The Permanent Council ( Polish. Rada Nieustająca ) - the highest administrative body of the Commonwealth in 1775-1789.
It was formed in March 1775 after the first partition of the Commonwealth under the influence of the Russian Empress Catherine II . By 1789, the Council was the main administrative body of the Commonwealth.
History
The Council consisted of a monarch (king of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania), representatives of the Senate (18 senators) and nobles (18 nobles ), and had five departments: foreign affairs, military, police, treasury and justice.
Every two years, 18 deputies-gentry re-elected by the Sejm [1] . Already the first composition of the Council was selected in accordance with the list compiled by Catherine II (only three candidates entered the Council in accordance with the desire of Prussia ). The decrees of the Permanent Council were signed by the king, but he did not have the right to reject them.
The Permanent Council was elected on the shaft Diet and was accountable to the Diet. In essence, the Council became the first in the history of the Commonwealth Commonwealth authority of the “inter-seismic” supreme authority, which controlled all spheres of the country's life. However, due to great corruption, members of the Council were subordinate to the Russian government.
On January 19, 1789, at a meeting of the Four-year Seimas, the Permanent Council was liquidated by an absolute majority.
Notes
- ↑ Tymovsky M., Kenevich J., Holzer E. History of Poland / Transl. from Polish. - M .: The whole world, 2004. - (National History). - ISBN 5-7777-0294-5 .
Literature
- Semakovіch M. Narys gіstoryі Polish Dzyarzhavy i People. - Warsaw, 2006.
- Anіshchanka Y. Pastayanaya Rada // Vyalikae of the Principality of Lithuania. Enceclapedia at 3 t . - Mn. : BelEn , 2005. - T. 2: Kadetsky Corps - Yatskevich. - 788 p. - ISBN 985-11-0378-0 .