Sejm of the Polish People's Republic

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The Sejm of the Polish People's Republic was the unicameral legislature of communist-era Poland, functioning as a nominal parliament under the control of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legislature ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
actualOversight limited ⓘ
associatedWith Council of State of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
capitalOfCountry Warsaw ⓘ
chamberCount 1 ⓘ
characterizedAs rubber-stamp parliament ⓘ
constitutionalStatus highest organ of state authority ⓘ
controlledBy Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
Polish People's Republic ⓘ
deFactoPowerHeldBy Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
electionControl Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
electionType non-competitive elections ⓘ
existedIn Eastern Bloc ⓘ
followedBy Contract Sejm ⓘ
Sejm of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
governedBy Polish United Workers' Party–dominated coalition ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of communist-era state institutions in Poland ⓘ
ideologyContext Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Polish ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
legislativeType unicameral ⓘ
legislatureType single-chamber parliament ⓘ
locatedIn Warsaw ⓘ
mainFunction approving state budget ⓘ
formally electing key state officials ⓘ
passing laws ⓘ
nominally supreme state authority ⓘ
oversightRole formally supervised government ⓘ
partOf political system of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
politicalAlignment Soviet sphere of influence ⓘ
politicalPluralism limited ⓘ
politicalSystem communist one-party state ⓘ
precededBy Sejm of the Second Polish Republic ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
stateForm people's republic ⓘ
subordinateTo Polish United Workers' Party Central Committee ⓘ
Politburo of the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
timePeriod communist era in Poland ⓘ
votingSystem single-list elections dominated by PZPR ⓘ

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Order of the Banner of Work → establishedBy → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
Stanisław Kania → memberOf → Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Constitution of the Polish People's Republic of 1952 → adoptedBy → Sejm of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Parliament of Poland → predecessor → Polish People's Republic parliament ⓘ
linked to: Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Henryk Jabłoński → legislativeBody → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
Polska Ludowa → organUstawodawczy → Sejm PRL ⓘ
linked to: Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Constitution of 1952 → adoptedBy → Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
linked to: Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Polish legislative election of 1985 → electoralBody → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
Polish legislative election of 1985 → resultingInstitution → contracted Sejm of the Polish People's Republic (1985–1989 term) ⓘ
linked to: Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
Sejm of the Second Polish Republic → followedBy → Sejm of the Polish People’s Republic ⓘ
linked to: Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
State Council of the Polish People's Republic → reportedTo → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
Council of Ministers of the Polish People's Republic → subordinateTo → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers of the Polish People's Republic → accountableTo → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
Council of Ministers of the Polish People's Republic → appointedBy → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
subject linked to: Council of Ministers
government of the Polish People's Republic → legislativeBody → Sejm of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ