, the assembly became a pure legislateive Parliament.