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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State Council of the German Democratic Republic | 0 |
Statements (45)
| 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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