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how to secure a majority for the government position. The government considered a peer boost and presented lists of names to Kaiser
Wilhelm II. Instead, a "Central Assembly" of the State Council was called. The 16 members of the State Council selected in this way, advised by 26 large agrarians and financial magnates, met from March 12 to 21 under the chairmanship of the Emperor.
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Bismarck at Kaiser Wilhelm II's request and declared that he would become Vice President of the State Council if he appeared (Wilhelm II himself wanted to chair the meetings). Nevertheless, Bismarck decided not to attend the meeting and Hohenlohe became vice president. The second question was
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and the King inaugurated the members into office. From 1854 onwards, he only called meetings of the
Central Assembly; for the other members, membership in the State Council was purely an honor. The King only referred a few matters to the Council of State for consideration. In October 1856, he had the
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on 4 January 1895 that he would convene the State
Council to discuss the bill. This led to intensive discussions. Bismarck's participation was a constitutional problem because a legal question existed whether his membership expired when he left office or whether he was a member for life due to his
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Secretary of the State Council. The basis of the work of the State Council was the regulation concerning the negotiations of the State Council. The regulations adapted the departments of the State Council to the structure of the ministries. Above all, the State Council was
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New members were appointed (former members remained members) and the State
Council was invited to deliberate. Some of the members of the State Council formed the "Central Assembly". On July 4, 1854, the full assembly of the State Council met in the
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Council in 1854 as a personal body to assess the most important state affairs. When the State Council was re-established, its role in the legislative process changed. Because laws were now only dealt with in the
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ended. At that point, it only consisted of 8 members, apart from the members by office. The law on the provisional order of state power in
Prussia of 20 March 1919 no longer provided for the State Council. The
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from 1817 to 1848 and reactivated in 1854, 1884, and 1895. Its members did not have the title of State
Councilor, but were allowed to call themselves a Member of the State Council.
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appointment in 1854. The political question was Kaiser Wilhelm II's policy of reconciliation towards Bismarck. The then Imperial Chancellor and
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Handbuch zum Ministerial-Blatt für die gesammte innere Verwaltung in den königlich preußischen Staaten
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