national assembly

NOUN

federal assembly

Synonyms

WEAK

assembly chamber of deputies congress diet general assembly house of assembly legislative assembly parliament soviet

Example Sentences

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They won 52% of the vote to put an end to his party's 16 years of continuous rule, which translates into up to 140 seats in the 199-seat National Assembly.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Pérez-Oliva is deputy prime minister and minister of foreign trade and investment and was elected in December to Cuba’s National Assembly, a prerequisite for the presidency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Sulyok's office has made clear to Hungarian media he will not resign, however he is expected to discuss with the three party leaders when to convene the National Assembly and propose a new prime minister.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

After Chávez won a landslide presidential election in 1998, Flores helped rewrite the constitution and served in a new National Assembly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

And in August, the newly defined National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson