Constituent Assembly and the 1891 Constitutional Order
- When
- 1891
- Where
- Institutional context of the 1891 constitutional order
A divided Constituent Assembly drew up the 1891 Constitution, establishing a nominally democratic government under which Minas Gerais became a dominant state.
The Constituent Assembly, divided between two factions, drew up the constitution of 1891. According to the republican Constitution enacted that year, the government was a constitutional democracy, but democracy was nominal. Under this framework, Minas Gerais stood among the dominant states, its oligarchy alternating the presidency with São Paulo through the Republican Party of Minas Gerais and the Republican Party of São Paulo. The supplied passages do not state a specific date on which Minas Gerais received statehood.
Sources
- First Brazilian Republic Wikipedia
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