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National Defense Council

East German government body responsible for military and national defense affairs (1960-1989)
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National Defense Council

Summary

National Defense Council is a government agency[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Defense Council is in the country of German Democratic Republic[3].
  • National Defense Council's instance of is recorded as government agency[4].
  • National Defense Council's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140882887[5].
  • National Defense Council's GND ID is recorded as 4382652-0[6].
  • National Defense Council's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n95111972[7].
  • National Defense Council's Commons category is recorded as National Defense Council of the German Democratic Republic[8].
  • +1960-02-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Defense Council[9].
  • National Defense Council was dissolved in +1989-12-06T00:00:00Z[10].
  • National Defense Council's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cs0fx[11].
  • National Defense Council's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'NVR'}[12].
  • National Defense Council's position held by head of the organization is recorded as Chairman of the National Defence Council of the GDR[13].
  • National Defense Council's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007314416905171[14].
  • National Defense Council's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/0218db83-3911-4230-bb53-fda59eb89fe6[15].

Body

Founding

+1960-02-10T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Defense Council[9].

Identity

National Defense Council's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'NVR'}[12].

Dissolution

National Defense Council was dissolved in +1989-12-06T00:00:00Z[10].

Why It Matters

National Defense Council ranks in the top 5% of government_agency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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