The National Assembly elected by Czech and Slovak leaders adopts a new democratic constitution on February 29,1920, taking another step toward the consolidation of the two states into Czechoslovakia.
In 1989, the peaceful "Velvet Revolution" ended the country's communist regime and re-established a multiparty democracy. However, instead of unifying the nation, the disagreements between the Czech and Slovak leaders intensified. Following the 1992 elections, the leaders of the Czech and Slovak parliaments negotiated an end to the federation. The Federal Assembly officially voted to dissolve the country in November 1992 and a peaceful split became effective on January 1, 1993, with Czechoslovakia being replaced by two independent sovereign states: the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
