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First German Bundestag
Dates of Session
1949-1953
Election for the first Bundestag occurred on 14
August 1949
.
The Bundestag convened
for the first time
in
Bonn
on 7
September 1949
.
The
session
ended on
September 7
, 1953.
Coalitions
CDU/CSU,
FDP
and
DP
form coalition to
elect
Konrad Adenauer
as the first
Chancellor of Germany
Major political
events
Bundestag meets with
quorum
of members to elect
Erich Köhler
first
President of the Bundestag
,
7 September
1949.
Federal Convention elects
Theodor Heuss
first
President of Germany
Bundestag elects Konrad Adenauer first Chancellor of
Germany
,
12 September
1949.
Köhler loses support within his own
party
,
Hermann Ehlers
elected
second President of the Bundestag.
Kurt Schumacher is temporarily removed from the Bundestag after calling Adenauer "the Allied Forces' Chancellor"
Bundestag passes
laws
concerning restitution and recovery of damages due to
World War II
,
corporate governance
, and
antitrust
regulation
Bundestag ratifies
treaty
for the
European Coal and Steel Community
Officers
President of the Bundestag - Erich Köhler, Hermann Ehlers
Seats
by party