- First German Bundestag
=Dates of Session=
1949-1953
*Election for the first Bundestag occurred on14 August 1949 .
*The Bundestag convened for the first time inBonn on7 September 1949 .
*The session ended onSeptember 7 1953 .Coalitions
*CDU/CSU, FDP and DP form coalition (208 seats, 51.7%) to elect
Konrad Adenauer as the firstChancellor of Germany Major political events
*Bundestag meets with
quorum of members to electErich Köhler firstPresident of the Bundestag ,7 September 1949 .
*Federal Convention electsTheodor Heuss firstPresident of Germany
*Bundestag electsKonrad Adenauer firstChancellor 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 ("Lastenausgleichsgesetz"),corporate governance , andantitrust regulation
*Bundestag ratifies treaty for theEuropean Coal and Steel Community Officers
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President of the Bundestag -Erich Köhler ,Hermann Ehlers eats by Party
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* [http://www.wahlrecht.de/ergebnisse/bundestag.htm Bundestag Election Results (German)]
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundestag#Geschichte Bundestag History from German Wikipedia]
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