Provisional National Assembly

Provisional National Assembly Provisorische Nationalversammlung
Coat of arms or logo Lesser coat of arms of Cisleithania (1915–1918)
Type
Type	Part of the Imperial Council (until 12 November 1918) Unicameral transitional legislature (from 12 November 1918)
History
Founded	21 October 1918
Disbanded	16 February 1919
Preceded by	Imperial Council
Succeeded by	Constituent National Assembly
Leadership
Presidium	Franz Dinghofer (DNB) Jodok Fink/Johann Hauser (CS) Karl Seitz (SDAPÖ)
Structure
Seats	208
File:Provisional National Assembly composition.svg
Political groups	DNB (96)   CS (65)   SDAPÖ (38)   Independents (5)   D (4)
Elections
Last election	June and July 1911
Next election	16 February 1919
Meeting place
File:Provisorische Nationalversammlung für Deutschösterreich am 21. Oktober 1918.jpg
First meeting on 21 October 1918

The Provisional National Assembly (German: Provisorische National Versammlung), unofficially also referred to as the Vienna National Assembly, was the first parliament of the Republic of German-Austria. It functioned during and after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 21 October 1918 to 16 February 1919. The last meeting took place on 6 February 1919 when the Geschäftsordnung for the Constituent Assembly was adopted. The assembly was composed of the members of the Chamber of Deputies of the former Imperial Council, who had represented the German-speaking areas of the Austrian half of the dual monarchy. It therefore also involved delegates whose territories were not allowed to join German-Austria because of the Treaty of St. Germain. The 208 deputies were all men; in the elections of 1911 women had not been eligible to vote yet.