People's Deputy of the USSR

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People's Deputy of the USSR was an elected legislative role in the late Soviet Union’s highest representative body, created during Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms to broaden political participation and debate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elected office
legislative position
political office
allowedMultiCandidateElections true
allowedNonPartyCandidates partially
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
authorityOver approval of key state policies
formation of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
country Soviet Union
createdDuring perestroika
surface form: Gorbachev reforms

perestroika
dissolved 1991
electorate citizens of the Soviet Union
endTime 1991
governmentBranch legislative branch of the USSR
hasRoleIn supreme representative body of the USSR
historicalPeriod late Soviet period
inception 1989
introducedBy Mikhail Gorbachev
isPartOfReform democratization of the Soviet political system
languageOfWork Russian
legalBasis 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union
surface form: USSR Constitution of 1977 (amended in the late 1980s)
legislativeBody Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
surface form: Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
meetsAt Moscow
notableFor public criticism of party and state leadership
televised parliamentary debates
numberOfMembers approximately 2250
officeHolderType deputy
partOf Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
surface form: Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
politicalSystem one-party dominant system under the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
purpose broaden political participation
encourage public debate
reasonForAbolition dissolution of the Soviet Union
relatedPosition Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
People's Deputy of the RSFSR
replaced previous system of indirect representation to the Supreme Soviet
selectionMethod election
significantEvent 1989 Soviet legislative election
first relatively competitive national elections in the USSR
status abolished
subordinateTo Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
surface form: Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR
termLength 5 years (nominal)

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Andrei Sakharov positionHeld People's Deputy of the USSR
Gennady Burbulis positionHeld People's Deputy of the USSR
this entity surface form: People's Deputy of the RSFSR