Provisional National Council (Bavaria)

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The Provisional National Council of the Free People's State of Bavaria met from November 8, 1918 to January 4, 1919. It was the forerunner of the Bavarian state parliaments after the Wittelsbach monarchy was ousted in the course of the 1918 November Revolution .

history

With the proclamation of the Free State on the night of November 8, 1918, Kurt Eisner was elected by the Munich Workers 'and Soldiers' Council as the first "Prime Minister" or "Chairman of the entire Ministry" of the new Bavarian Republic and formed a government cabinet of members on the morning of November 8 the (M) SPD and the USPD .

The Provisional National Council was convened improvised in the state parliament building on the afternoon of November 8th. It met in place of the elected members of the old system and consisted of members of the workers' and soldiers' council as well as former members of the SPD, the farmers ' union and three liberal members of the state parliament. The exact composition at this first meeting is not known. He confirmed the coalition government of the USPD and SPD under Eisner (USPD) and thereby gave it "at least a temporary legitimacy".

The Provisional National Council was of little political importance and was only convened for its second session on December 13th. The 256 members of the council are now all known by name. State workers ', state soldiers and state farmers' council each sent 50 representatives. Behind these were 6,000 to 7,000 council organizations across Bavaria. Another 38 members were already represented in the old parliament: 28 social democrats, six representatives of the farmers' union and four liberal MPs . There were also representatives of the trade unions, railway workers and professional and interest groups.

The National Council only had an advisory role for the Eisner government and had no involvement in legislation. The provisional constitutional law of the Republic of Bavaria of January 4, 1919 also confirmed that the revolutionary government exercises legislative and executive power . This should apply until the draft constitution is finally settled . In the revolutionary government, the MSPD advocated parliamentary democracy, while Eisner built on the council system, but rejected a “ dictatorship of the proletariat ”.

With the state elections on January 12, 1919 , the Provisional National Council lost its legitimacy. The USPD Prime Minister Eisner suffered a heavy electoral defeat. At the opening of the newly elected state parliament on February 21, 1919, Eisner wanted to declare his resignation, and was murdered on the way there.

Members of the Provisional National Council

The composition at the first meeting on November 8, 1918 is not known. On December 13, the Provisional National Council had 256 members. Many of them only know the name and the sending organization. There were seven women among the members.

Presidium of the Provisional National Council

literature

  • Georg Köglmeier: The central council bodies in Bavaria 1918/19. Legitimation, organization, function. Munich 2001. pp. 228-287.
  • Heinz Hürten: Handbook of Bavarian History. Volume IV / 1. Beck, Munich 2003. pp. 440-457.
  • Franz Menges: History of Modern Bavaria. Munich 2000. p. 152 ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical Lexicon of Bavaria, Ferdinand Kramer: Bavarian Prime Minister. (As of November 24, 2016)
  2. ↑ a b HdBG: Provisional National Council 1918-1919 (accessed December 8, 1912)