Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR

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The Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR was the highest legislative body of Soviet-era Lithuania, functioning as a nominal parliament under the control of the Communist Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former legislature
supreme soviet
unicameral legislature
capitalOfJurisdiction Vilnius NERFINISHED
continent Europe
country Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
countryEstablishedFor Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
deFactoRole nominal parliament under control of the Communist Party
deJureRole highest legislative body of the Lithuanian SSR
dissolved 11 March 1990
1990
followed People's Seimas NERFINISHED
governingIdeology Marxism–Leninism NERFINISHED
hadCommittee Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR NERFINISHED
historicalEra Cold War
Soviet occupation of Lithuania NERFINISHED
inception 1940
jurisdiction Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
legalStatusAfter1990 transformed into Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania
legalSystemContext Soviet law
legislativeBodyFor Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
legislativeProcess rubber-stamp approval of decisions of the Communist Party
locatedIn Vilnius NERFINISHED
mainFunction formal approval of laws and plans drafted by party and government organs
meetsIn Seimas Palace NERFINISHED
numberOfHouses 1
officialLanguage Lithuanian
Russian
oversightRole limited and largely symbolic
parentOrganization Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
partOf political system of the Lithuanian SSR
political system of the Soviet Union
politicalSystemContext one-party socialist state
powerStructure subordinate to executive and party leadership
relatedBody Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR NERFINISHED
replacedBy Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED
Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania NERFINISHED
selectionOfDeputies formally elected but effectively pre-selected by the Communist Party
significantDevelopment increasing autonomy and national movement representation in late 1980s
significantEvent adoption of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
significantEventDate 11 March 1990
significantPeriod perestroika
stateForm union republic legislature within a federal socialist state
subordinateTo Communist Party of Lithuania NERFINISHED
Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
typeOfParliament nominally representative body
votingSystem single-candidate elections

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Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic legislature Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR