Provisional Senate

Provisional Senate
of the Republic of China

中華民國臨時參議院
National Emblem of the Republic of China
Type
Type
History
Founded28 January 1912 (1912-01-28)
Disbanded8 April 1913 (1913-04-08)
Preceded byUnited Assembly of Representatives of the Provincial Military Governments
Succeeded byNational Assembly
Leadership
Speaker
Li Zhaofu (final)
Deputy Speaker
Tang Hualong (final)
Structure
Seats126
Committees6 (Whole House, Legal System, Finance, Home Affairs, Petitions, Reprimand)
Meeting place
Kiangsu Provincial Assembly Building, Nanking (until April 1912)
Advisory Council Building, Peking (since April 1912)
Constitution
Organizational Outline of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China
Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China

Provisional Senate of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國臨時參議院), also translated to Advisory Council, was the temporary legislature established in the earlier Beiyang years of the Republic of China, before the National Assembly was formed. The first Provisional Senate lasted from 1912 to 1913, and the second from 1917 to 1918.