Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig

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The Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig was the unicameral parliament of the semi-autonomous Free City between the World Wars, responsible for its legislative affairs under League of Nations oversight.

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Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig canonical 6
Volkstag 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legislature
legislative body
unicameral parliament
appoints Senate of the Free City of Danzig
couldBeDissolvedBy League of Nations (under certain conditions)
linked to: League of Nations
country Free City of Danzig
dissolvedFollowing German annexation of the Free City of Danzig
outbreak of World War II
electoralSystem proportional representation
endTime 1939
establishedAfter Treaty of Versailles
establishedBy constitution of the Free City of Danzig
governmentType unicameralism
hadMembersElectedBy citizens of the Free City of Danzig
hasJurisdiction Free City of Danzig
headOfGovernmentChosenBy Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
historicalEra 20th century
languageOfWork German
legislativeBranchOf Free City of Danzig
legislatureType unicameral
locatedIn Danzig
linked to: Gdańsk
locatedInPresentDay Gdańsk
Poland
mainFunction controlling the executive
enacting laws for the Free City of Danzig
meetsIn Danzig
linked to: Gdańsk
numberOfChambers 1
oversightBy League of Nations
partOf political system of the Free City of Danzig
politicalContext League of Nations mandate
linked to: League of Nations

semi-autonomous city-state
replacedBy Nazi German administrative structures in Danzig
responsibleFor budget
constitutional matters
domestic law
legislation
startTime 1920
status defunct legislature
subjectTo League of Nations High Commissioner in Danzig
supervises Senate of the Free City of Danzig
timePeriod interwar period
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Free City of Danzig governingBody Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
Free City of Danzig legislature Volkstag
linked to: Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig headOfGovernmentChosenBy Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig appointedBy Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
Senate of the Free City of Danzig legislativeBody Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
Senate of the Free City of Danzig appointedBy Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig
Senate of the Free City of Danzig responsibleTo Volkstag of the Free City of Danzig