Volkskammer

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The Volkskammer was the unicameral parliament of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany), serving as its nominal supreme legislative body under socialist one-party rule.

All labels observed (6)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former national legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
unicameral parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs People's Chamber ⓘ
compositionPrinciple representation of mass organizations and parties in the National Front ⓘ
controlledBy National Front of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
country German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
deFactoControl Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
deJureRole supreme legislative body ⓘ
supreme organ of state power ⓘ
dissolutionDate 2 October 1990 ⓘ
dissolved 1990 ⓘ
dominantParty Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
firstElection October 1949 East German general election ⓘ
followedBy Bundestag representation of the new federal states ⓘ
hadStandingCommittees yes ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation Marxist–Leninist state structure ⓘ
inception 1949 ⓘ
jurisdiction territory of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
lastElection 18 March 1990 East German general election ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
legislatureOf East Germany ⓘ
locatedIn East Berlin ⓘ
mainFunction adoption of laws ⓘ
approval of state plans and budgets ⓘ
election of the Council of Ministers ⓘ
election of the Council of State ⓘ
meetingPlace Palast der Republik ⓘ
nativeName Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik ⓘ
linked to: Volkskammer
notableSession session approving accession of the GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
oversightOf Council of Ministers ⓘ
State Council ⓘ
politicalCharacter rubber-stamp parliament for SED decisions ⓘ
politicalSystemContext socialist one-party state ⓘ
precededBy Provisional Volkskammer ⓘ
linked to: Volkskammer
region Eastern Bloc ⓘ
shortName Volkskammer der DDR ⓘ
linked to: Volkskammer
significance last freely elected parliament in East German history ⓘ
supervisedBody Council of Ministers of the GDR ⓘ
Council of State of the GDR ⓘ
termLength 4 years (formally) ⓘ
5 years (after constitutional changes) ⓘ
typeOfStateOrgan organ of state power ⓘ
votingSystem semi-free multi-party election (1990) ⓘ
single-list bloc voting (until 1990) ⓘ

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

East Germany → legislature → Volkskammer ⓘ
East Berlin → hadParliament → Volkskammer ⓘ
Hans Modrow → servedIn → Volkskammer ⓘ
Volkskammer → nativeName → Volkskammer der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik ⓘ
linked to: Volkskammer
Volkskammer → shortName → Volkskammer der DDR ⓘ
linked to: Volkskammer
Volkskammer → precededBy → Provisional Volkskammer ⓘ
linked to: Volkskammer
Lothar de Maizière → memberOf → Volkskammer ⓘ
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany → parliamentaryRepresentation → Chamber of the People (Volkskammer) ⓘ
linked to: Volkskammer
Palast der Republik → hadFacility → Volkskammer plenary chamber ⓘ
linked to: Volkskammer
People's Chamber → alsoKnownAs → Volkskammer ⓘ
State Council of the German Democratic Republic → appointedBy → Volkskammer ⓘ
subject linked to: State Council
State Council of the German Democratic Republic → accountableTo → Volkskammer ⓘ
subject linked to: State Council
Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic → subordinateTo → Volkskammer ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic → reportsTo → Volkskammer ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers