State Council (German-Austria)
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| State Council Staatsrat | |
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 Coat of Arms of German-Austria | |
| Type | Collegiate body |
| Status | |
| Jurisdiction | Provisional National Assembly |
| Country | German-Austria |
| History | |
| Established | 30 October 1918 |
| Preceded by | Emperor of Austria (assumed all powers) |
| Succeeded by |
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| Dissolved | 15 March 1919 |
| Composition | |
| Directory |
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| Staff |
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The State Council (German: Staatsrat) was the executive leadership of the Republic of German-Austria, a collegiate body established in the last days of World War I by the Provisional National Assembly.
The council comprised the three co-equal Presidents of the National Assembly Franz Dinghofer, Johann Hauser (who had replaced Jodok Fink) and Karl Seitz, as well as 20 other elected members of the National Assembly.
One member was chosen to serve as state notary and had the task to sign acts of the State Council into law. The state notary was solely charged with validating these acts and not with countersigning them, which would have otherwise granted him the power of denial.
The three Presidents of the National Assembly, the head of the chancellery (Chancellor Karl Renner) and the state notary formed the Directory of the State Council.
The State Council appointed the First Renner government as of 30 October 1918. On 12 November 1918, the council provisionally assumed all constitutional powers of the emperor.[1]