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).

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People's Chamber canonical 2

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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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