Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen21 March 1871
Opens the 1st Reichstag of the 2nd Reich
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Opens the 1st Reichstag of the 2nd Reich
A National Government, Reichstag, is elected by all males over 25 by secret ballot
The new empire has a Parliament with two houses, the lower house, or Reichstag, is elected by universal male suffrage, however, the original constituencies drawn in 1871 were never redrawn to reflect the growth of urban areas
Dissolves the Reichstag after it refuses his increases to the military budget
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