Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR

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The Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR was the highest legislative body of Soviet-era Lithuania, functioning as a nominal parliament under the control of the Communist Party.

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Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former legislature
supreme soviet
unicameral legislature
capitalOfJurisdiction Vilnius
continent Europe
country Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
countryEstablishedFor Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
deFactoRole nominal parliament under control of the Communist Party
deJureRole highest legislative body of the Lithuanian SSR
dissolved 11 March 1990
1990
followed People's Seimas
governingIdeology Marxism–Leninism
hadCommittee Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR
historicalEra Cold War
Soviet occupation of Lithuania
inception 1940
jurisdiction Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
legalStatusAfter1990 transformed into Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania
legalSystemContext Soviet law
legislativeBodyFor Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
legislativeProcess rubber-stamp approval of decisions of the Communist Party
locatedIn Vilnius
mainFunction formal approval of laws and plans drafted by party and government organs
meetsIn Seimas Palace
numberOfHouses 1
officialLanguage Lithuanian
Russian
oversightRole limited and largely symbolic
parentOrganization Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
partOf political system of the Lithuanian SSR
political system of the Soviet Union
politicalSystemContext one-party socialist state
powerStructure subordinate to executive and party leadership
relatedBody Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR
replacedBy Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
linked to: Seimas

Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania
selectionOfDeputies formally elected but effectively pre-selected by the Communist Party
significantDevelopment increasing autonomy and national movement representation in late 1980s
significantEvent adoption of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
significantEventDate 11 March 1990
significantPeriod perestroika
stateForm union republic legislature within a federal socialist state
subordinateTo Communist Party of Lithuania
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
typeOfParliament nominally representative body
votingSystem single-candidate elections

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Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic legislature Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR
Supreme Council of Lithuania precededBy Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR
Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR hadJudgesAppointedBy Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR
Council of Ministers of the Lithuanian SSR subordinateTo Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR