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Universal Suffrage

Germany · Government / Weimar Republic. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1919Date range
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Chronological records

1919

Friedrich Ebert11 August 1919

Weimar · Government / Weimar Republic

The fundamental tenet of the Weimar Constitution is that Germany will be a republic on the Parliamentary model with a Parliament elected using proportional representation, universal suffrage is established, with a minimum voting age of 20

Hugo Preuss11 August 1919

Berlin · Government / Weimar Republic

The fundamental tenet of the Weimar Constitution is that Germany will be a republic on the Parliamentary model with a Parliament elected using proportional representation, universal suffrage is established, with a minimum voting age of 20

Names involved

Friedrich EbertHugo Preuss

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