Council of State of the GDR

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collective head of state government institution state council

The Council of State of the GDR was the collective head of state of East Germany, responsible for representing the country and overseeing key state functions under the socialist government.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Council of State of the German Democratic Republic 6
State Council of the German Democratic Republic 3
State Council of the GDR 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collective head of state ⓘ
government institution ⓘ
state council ⓘ
abolishedBy constitutional amendments of 1990 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Council of State of the German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staatsrat der DDR NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital East Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairman Egon Krenz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erich Honecker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walter Ulbricht NERFINISHED ⓘ
Willi Stoph NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition Chairman of the Council of State ⓘ
Deputy chairmen ⓘ
members ⓘ
secretary ⓘ
controlledBy Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
country German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved 1990 ⓘ
dominantParty Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
electedBy Volkskammer NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstChairman Walter Ulbricht NERFINISHED ⓘ
function appointing and recalling diplomatic representatives ⓘ
collective head of state ⓘ
conferring state awards and honors ⓘ
granting pardons ⓘ
issuing statutory orders and decisions ⓘ
promulgation of laws and decrees ⓘ
ratifying and denouncing international treaties ⓘ
representation of the German Democratic Republic in international relations ⓘ
supervising local councils in matters of legality ⓘ
governmentForm socialist state ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
inception 1960 ⓘ
jurisdiction German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
language German ⓘ
lastChairman Egon Krenz NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1960 amendment) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (1968) NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystem one-party system ⓘ
region Eastern Bloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced office of the President of the German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy President of the Volkskammer as acting head of state ⓘ
seat Palace of the Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
State Council Building, Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusAfter1989 largely ceremonial ⓘ
subordinateTo Volkskammer NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Volkskammer → supervisedBody → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
Patriotic Order of Merit in silver → establishedBy → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State of the German Democratic Republic
Patriotic Order of Merit in silver → awardingBody → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State of the German Democratic Republic
National Prize of East Germany → presentedBy → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State of the German Democratic Republic
President of the German Democratic Republic → successorOffice → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Council of the German Democratic Republic
President of the German Democratic Republic → functionTransferredTo → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Council of the German Democratic Republic
Order of Karl Marx → presentedBy → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State of the German Democratic Republic
Hero of Labour of the German Democratic Republic → presentedBy → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State of the German Democratic Republic
Chairman of the National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic → reportsTo → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Council of the German Democratic Republic
Held der Arbeit (GDR title) → presentedBy → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Council of the GDR
Council of Ministers of the GDR → subordinateTo → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Council of the GDR
Nationalen Verteidigungsrat der DDR → subordinateTo → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
subject surface form: Nationaler Verteidigungsrat der DDR
this entity surface form: Staatsrat der DDR
Constitution of the German Democratic Republic → definesHeadOfState → Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of State of the German Democratic Republic