Sejm of the Polish People's Republic

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historical legislature legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

The Sejm of the Polish People's Republic was the unicameral legislature of communist-era Poland, functioning as a nominal parliament under the control of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Polish People's Republic parliament 1
Sejm PRL 1
Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
actualOversight limited ⓘ
associatedWith Council of State of the Polish People's Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOfCountry Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
chamberCount 1 ⓘ
characterizedAs rubber-stamp parliament ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest organ of state authority ⓘ
controlledBy Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
Polish People's Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
deFactoPowerHeldBy Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
electionControl Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
electionType non-competitive elections ⓘ
existedIn Eastern Bloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Contract Sejm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sejm of the Republic of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Polish United Workers' Party–dominated coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of communist-era state institutions in Poland ⓘ
ideologyContext Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Polish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Polish People's Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeType unicameral ⓘ
legislatureType single-chamber parliament ⓘ
locatedIn Warsaw ⓘ
mainFunction approving state budget ⓘ
formally electing key state officials ⓘ
passing laws ⓘ
nominally supreme state authority ⓘ
oversightRole formally supervised government ⓘ
partOf political system of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
politicalAlignment Soviet sphere of influence ⓘ
politicalPluralism limited ⓘ
politicalSystem communist one-party state ⓘ
precededBy Sejm of the Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
stateForm people's republic ⓘ
subordinateTo Polish United Workers' Party Central Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod communist era in Poland ⓘ
votingSystem single-list elections dominated by PZPR ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Constitution of 1952 → adoptedBy → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic
Constitution of the Polish People's Republic of 1952 → adoptedBy → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sejm of the Republic of Poland
Order of the Banner of Work → establishedBy → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
Constitution of the Polish People's Republic of 1952 → establishedLegislature → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
Henryk Jabłoński → legislativeBody → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
Stanisław Kania → memberOf → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland
Polska Ludowa → organUstawodawczy → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sejm PRL
Parliament of Poland → predecessor → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish People's Republic parliament