section_path: History/Semi-constitutional monarchy, 1843–1862
section_name: Semi-constitutional monarchy, 1843–1862
paragraph_text: Semi-constitutional monarchy, 1843–1862
  
  The first national parliament of the independent Greek state was established in 1843, after the 3 September Revolution, which forced King Otto to grant a constitution. The constitution of 1844 established a semi-constitutional monarchy under the decisive power of the monarch, who exercised legislative power jointly with the elected house of representatives and the appointed senate. It also established the ministers' accountability vis-à-vis the acts of the monarch who was appointing and suspending them.