People's Chamber
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The People's Chamber was the unicameral legislature and nominal supreme authority of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| People's Chamber canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
parliament
ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
People’s Chamber of the German Democratic Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Volkskammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalOfJurisdiction | East Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition | deputies elected for four-year terms (nominally) ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
East Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deFactoRole | rubber-stamp legislature ⓘ |
| deJureRole | supreme organ of state power of the GDR ⓘ |
| dissolutionDate | 2 October 1990 ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1990 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1990 ⓘ |
| firstElection | 15 October 1950 ⓘ |
| followedBy | representation of East German states in the Bundestag ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | legislative branch ⓘ |
| hadCommittee |
Budget and Finance Committee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Foreign Affairs Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ National Defense Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseType | unicameral ⓘ |
| inception | 7 October 1949 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| lastElection | 18 March 1990 ⓘ |
| lastPresident | Sabine Bergmann-Pohl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1949)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1968) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureOf | German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | East Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsIn | Palace of the Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance parliamentary structures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePresident |
Horst Sindermann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Johannes Dieckmann NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabine Bergmann-Pohl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfHouses | 1 ⓘ |
| partOf | government of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ |
| presidingOfficerTitle | President of the People’s Chamber ⓘ |
| previousMeetingPlace |
Deutsches Theater Berlin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Provisional People’s Chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
adopted the law on the accession of the GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990
ⓘ
elected the first and only freely elected GDR government in April 1990 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1949 ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Bundestag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingSystem |
mixed-member proportional representation (1990)
ⓘ
single-list system (until 1990) ⓘ |
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