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Election for the first Bundestag occurred on 14 August 1949.
The Bundestag convened for the first time in Bonn on 7 September 1949.
The session ended on September 7, 1953.
Coalitions
CDU/CSU, FDP and DP form coalition (208 seats, 51.7%) to elect Konrad Adenauer as the first Chancellor of Germany
Major political events
Bundestag meets with quorum of members to elect Erich Köhler first President of the Bundestag, 7 September 1949.
Federal Convention elects Theodor Heuss first President of Germany
Bundestag elects Konrad Adenauer first Chancellor of Germany, 12 September 1949.
Köhler loses support within his own party, Hermann Ehlers elected second President of the Bundestag.
Kurt Schumacher is temporarily removed from the Bundestag after calling Adenauer "the Allied Forces' Chancellor"
Bundestag passes laws concerning restitution and recovery of damages due to World War II (Lastenausgleichsgesetz), corporate governance, and antitrust regulation
Bundestag ratifies treaty for the European Coal and Steel Community
Officers
President of the Bundestag - Erich Köhler, Hermann Ehlers
