The Allied High Commission (in German "Alliierte Hohe Kommission", "AHK") was established by Great Britain, France, and the United States of America after the 1948 breakdown of the Allied Control Council to regulate and supervise the development of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Control Council headquarters The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority, known in German as the Alliierter Kontrollrat, was a military occupation governing body of Germany after the end of World War II in Europe; the members were the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. ...

The Commission took its seat on the Petersberg near Bonn and started its work on September 21, 1949. It ceased to function when West Germany gained full sovereignty on May 5, 1955. The Occupation Statute specified the prerogatives of the Western allies vis-à-vis the German government, and preserved the right to intervene in areas of military, economic, and foreign policy importance. These rights were revised in the Petersberg agreement several weeks later. Bonn is a city in Germany (19th largest), in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the north of the Siebengebirge. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme authority over a geographic region, group of people or oneself. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

With the creation of the Federal Republic and the institution of the High Commission, the position of the Military Governors was abolished. Instead each of the three Western allies named a High Commissioner.

High commissioners:

• Unites States of America:
  • Sep 2, 1949 - Aug 1, 1952 John J. McCloy
  • Aug 1, 1952 - Dec 11,1952 Walter J. Donnelly
  • Dec 11,1952 - Feb 10,1953 Samuel Reber (acting)
  • Feb 10,1953 - May 5, 1955 James B. Conant
• Great Britain:
  • Sep 21,1949 - Jun 24,1950 Sir Brian Hubert Robertson
  • Jun 24,1950 - Sep 29,1953 Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick
  • Sep 29,1953 - May 5, 1955 Sir Frederick Hoyer-Millar
• France:
  • Sep 21,1949 - May 5, 1955 André François-Poncet

John J. McCloy John Jay McCloy (March 31, 1895, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 11, 1989, Stamford, Connecticut) was lawyer and banker who later became a United States presidential advisor. ... James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 - February 11, 1978) was a chemist, educational administrator, and public servant. ... André François-Poncet (June 13, 1887–January 8, 1978) was a French politician and diplomat whose post as French ambassador to Germany allowed him to witness first-hand the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and Germanys preparations for war. ...

See also

• Allied Occupation Zones in Germany
• History of Germany since 1945

The four occupation zones The Allied powers who defeated Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder River into four occupation zones for administrative purposes during the period 1945-1949. ... After the beginning of the Cold War, following Germanys defeat in World War II, Germany was split for about 40 years, representing the focus of the two global blocks in the east and west. ...

References

• http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/DasGeteilteDeutschland/JahreDesAufbausInOstUndWest/ZweiStaatenZweiWege/alliierteHoheKommission.html About the Occupation Statute and the Allied High Commission (German)]