Ad-hoc Divans

The two Ad hoc Divans were legislative{{cn, date=February 2017 and consultative assemblies of the

Danubian Principalities The Danubian Principalities ( ro, Principatele Dunărene, sr, Дунавске кнежевине, translit=Dunavske kneževine) was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th ce ...

( Moldavia and Wallachia), vassals of the Ottoman Empire. They were established by the

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under the Treaty of Paris. By then, the Crimean War had taken the two states out of Russia's sphere of influence, and had nullified the Moldo-Wallachian ''

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'' regime. Officially, the two assemblies were provisional replacements for the traditional assemblies, the '' Sfaturi'' (or '' Divanuri''). The term " divan", is derived from the Ottoman rule, being the name of a high governmental body in a number of Islamic states. The elections for the two Divans confronted two local movements: the National Party, which supported the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia, as " Romania"; the anti-unionists, which sought to maintain the ''

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''. The National Party emerged as the victor in 1859, when its candidate Alexandru Ioan Cuza was crowned '' Domnitor'' over both countries. The resulting United Principalities were the political embryo of modern Romania. National legislatures History of Moldavia (1822–1859) History of Wallachia (1821–1859) Government of the Principality of Wallachia Crimean War