The Uitvoerend Bewind ( Dutch for Executive Council/Authority ) was the name of the government of the Batavian Republic between 1798 and 1801. The president of the Uitvoerend Bewind was head of state of the Batavian Republic.
5-606: The political group of unitarian democrats was dissatisfied with the slowness of the progress of the Dutch parliament, the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic . They were in favour of a central authority, opposed federalism , and wanted general elections. Conservatives and moderates stood against such demands, and the country had become un-governable, without prospects of drafting a constitution. Under
10-665: A new Representative Assembly, still under universal suffrage (This was replaced by census suffrage after the coup d'état of 1801). Between 1798 and 1801, the president of the Uitvoerend Bewind was the head of state of the Batavian Republic, and not as previously, the president of the Assembly. On 6 October 1801 , a constitutional referendum was held. National Assembly of the Batavian Republic The National Assembly of
15-671: The Batavian Republic ( Dutch : Nationale Vergadering ) was the Dutch parliament between 1796 and 1798. The National Assembly was founded in 1796 after general elections. It replaced the States-General of the Batavian Republic . The President of the National Assembly was head of state of the Batavian Republic between 1796 and 1798, during his term in office (usually just half a month). A number of members of
20-457: The leadership of Pieter Vreede , the unitarian democrats engineered a coup d'état on January 22, 1798, with the help of general Herman Willem Daendels , and began to rule as the Uitvoerend Bewind, which soon became highly unpopular among their own supporters in the country. A second coup followed on June 12, 1798, with the goal of removing the impopular rule. An interim government was installed, which would reign until new elections would bring
25-448: The second National Assembly (elected in 1797) were expelled after a coup d'état'' by Pieter Vreede on 25 January 1798 aided by General Daendels . This rump Assembly was itself dissolved after a second coup on 12 June 1798, again supported by Daendels. A new parliament under the name Representative Body ( Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam ) came into being in May 1798 after elections held under
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