Senate of the Free City of Danzig

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The Senate of the Free City of Danzig was the executive governing body of the semi-autonomous Free City of Danzig under League of Nations oversight between World War I and World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive governing body
government cabinet
political institution
appliesToJurisdiction Free City of Danzig
appointedBy Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
category Defunct executive councils
Senate of the Free City of Danzig self-linksurface differs
surface form: Government of the Free City of Danzig

Interwar politics in Europe
country Free City of Danzig
countryAdministered Free City of Danzig
dissolved 1939
after German invasion of Poland
endTime 1 September 1939
1939
establishedAsResultOf Treaty of Versailles
executiveBranchOf Free City of Danzig
firstHeadOfGovernment Heinrich Sahm
follows Treaty of Versailles
governmentTypeContext semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection
hasCapital Gdańsk
surface form: Danzig

Gdańsk
hasGovernmentForm parliamentary system
hasJurisdictionOver internal affairs of the Free City of Danzig
hasNumberOfMembers varied by electoral term
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Senate
Senate President
historicalEra interwar period
period between World War I and World War II
languageOfWorkOrName German
legislativeBody Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
limitedBy international agreements with Poland
locatedIn Baltic Sea region
Gdańsk
surface form: Danzig

Free City of Danzig
Gdańsk
Pomerania
Second Polish Republic (sphere of influence)
notableHeadOfGovernment Arthur Greiser
Heinrich Sahm
Hermann Rauschning
officialName Senate of the Free City of Danzig self-linksurface differs
surface form: Senat der Freien Stadt Danzig
oversightBy League of Nations High Commissioner in Danzig
partOf political system of the Free City of Danzig
replacedBy Nazi German civil administration in Danzig
responsibleTo Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
sharesCompetenceWith Poland
surface form: Poland (in customs and foreign relations)
startTime 15 November 1920
1920
subordinateTo Council of the League of Nations
surface form: League of Nations Council (in international matters)
underAuthorityOf League of Nations
usedLanguage German

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Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig appoints Senate of the Free City of Danzig
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig supervises Senate of the Free City of Danzig
Danzig gulden issuer Senate of the Free City of Danzig
President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig partOf Senate of the Free City of Danzig
this entity surface form: government of the Free City of Danzig
German annexation of the Free City of Danzig significantParticipant Senate of the Free City of Danzig
Senate of the Free City of Danzig officialName Senate of the Free City of Danzig self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Senat der Freien Stadt Danzig
Senate of the Free City of Danzig category Senate of the Free City of Danzig self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Government of the Free City of Danzig
Danzig harbor governedBy Senate of the Free City of Danzig