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3 unusual facts about Parliament of the Klaipėda Region


Parliament of the Klaipėda Region

The pro-German parliament often clashed with the pro-Lithuanian Klaipėda Directorate (executive branch of local government) and the first three parliaments were dismissed before the end of their full three-year term.

The Convention also established the framework of the autonomous institutions – the local parliament and the Klaipėda Directorate (executive branch).

According to the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) was detached from East Prussia, German Empire, and placed under temporary administration of the League of Nations.



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