Senate of the Free City of Danzig

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The Senate of the Free City of Danzig was the executive governing body of the semi-autonomous Free City of Danzig under League of Nations oversight between World War I and World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf executive governing body ⓘ
government cabinet ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Free City of Danzig ⓘ
appointedBy Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
category Defunct executive councils ⓘ
Government of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Interwar politics in Europe ⓘ
country Free City of Danzig ⓘ
countryAdministered Free City of Danzig ⓘ
dissolved 1939 ⓘ
after German invasion of Poland ⓘ
endTime 1 September 1939 ⓘ
1939 ⓘ
establishedAsResultOf Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
executiveBranchOf Free City of Danzig ⓘ
firstHeadOfGovernment Heinrich Sahm ⓘ
follows Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
governmentTypeContext semi-autonomous city-state under League of Nations protection ⓘ
hasCapital Danzig ⓘ
linked to: Gdańsk

Gdańsk ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm parliamentary system ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver internal affairs of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers varied by electoral term ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the Senate ⓘ
Senate President ⓘ
historicalEra interwar period ⓘ
period between World War I and World War II ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
legislativeBody Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
limitedBy international agreements with Poland ⓘ
locatedIn Baltic Sea region ⓘ
Danzig ⓘ
linked to: Gdańsk

Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Gdańsk ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
Second Polish Republic (sphere of influence) ⓘ
notableHeadOfGovernment Arthur Greiser ⓘ
Heinrich Sahm ⓘ
Hermann Rauschning ⓘ
officialName Senat der Freien Stadt Danzig ⓘ
oversightBy League of Nations High Commissioner in Danzig ⓘ
partOf political system of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
replacedBy Nazi German civil administration in Danzig ⓘ
responsibleTo Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
sharesCompetenceWith Poland (in customs and foreign relations) ⓘ
linked to: Poland
startTime 15 November 1920 ⓘ
1920 ⓘ
subordinateTo League of Nations Council (in international matters) ⓘ
underAuthorityOf League of Nations ⓘ
usedLanguage German ⓘ

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Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig → appoints → Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig → supervises → Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Danzig gulden → issuer → Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig → partOf → government of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
linked to: Senate of the Free City of Danzig
German annexation of the Free City of Danzig → significantParticipant → Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
Senate of the Free City of Danzig → officialName → Senat der Freien Stadt Danzig ⓘ
linked to: Senate of the Free City of Danzig
Senate of the Free City of Danzig → category → Government of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
linked to: Senate of the Free City of Danzig
Danzig harbor → governedBy → Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig → roleIn → government of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
linked to: Senate of the Free City of Danzig
President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig → partOf → Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig → positionHeldIn → Senate of the Free City of Danzig ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
High Commissioner of the League of Nations for the Free City of Danzig → hasAuthorityOver → Danzig Senate in specified matters ⓘ
subject linked to: High Commissioner
linked to: Senate of the Free City of Danzig