List of presidents of the State Council of Prussia

This is a list of presidents of the Prussian State Council from 1817 to 1933 in the Landtag of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia.

Presidents of the Prussian State Council (Kingdom of Prussia) The presidents of the royal Prussian State Council were the heads of the government.

Name PeriodState Chancellor Karl August von HardenbergPresident, if the King did not hold the presidency himself1817–1822Otto von Voß (acting)Recht als Erbe und Ausgave: Heinz Holzauer zum 21. April 20051822–1823Karl zu MecklenburgCoburn, H (1837): The United States Magazine1827–1837Karl von MüfflingDeutsche Biographie1837–1844Gustav von Rochowrbb Preußen Chronik | Gustav Adolf Rochus von Rochov1844–1847Friedrich Carl von Savigny1847–1848Otto Theodor von Manteuffel1852–1856

Presidents of the Prussian State Council (Free State of Prussia) The presidents of the republican Prussian State Council were the head of the second chamber of the state parliament, staffed by representatives of the provinces of Prussia. On 18 May 1933 the state council ceded its participation in legislation to the Nazi Reich's government by voting for the Prussian empowerment Act.Joachim Lilla, „Die Vertretung der Rheinprovinz im Preußischen Staatsrat (1921 bis 1933) und im Reichsrat (1921 bis 1934)“ (version of 9 October 2012), on: Portal Rheinische Geschichte: Das Informationssystem zur rheinischen Geschichte, retrieved on 5 November 2010. On 8 July 1933 the new Law on the State Council abolished it as an elected body and converted into a council of Nazi party favorites chosen by Göring's state government.

Name Period PartyKonrad AdenauerJoachim Lilla (2005): Der preußischer Staatsrat 1921-1933, Düsseldorf1921–1933ZentrumRobert Ley1933NSDAP

See also State Chancellor of Prussia

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