Council of the People’s Deputies

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The Council of the People’s Deputies was the provisional revolutionary government of Germany formed after World War I, dominated by Social Democrats and tasked with steering the country from imperial rule toward a parliamentary democracy.

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Label Occurrences
Council of the People’s Deputies canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collective head of state ⓘ
provisional government ⓘ
revolutionary government ⓘ
aimedAt establishing a parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction German Reich ⓘ
linked to: German Empire
coChair Friedrich Ebert ⓘ
Hugo Haase ⓘ
contextOfFormation November Revolution in Germany ⓘ
abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dissolvedAfter election of the Weimar National Assembly ⓘ
dominatedBy Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
endTime 1919-02-13 ⓘ
establishedFor managing Germany’s transition after World War I ⓘ
followed German Empire ⓘ
governmentType provisional coalition government ⓘ
hasMember Emil Barth ⓘ
Friedrich Ebert ⓘ
Hugo Haase ⓘ
Otto Landsberg ⓘ
Philipp Scheidemann ⓘ
Wilhelm Dittmann ⓘ
hasTask initiating democratic reforms in Germany ⓘ
maintaining public order during the German Revolution ⓘ
preparing elections to a National Assembly ⓘ
headquarters Berlin ⓘ
historicalEra Weimar Republic founding period ⓘ
includesParty Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
legalForm collegial body ⓘ
locatedIn Berlin ⓘ
nativeLabel Rat der Volksbeauftragten ⓘ
natureOfWork transitional governance ⓘ
numberOfMembers 6 ⓘ
partOf German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
politicalAlignment social democracy ⓘ
precededBy German Empire’s imperial government ⓘ
replacedBy Reich government of Philipp Scheidemann ⓘ
Weimar Republic government ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Republic
replaces Imperial German government of Prince Maximilian of Baden ⓘ
significantEvent abolition of the monarchy in Germany ⓘ
armistice negotiations context after World War I ⓘ
transition from imperial rule to parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ
startTime 1918-11-10 ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War I ⓘ

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Spartacist uprising → hasOpponent → Council of the People’s Deputies ⓘ
Ebert–Groener Pact → participant → Council of the People’s Deputies ⓘ