Parliamentary Council of the Federal Republic of Germany

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The Parliamentary Council of the Federal Republic of Germany was the post–World War II constitutional assembly that drafted and adopted the German Basic Law, laying the foundation for West Germany’s democratic order.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional assembly
parliamentary body
appliesToTerritory Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
continent Europe
convenedBy British military government in Germany NERFINISHED
French military government in Germany NERFINISHED
United States military government in Germany NERFINISHED
military governments of the Western Allied powers
country Germany NERFINISHED
dissolved 1949-05-08
followedBy first Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany
hasChairperson Konrad Adenauer NERFINISHED
hasCommittee Electoral Law Committee NERFINISHED
Finance Committee NERFINISHED
Fundamental Rights Committee NERFINISHED
Main Committee NERFINISHED
Organization of the Federation Committee NERFINISHED
hasIdeologicalOrientation liberal democracy
hasKeyPrinciple federalism
parliamentary democracy
protection of fundamental rights
rule of law
social state principle
hasLegislativeOutcome establishment of the constitutional framework of West Germany
hasNumberOfMembers 65
hasPurpose to adopt the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
to draft a democratic constitution for West Germany
hasWorkingLanguage German
historicalPeriod Cold War
post–World War II
inception 1948-09-01
jurisdiction Trizone (American, British and French occupation zones in Germany) NERFINISHED
legalDocumentProduced Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
locatedIn Bonn NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia
West Germany NERFINISHED
meetsInBuilding Museum Koenig, Bonn NERFINISHED
Pedagogical Academy, Bonn NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalContext post–World War II German reconstruction
memberSelectionMethod delegated by the parliaments of the Western occupation zones
nativeLanguage German
nativeName Parlamentarischer Rat NERFINISHED
president Konrad Adenauer NERFINISHED
shortName Parliamentary Council NERFINISHED
significantEvent adoption of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
drafting of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
vicePresident Carlo Schmid NERFINISHED
Hermann Schäfer NERFINISHED

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Article 63 of the Basic Law enactedBy Parliamentary Council of the Federal Republic of Germany