The States General of the Batavian Republic was the name for the Dutch government between January, 1795 and March 1796. It was nominally the same as the States-General of the

Dutch Republic The United Provinces of the Netherlands, commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. It was a predecessor state of the present-day Netherlands ...

, the predecessor of the

Batavian Republic The Batavian Republic (; ) was the Succession of states, successor state to the Dutch Republic, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 after the Batavian Revolution and ended on 5 June 1806, with the acce ...

, as the old constitution, the

Union of Utrecht The Union of Utrecht () was an alliance based on an agreement concluded on 23 January 1579 between a number of Habsburg Netherlands, Dutch provinces and cities, to reach a joint commitment against the king, Philip II of Spain. By joining forces ...

remained in place until a new

National Assembly of the Batavian Republic The National Assembly of the Batavian Republic () was the Netherlands, 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 Presid ...

was seated after a general election, under

universal manhood suffrage Universal manhood suffrage is a form of voting rights in which all adult male citizens within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification. It is sometimes summarized by the s ...

. As under the old constitution, the States of the seven provinces remained the basis for representation in the States-General. However, those States were in most cases replaced by new representative bodies, like the

Provisional Representatives of the People of Holland The Provisional Representatives of the People of Holland () was the name given to the supreme governing body of the province of Holland, instituted after the Batavian Revolution, during the period in which the Netherlands was transitioning from th ...

. The places of the members of the previous Orangist regime as representatives of the Seven Provinces were now taken by members of the Patriot party. The presidents of the States-General, both under the old and the new Republic, were acting as head of state for their term in office as president (usually a month).

Dutch heads of state between 1795 and 1796

* Johannes Lambertus Huber 30 March 1795 - 6 April 1795 *

Pieter Paulus Pieter Paulus (9 April 1753 – 17 March 1796) was a Dutch jurist, fiscal (prosecutor) of the Admiralty of Rotterdam, Admiralty of the Maze and politician. He was one of the ideologues of the Patriottentijd, Dutch Patriot movement and is consider ...

5 May 1795 - May 1795 * Jacob George Hieronymus Hahn 19 May 1795 - 2 June 1795 * Willem Aernout de Beveren 6 July 1795 - Sep 1795 *

Sep 1795 - ? * Gerrit David Jordens ? - 25 November 1795 *

Pieter Pijpers Pieter is a male given name, the Dutch form of Peter. The name has been one of the most common names in the Netherlands for centuries, but since the mid-twentieth century its popularity has dropped steadily, from almost 3000 per year in 1947 to ...

25 November 1795 - Dec 1795 * Johannes Lambertus Huber Dec 1795 - 1796 {{DEFAULTSORT:Batavian Republic, States-General of the Former polities in the Netherlands States and territories established in 1795 1795 establishments in the Batavian Republic 1790s disestablishments in the Batavian Republic Political history of the Batavian Republic 1796 disestablishments in Europe