Státní plánovací komise
The Státní plánovací komise , (abbreviation: SPK, German: State Planning Commission), was one of the most important instruments of the real socialist policy of central economic planning and its implementation in Czechoslovakia . The Commission was responsible for drawing up the five-year plans . The State Planning Commission was based in Prague , directly on the banks of the Vltava .
history
Planning commission
The commission was set up during the Stalinist phase on July 22, 1959 with Law 41/1959 as the successor to the State Planning Bureau ( Státní plánovací úřad ) of March 12, 1949. The planning commission was only dissolved in the course of the transition to the market economy. In accordance with the structure of the state at that time, a subordinate body was established for Slovakia, the Slovak Planning Commission, but there was no Czech Commission.
building
The core of the building is made of reinforced concrete and was built between 1926 and 1929 for the Czech Workers' Accident Insurance Fund. The architect was Jaroslav Rössler , a student of Jan Kotěra . The building with the striking monumental facade has more than 700 rooms. The facade is mainly oriented towards the Vltava . Allegorical statues of workers by Josef Mařatka are located above the main entrance . The interior walls are made of polished marble or granite, while the outside is made of limestone.
The architecturally very dominant building of the former state planning commission is under monument protection and is located in the city district Prague 7 , district: Holešovice and is today the seat of the tax authorities.
tasks and goals
The main task of the State Planning Commission was to draw up the plan for the development of the national economy ( central administration economy ). These plans were then submitted to the government for approval and implementation.
The structure and tasks of this authority corresponded to those of the State Planning Commission of the GDR and the corresponding institutions in other Eastern Bloc countries. It should raise the material and cultural level of the population through the maximum use of economic and natural resources and thus create the conditions for a rapid transition from socialism to communism. The Slovak Planning Commission also had a corresponding structure and tasks (with some peculiarities), as can be seen in detail from Act 45/1959.
The precise structure, tasks, statute and objectives of the commission were regulated in Law 44/1959. According to the wording of this law, the most important were:
- Prepare draft plans for further economic development and submit them to the government
- to develop the framework measures in the area of pricing
- ensure the growth of labor productivity and technology in production
- to understand the development of the Czechoslovak economy as part of the development of the entire so-called socialist camp and therefore to take into account the circumstances of the international division of labor and cooperation
- to make all working people aware of the importance of these goals and to win them over to these goals
For these tasks, the commission had numerous instruments at its disposal, such as the State Committee for Technology Development, the State Committee for Development, the State Wage Commission and the like. a. It was also given powers of attorney that guaranteed a complex integration of all subordinate organs down to the community level and individual production sites.
With the transition to a market economy after the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989, the commission lost its legitimacy and was dissolved.
organization
The commission was headed by the respective deputy prime minister of the country, who also held the rank of chairman of the commission. The high-ranking members included important ministers from the various economic departments, finance as well as other experts from the fields of economy, science, technology etc. The members of the commission were appointed (or dismissed) by the President of the Republic on the proposal of the government , which also included the number the members regulated.
The State Planning Commission had its own administrative apparatus and was de facto the largest and most important ministry .
Known members
Well-known members of the State Planning Commission included Ota Šik and Oldřich Černík . The following people also held managerial positions:
- Otakar Šimůnek , Chairman of the State Planning Commission with the rank of Minister (June 22, 1954 until his replacement by Alois Indra on July 11, 1962).
- František Vlasák (Chairman of the State Planning Commission until April 30, 1968 with the rank of Minister),
- Václav Hůla (Chairman of the State Planning Commission 1969/70),
- Karol Martinka (Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission from January 1, 1971),
- Karol Martinka (Chairman of the State Planning Commission until September 11, 1972 with the rank of Minister),
- Pavol Bahyl (Chairman of the State Planning Commission January 25, 1973 - December 14, 1973 with the rank of Minister),
- Vladimír Janza (Chairman of the State Planning Commission from December 14, 1973 with the rank of Minister),
- Deputy Prime Minister Václav Hůla and at the same time Chairman of the State Planning Commission (until 1976),
- Václav Hůla , Deputy Prime Minister, also entrusted with the management of the State Planning Commission (1976–1981),
- Vladimír Janza (Deputy Chairwoman of the State Planning Commission 1976–1981 with the rank of Minister),
- After graduating from the University of Economics in Prague, Jiří Rusnok worked as a consultant in the State Planning Commission from around 1984 and later headed a department in the Ministry of Strategic Planning.
- Jaromír Žák was, among several other government functions, from June 19, 1989, Chairman of the State Planning Commission (and at the same time Deputy Prime Minister).
- The last chairman of the State Planning Commission was Vladimir Dlouhy .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Zákon 41/1959 Sb.aplikace.mvcr.cz / ... , Law 41/1959 of July 8, 1959, in force from July 22, 1959 (Czech), accessed on June 15, 2016
- ↑ Zákon 60/1949 Sb.aplikace.mvcr.cz / ... , Law 60/1949 of February 22, 1949, in force from March 12, 1949, accessed on June 15, 2016
- ↑ Dělnická úrazová pojišťovna, Úřad MČ Prague 7 . Online at: paternoster.archii.cz / ... .
- ↑ Listed property with the number 40985 / 1-1807.
- ↑ Zákon 45/1959 Sb. / Law 45/1959, online mvcr.cz/sbirka-zakonu, page 9 , in Slovak, accessed on January 24, 2010
- ↑ Zákon 44/1959 Sb.aplikace.mvcr.cz / ... , Law 44/1959 of July 17, 1959, in force from July 22, 1959 (Czech), accessed on June 15, 2016
- ↑ Vládu by mohl posílit Rusnok z ČSSD online .
Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '49.8 " N , 14 ° 26' 1.9" E