Council of State

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The Council of State was the collective head of state of socialist Romania, serving as a key instrument of political control under the Romanian Communist Party.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Council of State canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collective head of state ⓘ
governmental body ⓘ
state institution ⓘ
characteristic highly centralized authority ⓘ
subordination of state to party leadership ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1965) ⓘ
controlledBy Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
countryDuringExistence Socialist Republic of Romania ⓘ
deFactoLeaderOften General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
dissolutionContext collapse of communist rule in Romania ⓘ
existedDuring Romanian Communist regime ⓘ
function formal representation of the state in domestic affairs ⓘ
formal representation of the state in foreign affairs ⓘ
implementation of Romanian Communist Party decisions at state level ⓘ
governanceType one-party socialist state ⓘ
hadCommitteeStructure yes ⓘ
hadPower appoint and dismiss officials ⓘ
convene and dissolve the Great National Assembly ⓘ
declare states of emergency or war (within constitutional framework) ⓘ
issue decrees with force of law ⓘ
ratify international treaties ⓘ
headedBy President of the Council of State ⓘ
historicalSignificance central mechanism of party control over the state ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism (official) ⓘ
national communism (under Ceaușescu) ⓘ
legalStatus supreme organ of state power between sessions of the Great National Assembly ⓘ
legislativeContext Great National Assembly ⓘ
location Bucharest ⓘ
memberOf state apparatus of the Socialist Republic of Romania ⓘ
notablePresident Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej ⓘ
Nicolae Ceaușescu ⓘ
oversightOf Council of Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Romania ⓘ
politicalNature communist state organ ⓘ
politicalSystem socialist Romania ⓘ
replaced Presidium of the Great National Assembly ⓘ
replacedBy office of the President of Romania ⓘ
reportedTo Great National Assembly ⓘ
role collective head of state of Romania ⓘ
key instrument of political control ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the Great National Assembly ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence executive power in socialist Romania ⓘ
foreign policy of socialist Romania ⓘ
legislative power in socialist Romania ⓘ
subordinateTo Romanian Communist Party ⓘ
successorOffice President of Romania ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Romanian Communist Party → controlledInstitution → Council of State ⓘ
subject linked to: PCR
Constitution of 1933 → providedFor → Council of State ⓘ
Council of the Revolution → replacedBy → Council of State ⓘ
Interregnum → headOfState → Council of State ⓘ