19th Chawopolis Palace

The Chawopolis Palace is the seat of government of Chawosauria.

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The **19th Chawopolis Palace**, or **Palace 19**, was the session of the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace lasting from January 1, 1996, to December 31, 1999. The 19th Chawopolis Palace was presided by Prime Minister and Speaker Shang Jong Parker and the Leader of the Official Opposition was George Windsor. The Chawallian Communist Party was the supermajority party of the Chawopolis Palace after winning an upset landslide reelection in the 1995 Chawosaurian legislative elections after the fall of the USSR in 1991. With this Communist Party supermajority, Opposition Leader George Windsor was effectively denied the ability to become Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria on the date of January 1, 2000. Jonathan Lachlan MacAlasdair VIII, a Communist from the United States, became Prime Minister instead thanks to this Communist Party supermajority. The Chawallian Communist Party was allowed unified control of government, holding the Monarchy, the Premiership, and supermajority control of the Chawopolis Palace.

Palace 19 ended on December 31, 1999 and it is the last session of parliament to take place in the Empire of Chawosauria in the 20th century. Shang Jong Parker went on to become Supreme Leader of the Empire of Chawosauria of his own in 2020, just a near decade following the eventual death of Supreme Leader Timothy Max Roosevelt in 2011. George Windsor, the Opposition Leader, left the post in 2015 after being massively defeated in the 2015 Chawosaurian legislative elections and he died in 2020 at age 90, leaving Shang Jong Parker as the sole surviving former leader of the 19th Chawopolis Palace of 1996-1999.

## Background

The Chawallian Communist Party won the 1995 Chawosaurian legislative elections in a landslide in a surprise victory because the expectations since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was that the Communist Party would lose control of the Imperial Assembly of the Chawopolis Palace, which would have ended the prime ministership of Shang Jong Parker and his political career.

## Leadership

Leadership of the 19th Chawopolis Palace
    Shang Jong Parker | Prime Minister of the Empire of Chawosauria | January 1, 1990

## Composition

Composition of the 19th Chawopolis Palace
 End of Palace 18 | **363** | 222
 Date

## Major Events

* **January 1, 1996**: Palace 19 is sworn into parliamentary control.
* **October 24, 1996**: First Congo War begin.
* **November 5, 1996**: U.S. President Bill Clinton wins reelection in a landslide.
* **May 1, 1997**: Tony Blair and the U.K. Labour Party wins the British general election in a landslide.
* **May 16, 1997**: First Congo War ends.
* **July 1, 1997**: Britain hands Hong Kong over to China.
* **August 13, 1997**: First *South Park* episode aired, beginning one of the longest and popular, but also one of the most controversial TV series in television history.
* **August 2, 1998**: Second Congo War breaks out.
* **December 19, 1998**: President Clinton is impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives.
* **February 12, 1999**: President Clinton is acquitted and allowed to complete his presidency.
* **May 1, 1999**: First *SpongeBob SquarePants* episode aired, beginning one of the longest and popular TV series in television history.
* **December 31, 1999**: Elections of 1999 including the 1999 Chawosaurian legislative elections and New Years celebrations for the transition into the 21st century.

## Major Legislation

* Congo Acts 1996
* Hong Kong Act of 1997
* Labor Rights Act of 1997
* Computers Act of 1998
* Food Stamps Act of 1998
* Cancer Awareness Act of 1998
* Sexual Assault and Misconduct Awareness Act of 1999
* Mandela Act 1999

## See also

* 18th Chawopolis Palace
* 20th Chawopolis Palace
* Shang Jong Parker
* Chawosauria in the Cold War
* Groovy Decade