Federal Assembly

Federal Assembly may refer to:

  • Federal Assembly (Russia), the Russian federal parliament
  • Federal Assembly (Switzerland), the Swiss federal parliament
  • Federal Assembly (Czechoslovakia), the former Czechoslovak federal parliament

similarly named are:

  • Federal Convention (Austria), the name for a joint-session of the Austrian federal parliament
  • Federal Convention (Germany), a formal convention that elects the country's Federal President
  • Federal Convention (German Confederation), the federal assembly of the German Confederation (1815-1866)
  • Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia

Famous quotes containing the words federal and/or assembly:

    “If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn’t be here. It’d still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.”
    —Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)

    “There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)