West Berlin government

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The West Berlin government was the political authority administering the Western sectors of Berlin during the Cold War, operating as a democratically elected body aligned with the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Label Occurrences
West Berlin authorities 2
West Berlin government canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government
political authority
subnational government
alignedWith Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: West Germany
appliesToJurisdiction Western sectors of Berlin
capital West Berlin
characteristic democratically elected
limited sovereignty
country West Berlin
dissolvedFollowing German reunification
accession of East Germany to the Federal Republic of Germany
electoralSystem proportional representation
endTime 1990
executiveBody Senate of Berlin (West Berlin)
followedBy state government of Berlin (reunified)
unified Berlin government
governmentType parliamentary democracy
hadRelationshipWith East Berlin government
linked to: East Berlin

German Democratic Republic
linked to: East Germany
hadStatus not fully sovereign under international law
politically associated with the Federal Republic of Germany
headOfGovernment Governing Mayor of West Berlin
legalBasis West German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) as applied to West Berlin
legislativeBody Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin (West Berlin House of Representatives)
locatedIn Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
operatedDuring Cold War
partOf Western Bloc
linked to: NATO

political system of West Germany
politicalAlignment Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)
linked to: West Germany
precededBy Allied military government in Berlin
responsibleFor education policy in West Berlin
local administration of West Berlin
municipal services in West Berlin
public order in West Berlin
urban planning in West Berlin
seatOfGovernment Rathaus Schöneberg
significantEvent Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
construction of the Berlin Wall
fall of the Berlin Wall
startTime 1949
underAuthorityOf France
United Kingdom
United States
Western Allied powers
linked to: Allied forces
usedLanguage German

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Walter Momper partOf West Berlin government
Krolloper demolishedBy West Berlin authorities
linked to: West Berlin government
Moabit Prison usedBy West Berlin authorities
linked to: West Berlin government