State Council

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The State Council was the collective head of state of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), functioning as its highest executive authority between 1960 and 1990.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collective head of state
government institution
state council
accountableTo Volkskammer NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Staatsrat der DDR NERFINISHED
State Council of the GDR NERFINISHED
appointedBy Volkskammer NERFINISHED
capital East Berlin NERFINISHED
chairman Egon Krenz NERFINISHED
Erich Honecker NERFINISHED
Walter Ulbricht NERFINISHED
Willi Stoph NERFINISHED
composition collective body
controlledBy Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED
country German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED
dateEstablished 1960-09-12
dissolved 1990-10-05
endTime 1990
existedDuring Cold War NERFINISHED
firstChairman Walter Ulbricht NERFINISHED
followedBy President of the Volkskammer (as acting head of state)
function appointment and dismissal of high state officials
granting of pardons and clemency
promulgation of laws
representation of the GDR in international relations
governingDocument Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1968) NERFINISHED
Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1974) NERFINISHED
headedBy Chairman of the State Council
ideologyContext Marxism–Leninism NERFINISHED
jurisdiction German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED
languageOfOperation German
lastChairman Sabine Bergmann-Pohl NERFINISHED
legallyEstablishedBy Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1960 amendment) NERFINISHED
legalStatus constitutional organ
locatedIn Berlin NERFINISHED
memberOf state apparatus of the German Democratic Republic
politicalSystemContext socialist one-party state
precededBy Office of the President of the German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED
replaced President of the German Democratic Republic
role collective head of state of the German Democratic Republic
highest executive authority of the German Democratic Republic
seat Palace of the Republic NERFINISHED
State Council Building, Berlin NERFINISHED
startTime 1960
subordinateTo Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED

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Volkskammer oversightOf State Council