Three-man college

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In the specialist literature, the three-man college is the term made up of the Prime Minister , the President of the State Parliament and the President of the State Council of the Free State of Prussia , which was provided for by Article 14 of the Prussian Constitution of November 30, 1920 and which could unanimously resolve the dissolution of the State Parliament.

A historically significant incident occurred in February 1933 when Landtag President Hanns Kerrl ( NSDAP ) wanted to dissolve the Landtag. Konrad Adenauer ( center ), who as President of the State Council was a member of the college, wanted to make a legal decision-making impossible and left the room before a decision was made. The two remaining members of the college, Kerrl and Reichsvizechanzler Franz von Papen (independent), who acted as provisional Prussian Prime Minister , decided to dissolve the state parliament with their two votes, which they viewed as unanimous within the meaning of the constitution.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Constitution of the Free State of Prussia , accessed on January 18, 2014.