House of Deputies (Austria)
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House of Deputies Abgeordnetenhaus | |
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Leadership | |
President | Gustav Groß (last) |
Seats | 516 (from 1907) |
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Debating chamber of the House of Deputies Austrian Parliament Building Vienna |
The House of Deputies (Template:Lang-de, Template:Lang-cs, Template:Lang-pl, Template:Lang-it) was, from 1861, the lower house of the bicameral Imperial Council parliament of the Austrian Empire and, from 1867 to 1918, of the Cisleithanian lands within Austria-Hungary. The upper chamber was the House of Lords.
History
The first provisional chamber of deputies established in Austria was held in 1861 in the Währinger Straße in Vienna, in the building referred to as the " Schmerling Theater " which was used until 1883 to accommodate parliamentary meetings.
External links
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