- Second German Bundestag
=Dates of Session=
1953-1957
*The 2nd Bundestag convened inBonn on6 October 1953 .
*The session ended on6 October 1957 .Coalitions
*CDU/CSU and FDP form coalition (311 seats, 63.9%) to reelect
Konrad Adenauer asChancellor of Germany Major political events
*Bundestag reelects
Hermann Ehlers as the secondPresident of the Bundestag ,6 October 1953
*Bundestag reelectsKonrad Adenauer Chancellor of Germany ,6 October 1953 .
*Upon Ehlers' death, Bundestag electsEugen Gerstenmaier third President of the Bundestag,16 November 1954
*Bundestag passes first reform of state-funded pension system
*Bundestag ratifiesTreaty of Rome
*In 1955, constitution is amended to allow for defensive military andconscription over the strong opposition of the SPD minority
*Germany joins theNATO Officers
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President of the Bundestag -Hermann Ehlers ,Eugen Gerstenmaier 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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