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National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the independent U.S. agency preserving permanently valuable federal records. Established 1934, independent 1985, it oversees records management, appraisal, presidential records, and FOIA access.
National Archives Building
The National Archives Building in Washington, DC, John Russell Pope's 1931-1937 neoclassical 'Temple of Clio,' houses NARA and displays the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights.
National Arena League
National Arena League (NAL), US professional indoor football league founded 2016, first season 2017; champions include Jacksonville Sharks, Albany Empire, Omaha Beef, Beaumont Renegades; 10 teams for 2027 Season X with National Bowl championship.
National Armed Forces
Narodowe Siły Zbrojne (NSZ), National Armed Forces: Polish national-movement underground army founded 20 September 1942 from NOW and Związek Jaszczurczy; about 90,000 members by 1944; fought Germany and the Soviets, split NSZ-AK/NSZ-ZJ in 1944.
National Army of Democratic Kampuchea
The National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (NADK) was the Khmer Rouge armed force, formed in December 1979 as successor to the Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea.
National Artist of Thailand
The National Artist of Thailand (Sinlapin haeng Chat) is an honorary title conferred annually by Thailand's Ministry of Culture on artists in visual arts, literature, and performing arts since 1985.
National Artist of the Philippines
The National Artist of the Philippines, also called the Order of National Artists, is the country's highest recognition for contributions to Philippine arts and letters, created in 1972.
National Arts Centre
The National Arts Centre is a federally chartered performing arts complex in Ottawa, opened in 1969, operating four stages under a bilingual mandate to develop the performing arts across Canada.
National Arts Festival
The National Arts Festival is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival held in Makhanda, South Africa. Founded in 1974, it is the country's longest running arts festival.
National Arts Merit Awards
The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) are Zimbabwe's premier arts awards, honoring outstanding achievements across music, theater, literature, film, and other creative disciplines, presented annually since 2002.
National Assembly (France)
The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) is France's 577-seat lower house, founded 17 June 1789 by the Third Estate; it sits at the Palais Bourbon, can censure the Government, and shares legislative power with the Senate.
National Assembly (French Revolution)
The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale), proclaimed 17 June 1789 by the French third estate at Versailles, became the National Constituent Assembly on 9 July 1789, abolished feudal privilege, issued the 1789 Declaration of Rights, and drafted the Constitution of 1791.
National Assembly (Hungary)
National Assembly (Országgyűlés): Hungary's unicameral 199-member parliament, elected every four years with 106 constituency and 93 list seats; legislates, adopts the budget, oversees government, and since 2026 holds a Tisza supermajority.
National Assembly (Nigeria)
The National Assembly of Nigeria is Nigeria's bicameral federal legislature under the 1999 Constitution, comprising a 109-member Senate and a 360-member House of Representatives, with lawmaking, oversight, and treaty-enactment powers, succeeding parliamentary (1960) and presidential (1979) republics interrupted by military rule until May 1999.
National Assembly (Serbia)
The National Assembly (Narodna skupština, Народна скупштина) is Serbia's unicameral 250-member parliament, holding constitutional and legislative power, with roots in the 1804 uprisings and a four-year deputy term.
National Assembly (South Korea)
National Assembly (대한민국 국회, Gukhoe), South Korea's unicameral 300-member legislature, four-year terms, mixed SMD/proportional elections, founded 1948, holds impeachment power over the president and executive officials.
National Assembly (Народно събрание) (Bulgaria)
The National Assembly (Народно събрание) is Bulgaria's unicameral 240-member parliament, elected every four years by proportional representation in 31 constituencies under the 1991 Constitution, with legislative, control, and constitutive functions; its roots lie in the 1879 Turnovo Constitution.
National Assembly of Laos
The National Assembly of Laos is the unicameral national legislature, established in 1975, whose members serve five-year terms and all belong to the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
National Assembly of Pakistan
The National Assembly of Pakistan is the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) under the 1973 Constitution, with 342 members including 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for non-Muslims; the 16th Assembly was elected in February 2024.
National Assembly of People's Power
The National Assembly of People's Power, the Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, is Cuba's unicameral national legislature, created by the 1976 Constitution as the supreme organ of state power.
National Assembly of Quebec
National Assembly of Quebec (Assemblée nationale du Québec), Quebec's unicameral provincial legislature: 125-127 first-past-the-post MNAs; Legislative Council abolished 1968; PQ minority government after the October 2026 election.
National Assembly of South Africa
National Assembly of South Africa: directly elected lower house of Parliament, 350–400 members by proportional representation, elects the President, passes legislation and oversees the executive, seat in Cape Town, ANC lost its majority in 2024.
National Assembly of Thailand
The National Assembly of Thailand (Ratthasapha) is the bicameral national legislature, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, created after the 1932 revolution.
National Assembly of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The National Assembly of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Народна скупштина Краљевине Југославије) was the kingdom's legislature, sitting in Belgrade from 1918 until its dissolution in 1941.
National Assembly of Vietnam
National Assembly of Vietnam (Quốc hội Việt Nam), the unicameral national legislature, first elected January 6, 1946; 500 deputies, five-year terms, all candidates vetted by the Communist Party; 16th term elected 2026.
National association football team
A national association football team is a representative side a national football association fields in international matches, such as the 32 teams at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
National Association for the Rapid Realization of Korean Independence
The National Association for the Rapid Realization of Korean Independence (대한독립촉성국민회), or Dokchok National Society, was a right-wing Korean political organization founded in 1946 as Syngman Rhee's base.
National Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), founded December 12, 1975 by 44 journalists in Washington, D.C., is the largest U.S. organization of journalists of color, with over 4,000 members, scholarships, internships, an annual convention, and advocacy for Black journalists.
National Association of Broadcasters
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), also NARB/NARTB, US nonprofit trade association founded April 1923 in Chicago advocating for local radio and TV stations before Congress, the FCC and courts; runs the NAB Show in Las Vegas and developed the Broadcast Positioning System; distinct from a South African NAB founded 1992/3.
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA): Kansas City-based governing body for small-college athletics, 250 member schools, 20 conferences, 31 national championships, 89,000 student-athletes, distinct from the NCAA.