101:(executive branch). The parliament was to be democratically elected for three-year terms by the local inhabitants in the proportion of one representative per 5,000 residents. The parliament confirmed and dismissed the Directorate, appointed by the Governor. The Directorate and the Lithuanian-appointed Governor could dismiss the parliament; in such a case, the new elections had to be called within six weeks. The Governor could veto laws passed by the parliament, but only if they violated the Convention,
120:, the 1935 election was postponed by the Lithuanians beyond the six-week period allowed by the Convention in hopes to build a pro-Lithuanian momentum. The election law was also changed – the voters now had to submit 29 separate ballots for each individual they preferred, rather than a single ballot for a party. The German parties submitted a single unified list, while Lithuanian parties presented six. The parliament was disbanded after the
22:
97:, signed in May 1924 and fully effective in August 1925. The Convention included the Statute of the Klaipėda Region, which described region's legislative, judicial, administrative, and financial autonomy. The Convention also established the framework of the autonomous institutions – the local parliament and the
105:, or other international agreements. Of the 165 laws passed between 1925 and 1938, 62 were vetoed. The parliament was in charge of region's education, religious affairs, public health and welfare, local infrastructure, civil, criminal, and economic legislature, finances, court organization, etc.
112:. The pro-German parliament often clashed with the more pro-Lithuanian Directorate. The first three parliaments were dismissed by the Directorate and the Governor. In the 1932 case, the
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of 1924 and the first elections took place in
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122:ultimatum of March 1939
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916:Categories
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734:References
649:1938-12-11
616:1935-09-29
526:1932-05-04
462:1930-10-10
398:1927-08-30
333:1925-10-19
185:1927–1935
165:1925–1927
39:Lithuanian
722:in 1935,
667:1,826,621
652:2,095,206
634:1,592,604
619:1,962,061
137:Speakers
91:Lithuania
51:Lithuania
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424:17,636
415:18,776
401:54,746
369:10,010
360:23,082
351:23,824
336:62,517
328:Seats
236:Total
148:Party
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707:Notes
670:87.2%
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406:7,311
378:1,564
372:16.0%
363:36.9%
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342:3,761
339:83.5%
322:Votes
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313:Votes
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862:OCLC
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