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- Peoples_Chamber abstract "The People's Chamber (German: Volkskammer) was the unicameral legislature of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). From its founding in 1949 until the first free elections on 18 March 1990, all members of the Volkskammer were elected via a list controlled by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), called the National Front. Despite the appearance of a multi-party system, all these Bloc parties were completely subservient to the SED. In addition, seats were also allocated to various mass organizations affiliated with the SED, such as the Free German Youth.Initially, it was the lower house of a bicameral legislature. The upper chamber was the Chamber of States, or Länderkammer, but in 1952 the states of East Germany were dissolved, and the chamber was abolished in 1958.In theory, the Volkskammer was the highest organ of state power in the GDR. Both GDR constitutions vested it with great lawmaking powers. It also formally appointed the Council of State (after 1960), the Council of Ministers, and the National Defence Council. All other branches of government—including the judiciary—were theoretically responsible to it.In practice, like most other legislatures in Communist countries, the People's Chamber did little more than rubber-stamp decisions already made by the SED and its Politburo. All parties were expected to respect the principles of democratic centralism and the leading role of the SED. As a result, all but two measures put before it before the Peaceful Revolution passed unanimously. A 1972 vote on liberalising abortion laws saw 14 CDU representatives vote nay and eight abstain, and the 1989 vote to confirm Egon Krenz as head of state saw 26 nays and 26 abstentions.During People's Chamber elections, voters were presented with a single list from the National Front, with seats allocated based on a set quota rather than actual vote totals. By ensuring that its candidates dominated the list, the SED effectively predetermined the composition of the legislature.The "democratic centralist" principle extended to the ballot box as well. A voter simply took the ballot paper, which contained only one name, and dropped it into the ballot box. A voter could vote against the candidate by crossing out his or her name, but had to do so in a separate voting booth without any secrecy. The consequences for such an act of defiance were severe—loss of one's job or expulsion from school, and close surveillance by the Stasi.A typical slate was as follows:In 1976, the Volkskammer moved into a specially-constructed building on Marx-Engels-Platz (now Schloßplatz again), the Palast der Republik (Palace of the Republic).After the 1990 elections, the disposition of the parties was as follows:".
- Peoples_Chamber legislativePeriodName "Legislature ofGerman Democratic Republic(East Germany)".
- Peoples_Chamber location Palace_of_the_Republic,_Berlin.
- Peoples_Chamber numberOfMembers "400".
- Peoples_Chamber thumbnail Coat_of_arms_of_East_Germany.svg?width=300.
- Peoples_Chamber type Lower_house.
- Peoples_Chamber type Unicameralism.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageExternalLink ASuccessfulPolicySearedtotheNeedsofthePeople.
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- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageRevisionID "662836279".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Abortion.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Alliance_90.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Alliance_for_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Association_of_Free_Democrats.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Bloc_party_(politics).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Bundestag.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Category:1949_establishments_in_East_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Category:1990_disestablishments_in_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_unicameral_legislatures.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Category:Government_of_East_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Chamber_of_States.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Christian_Democratic_Union_(East_Germany).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Council_of_Ministers_of_the_GDR.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Cultural_Association_of_the_GDR.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Awakening.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Farmers_Party_of_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Womens_League_of_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_centralism.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink East_German_Green_Party.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink East_German_general_election,_1990.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink East_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Egon_Krenz.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Free_Democratic_Party_(GDR).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Free_German_Trade_Union_Federation.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Free_German_Youth.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Gerald_Götting.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink German_Democratic_Republic.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink German_Forum_Party.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink German_Social_Union_(East_Germany).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Günther_Maleuda.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Horst_Sindermann.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Johannes_Dieckmann.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Kulturbund.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Legislature.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Liberal-Democratic_Party_of_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Presidents_of_the_Peoples_Chamber.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Lower_house.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink National_Defense_Council_of_East_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink National_Defense_Council_of_the_GDR.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink National_Democratic_Party_of_Germany_(East_Germany).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink National_Front_(East_Germany).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Palace_of_the_Republic,_Berlin.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Palace_of_the_Republic_(Berlin).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Palast_der_Republik.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Party_of_Democratic_Socialism_(Germany).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Peaceful_Revolution.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Peoples_Chamber.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Politburo.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Presidium_of_the_Peoples_Chamber.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Reichstag_(Nazi_Germany).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Sabine_Bergmann-Pohl.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Schloßplatz_(Berlin).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Stasi.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink State_Council_of_East_Germany.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink State_Council_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink The_Left_Party.PDS.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink Unicameralism.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink United_Left_(East_Germany).
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0111-046,_Berlin,_Demonstrant_vor_Volkskammer.jpg.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLink File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-0312-021,_Berlin,_Volkskammerwahl,_Stimmzettel_Wahlkreis_I.jpg.
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "" Provisional ''Volkskammer''"".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "''(Volkskammer)''".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "''Volkskammer''".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "East German Parliament".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Assembly (''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Assembly".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Legislative Assembly (''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Legislative Assembly".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Legislative assembly".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Legislature (''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Legislature / ''(Volkskammer)''".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National Legislature".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National assembly (''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National legislative Assembly (''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National legislative assembly (''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National legislature ''("Volkskammer")''".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National legislature ''(Volkskammer)''".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National legislature (''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "National legislature".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "People's Chamber ''("Volkskammer")''".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "People's Chamber (''"Volkskammer"''/ national legislature)".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "People's Chamber (''Volkskammer'' / National Legislative Assembly)".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "People's Chamber (''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "People's Chamber (National Assembly / ''Volkskammer'')".
- Peoples_Chamber wikiPageWikiLinkText "People's Chamber (National Legislative Assembly / ''Volkskammer'')".