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This is a list of constituent assemblies:

(French) National Constituent Assembly 

Formed in 1789 during the French Revolution

Norwegian Constituent Assembly 

adopted the current Constitution of Norway in 1814.

Russian Constituent Assembly 

formed in January 1918 during the Russian October Revolution

German National Assembly 

Enacted the Weimar Constitution in 1919, bringing into being the Weimar Republic.

Constituent Assembly of Lithuania 

Elected in 1920 worked for two years and enacted the 1922 constitution.

Third Dáil, also known as the Irish Constituent Assembly 

Elected in 1922 and, in the same year, enacted the Constitution of the Irish Free State by means of which the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom.

Syrian Constituent Assemblies 

Formed in 1930 following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and the introduction of the French Mandate, and in 1949 to reintroduce civilian rule after a series of military governments.

National Assembly of the Republic of China (Taiwan) 

Also known as the National Constituent Assembly, enacted the Republic of China's current constitution in 1946.

Constituent Assembly of Italy 

Formed on 25 June 1946 following the referendum on republic or monarchy, dissolved four months after the adoption of the Constitution, on 12 May 1948.

Constituent Assembly of India 

Formed on 9 December 1946 to write the Constitution, and serve as India's first Parliament, dissolving on 26 January 1950 when India became a republic.

Constituent Assembly of Indonesia 

Elected in 1955, and sitting between November 10, 1956 and July 2, 1959, when the previous 1945 constitution was reimposed.

Constituent Assembly of Pakistan 

Formed on 10 August 1947 to write the Constitution, and serve as Pakistan's first parliament. It was dissolved on 24 October, 1954 and reconstituted after fresh elections on 28 May 1955, lasting until 23 March 1956 when Pakistan became a republic.

Constituent Assembly of El Salvador 

Formed in 1982 as a provisional parliament and presidential electoral college, and charged with drafting a constitution.

Constituent Assembly of Colombia 

Formed on February 5, 1991 to draft the country's 1991 constitution. It was dissolved in July 1991 when the document was adopted nationwide.

Democratic Constitutional Congress of Peru 

Convened by Alberto Fujimori in 1992 to draft a new constitution.

Iraqi Constituent Assembly 

Elected on January 30, 2005, after the collapse of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, caused by the Operation Iraqi Freedom, adopted the Constitution of the new democratic, parliamentary and regional Iraq, approved by the people on the referendum of October 15, 2005;

Bolivian Constituent Assembly 

Which is currently drafting the future constitution of Bolivia; a referendum will be held on 6 August 2007 on the new proposal.

Nepalese Constituent Assembly 

To be elected in 2007 after the end of the Nepalese Civil War.

Loya jirga  

Afghanistan traditional large council to settle major conflict or enact constitutional change