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The Small Constitution was adopted and published on 20 February 1919 and went into effect a week later, on 27 February 1919. It was amended on 25 February 1920 and was supplanted on 1 June 1921 by the
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Uchwała Sejmu Ustawodawczego z dnia 20 lutego 1919 r. w sprawie powierzenia Józefowi Piłsudskiemu dalszego sprawowania urzędu Naczelnika Państwa
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Chief of State) no longer had legislative initiative and could not dismiss the
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politics and government of Poland

Neminem captivabimus acts (1430)
Nihil novi act (1505)
Henrician Articles (1573)
Constitution of 3 May 1791
Warsaw Duchy Constitution (1807)
Kingdom of Poland (1815)
Organic Statute (1832)
Small Constitution (1919)
March Constitution (1921)
August Novelization (1926)
April Constitution (1935)
Small Constitution (1947)
People's Republic (1952)
April Novelization (1989)
Small Constitution (1992)
Current Constitution (1997)
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Second Polish Republic
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Józef Piłsudski
Chief of State
parliamentary system
Executive powers
Chief of State
Chief of State

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