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Refuses the crown offered to him by the new Confeferation of a united Germany
Constitution of Germany
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1870
1871
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Declared Emperor of a united German Reich in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles
1915
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Creates a semi-independent "Congress Poland" ruled by an aristocratic Assembly
1916
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Proclaims the Polish Congress of State for military & economic resources for Germany
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Ludendorff and Hindenburg become the leaders of the military-industrial dictatorship 3rd Supreme Command
1917
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Ludendorff becomes the dominant figure in the 3rd Supreme Command and after the resignation of Theobald Bethmann Hollweg takes political, military and economic control of Germany
1918
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supporter of the monarchy until the abdication of the Kaiser ("If the Kaiser abdicates, the social revolution is inevitable. But I do not want it, I hate it like sin", he says to Max von Baden
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Proclaims the new "Free German Republic" without any Party or Government authorization
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From November 1918 through January 1919, Germany is governed dictatorially by the Council of Peoples Commissioners.
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The Ebert-Groener pact stipulates that the Government would not attempt to reform the Army so long as the army swore to protect the state.
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To ensure that his fledgling Government is able to maintain control over the country, Ebert makes an uneasy pact with the OHL, now led by Ludendorffs successor General Wilhelm Groener.
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Begins preparations for elections to the new National Constitutional Assembly
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Liebknechts proclamation ends the German Monarchy and an entirely Socialist provisional Government took power under Eberts leadership. Ebert favoured retaining the monarchy under a different ruler but Scheidemann proclaimes the German Republic, in response to the unrest in Berlin and in order to counter a declaration of the "Free Socialist Republic" by Karl Liebknecht. Calls for a National Constitutional Assembly
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Ebert leads the new Government for the next several months, notably using the army under support of Minister of Defence Gustav Noske to suppress the Spartacist uprising, commonly identified with Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
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Assassinated & a communist revolt suppressed, Bavaria joins the Weimar Republic
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A Socialist Republic under Kurt Eisner is established
1919
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When the Constituent Assembly met in Weimar in February, 1919, Ebert was chosen to be the first president of the German Republic
1945
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In Hitler's 1945 political testament he appoints Admiral Karl Doenitz to succeed him, but he names Doenitz as President, not Fuhrer, thereby re-establishing a constitutional office which had lain dormant since Hindenburgs death in 1934
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The Allied Berlin Declaration abolishes all the institutions of German civil Government, and establishes that the constitution no longer holds any legal force
1948
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The Basic Laws are drawn up to provide West Germany with a working constitution. The Basic Law rests on the will of the people of the western Lander. A Federal Assembly, the Bundestag, is to be elected every 4 yrs by universal suffrage. A Constitution is postponed until re-unification
1949
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The Basic Law (Grundgesetz), invests the Chancellor (German, Bundeskanzler) with broad powers to initiate Government policy & for that reason, some observers refer to the German political system as a "Chancellor democracy"
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The Chancellor's authority emanates from the provisions of the Basic Law and in practice from his or her status as leader of the party (or coalition of parties) holding a majority of seats in the Bundestag (federal Parliament)
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With the founding of the Federal Republic, the German Chancellor is now officially addressed as "Herr Bundeskanzler"
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Becomes West Germany's 1st President
1951
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The FDR & DDR agree to send reresentatives to the United Nations to discuss free elections. Russia opposes free elections in Germany
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