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 Chancellor of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The chancellor's authority emanates from the provisions of the Basic Law and from his or her status as leader of the party (or coalition of parties) holding a majority of seats in the Bundestag (federal parliament).
This was the case with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1999 until he resigned the chairmanship of the SPD in 2004.
The chancellor determines the composition of the Federal Cabinet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany   (1210 words)

  
 Chancellor of Germany article - Chancellor of Germany Politics Germany Constitution Federal Government Parliament - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The chancellor's authority emanates from the provisions of the Basic Law and from his or her status as leader of the party or coalition of parties holding a majority of seats in the Bundestag.
The chancellor is the only member of the government elected by the Bundestag, the ministers are chosen by the chancellor himself (officially nominated by the Bundespräsident).
The chancellor determines the composition of the cabinet.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Chancellor_of_Germany   (978 words)

  
 Chancellor of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Federal Chancellor of Austria (Bundeskanzler) is the head of government in Austria.
The Federal Chancellor is appointed by the Federal President of Austria who is theoretically totally free in his choice.
The Chancellor assumes his office immediately after the appointment and swear in by the president.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chancellor_of_Austria   (194 words)

  
 President of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The delegates of each Land to the Federal Convention are elected by the members of the legislature of that jurisdiction under a form of proportional representation.
Appointment of the Federal Government: The Federal President proposes an individual as Federal Chancellor and then, provided they are subsequently elected by the Bundestag, appoints him or her to the office.
Each time the incumbent chancellor called for the vote of confidence with the stated intention of being defeated, in order to be able to call for new elections before the end of their regular term.
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/President_of_Germany   (4150 words)

  
 Chancellor
The original chancellors were the cancellarii of Roman courts of justice, ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience.
The Chancellor of Germany or Bundeskanzler, is the title for the head of government in Germany.
In the United States government, the only official granted the title of chancellor is the Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution, a largely ceremonial office that has long been held by each Chief Justice.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chancellor.html   (1188 words)

  
 Chancellor of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The new constitution of the 1919 Weimar Republic said that the Chancellor was appointed by the Federal President, but that the parliament had the right to dismiss a chancellor or any of the ministers.
In the past, with Helmut Kohl and Gerhard Schröder (until 2004, where Schröder resigned from the post of chairman of the SPD), the chancellor has also frequently been the chairman of his own party - with the exception of Helmut Schmidt.
In addition, the vote is by secret ballot, unlike other votes in the Bundestag; this is to ensure that the Chancellor's majority does not depend on members merely putting on an outward act of support.
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Chancellor_of_Germany   (1057 words)

  
 Federal Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Federal Chancellor shall conduct the proceedings of the Federal Government in accordance with rules of procedure adopted by the Government and approved by the Federal President.
If the Federal Chancellor considers it political necessary to assure himself of the majority of the Bundestag, for example because his majority is not safe he can place the request "to express to him the confidence" in the Bundestag.
To force the confidence of the Bundestag, the Federal Chancellor has, as a pressure to the Bundestag, the possibility to suggest either the dissolution of the Bundestag or the announcing of the the legislation state of emergency (art.
www.staatsrecht4u.de /en/buregier.htm   (1104 words)

  
 EXCERPTS FROM THE BASIC LAW OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
(1) The Federal Ministers shall be appointed and dismissed by the Federal President upon the proposal of the Federal Chancellor.
The Federal Chancellor shall determine, and be responsible for, the general policy guidelines.
Half of the members of the Federal Constitutional Court shall be elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat.
www.uiowa.edu /~c030040/gerconst.htm   (1138 words)

  
 German Info: Elections 2002
The Federal Chancellor is elected by the Bundestag.
The Chancellor is the head of the federal government, the person responsible for the general outline of the government’s policies at home and abroad, and answerable to the Bundestag for the execution of these policies.
The Federal President is elected by a majority of the Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung), an assembly of all Bundestag members and an equal number of delegates chosen by the state legislatures according to the principle of proportional representation.
www.germany-info.org /relaunch/info/publications/infocus/Elections/Election_process.html   (1710 words)

  
 REGIERUNGonline - Bundestag Carries Vote of Confidence in Federal Chancellor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Parliament carried Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's motion for a vote of confidence by 336 of 662 votes cast (out of a total of 666 elected members); 326 members voted against the motion and there were no abstentions.
The Chancellor explained that a vote of confidence was as legitimate as any other instrument laid down in the constitution; it was explicitly intended to strengthen the position of the Federal Chancellor.
On November 13, 2001, the Federal Chancellor had submitted a request in the German Bundestag to combine the Bundestag's vote on the Federal Government's motion to mobilize and deploy German armed forces in the fight against international terrorism with a vote of confidence on November 16, 2001.
www.bundesregierung.de /en/artikel,-62967/Bundestag-Carries-Vote-of-Conf.htm   (441 words)

  
 The Government
(3) At the request of the Federal President, the Federal Chancellor, or at the request of the Federal Chancellor or of the Federal President, a Federal Minister is bound to continue to transact the business of his office until the appointment of a successor.
(1) The Federal Ministers are appointed and dismissed by the Federal President upon the proposal of the Federal Chancellor.
The Federal Chancellor and the Federal Ministers may not hold any other salaried office, nor engage in a trade, nor practice a profession, nor belong to the management or to the board of directors of an enterprise carried on for profit.
home.arcor.de /unitedstars/government.htm   (1250 words)

  
 Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt (October 1969) - Biografie Willy Brandt
The emergency laws establish the executive powers of the state in case of a crisis or defense emergency, and provide that the personal freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution (secrecy of the mail; freedom of assembly; etc.) can be restricted in case of a national emergency.
In the Federal elections of 1969 Willy Brandt appears again as the SPD candidate for Chancellor.
Willy Brandt proclaims in his policy declaration that "We face a need for comprehensive reforms in the Federal Republic." The reform program agreed upon by the SPD and FDP, looks toward construction of the social and welfare state and improvements in the living standards of workers and their families.
www.willy-brandt.org /bwbs_biografie/index.php?l=en&p=wb&m=2&id=400   (584 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Among the duties of the President of Germany is the nomination of the Federal Chancellor.
In 1982, I was elected as the Federal Chancellor of West Germany as a member of the Christian Democratic Union party, the chairman of the party.
In 1991, I was elected the Federal Chancellor of the new unified Germany.
www-personal.umich.edu /~rtanter/W96PS353S2/Kohl.Helmut   (698 words)

  
 Federal Foreign Office - Facts about Germany: The Federal Government
The main reason for the Chancellor's strong position is the fact that it is he who lays down the guidelines of government policy.
In political practice, in a coalition government the Chancellor must also take into account agreements reached with the other party in the coalition and he must convince the majority parties in parliament with regard to his policies.
The Federal Chancellor is the only member of the Cabinet elected by parliament and consequently it is he who is, in the first instance, accountable to the latter.
www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de /742.0.html   (396 words)

  
 Articles - Cabinet of Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It consists of the Chancellor and the cabinet ministers.
The Chancellor is responsible for guiding the cabinet; he decides what direction their policies will take and bears the responsibility.
Following the federal election of September 18, 2005 on October 10, 2005 negotiations on the formation of a grand coalition came to a consenus that a government would be led by Angela Merkel and consist of 8 social democrat members and 6 members from Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU.
www.lastring.com /articles/Cabinet_of_Germany?mySession=e8f4c5d5398e04e60950ff4c4e4ec4bb   (449 words)

  
 Translated German Cases | Institute of Global Law, UCL
the Petersberg Agreement of 22 November 1949 is a treaty that regulates the political relations of the Federation and is invalid due to the fact that it was not concluded by the Federal President and was not consented to by the legislative bodies in the form of a federal law.
Also not inconsistent with this appraisal of the legal substance of the Agreement are the declarations by the Federal Chancellor in the 18th Session of the German Bundestag on 24-25 November 1949.
The Federal Chancellor's declaration set forth in the Petersberg Agreement thus does not represent -- as alleged by the applicant -- an obligation under international law of the Federal Republic, for which the consent of the legislative bodies pursuant to Art.
ucl.ac.uk /laws/global_law/german-cases/print_bverg.shtml?29jul1952b   (4427 words)

  
 Federal Chancellary of Austria
In Chancellor Klima's first government, from 28 January 1997 to 4 February 2000, Schüssel was again Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs.
On 4 February 2000 Wolfgang Schüssel was sworn in as Federal Chancellor.
On 28 February 2003 he was sworn in as Federal Chancellor again.
www.bka.gv.at /DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=3520&Alias=english   (217 words)

  
 The beginning of the electoral term: Election of the Federal Chancellor
The Federal President is kept up to date by the chief negotiators on progress in forming a new government.
Since the coalition parties agree well before the election of the Federal Chancellor on the composition of the Federal Government (the Cabinet), the Federal Chancellor is generally able on the same day as his election to propose a list of ministers to the Federal President.
Traditionally, the Federal Chancellor delivers a government policy statement during the next plenary sitting (there is no regulation on this point) in which he presents the broad outlines of the new government's programme.
www.bundestag.de /htdocs_e/orga/02electbg/05electcan.html   (453 words)

  
 Car Flags of the Federal Government (Germany)
Undersecretaries of the Federation, head of the Chancellor's office, and representatives of the Federal Republic in Berlin (18 x 25 cm) —I presume the last position no longer exists—.
It is used by the Bundeskanzler (Federal Chancellor), the Präsident des Deutschen Bundestages (Speaker of the Lower House of the Parliament), the Präsident des Bundesrates (Speaker of the Upper House of the Parliament), the Präsident of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (President of the Federal Constitutional Court) in the size 30 x 30 cm.
It is used by the Staatssekretäre (State Secretaries), the Chef des Bundespräsidialamtes (Chief of the Federal Presidential Office), the Präsident des Bundesrechnungshofes (President of the Federal Audit Office), the Präsident der Bundesbank (President of the Federal Bank), the Präsidenten der obersten Gerichtshöfe des Bundes (Presidents of the Supreme Federal Courts).
www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/de^govt.html   (700 words)

  
 Items of business / Motions
In most cases they are demands or requests for the Federal Government to submit a bill to deal with a specific matter or to take specific measures, for instance, or are political declarations of intent.
67 of the Basic Law) must contain a proposal for the election of a new Federal Chancellor and be signed by a quarter of the Members of the Bundestag or by a parliamentary group, which comprises at least a quarter of the Members.
If such a motion of the Federal Chancellor for a vote of confidence, which he may combine with the vote on a bill, is not carried by the majority of the Members of the Bundestag, "the Federal President may, upon the proposal of the Federal Chancellor, dissolve the Bundestag within twenty-one days.
www.bundestag.de /htdocs_e/orga/04plenar/02itembusi/itembus2.html   (1394 words)

  
 [No title]
In Chancellor Klima's first government, from January 28th 1997 to February 4th 2000, she was again Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs.
From February, 1993, to December, 1993, holding the rank of Minister plenipotentiary, was Deputy Chief of Protocol of the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
On November 29th 1994 was sworn in as Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry in Chancellor Vranitzky's fourth Cabinet.
www.chez.com /vipsgov/austria.htm   (3669 words)

  
 German Law Journal - The Decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court of 25th August 2005 — Dissolution of the ...
The political balance of power in the Parliament must have undermined the Chancellor’s capacity to act in such a manner that he or she cannot reasonably pursue a policy supported by the majority of the Parliament.
The Federal Constitutional Court, in the 1983 case, held that the Chancellor must prove the existence of a situation that prevents him from pursuing a policy supported by the majority of the Parliament before he or she can pursue the Vertrauensfrage process.  The President must apply the same standard in scrutinizing the Chancellor’s dissolution request.
It is undeniably true that that the Federal Constitutional Court decision of 25 August 2005 marks yet another step away from the “parliamentary democracy” that the Germans have learned to cherish in the light of their Nazi past.
www.germanlawjournal.com /article.php?id=629   (3805 words)

  
 Business Location Center - Investieren in Deutschland - Politisches System
- Appointing and dismissing the federal ministers on the proposal of the Chancellor
The Federal Chancellor holds a special position among the ministers and heads the Federal Cabinet.
The Federal Chancellor selects the ministers and makes a binding proposal to the Federal President concerning their nomination or dismissal.
www.blc.berlin.de /en/E/ii/seite1.jsp?nav1=open   (407 words)

  
 The New Federal Chancellor and his Cabinet in Bonn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Gerhard Schröder was elected Federal Chancellor with a vote of 351 in favour, 287 against with 27 abstentions.
Chancellor Schröder and his Socialist Party has sealed a coalition with the environmentalist party Alliance 90/The Greens that pledges to further stress ecological issues and to move toward reducing the dependence on nuclear power plants.
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and Federal Vice Chancellor: Mr.
www.germanembassy-india.org /news/GN98Nov/gn07.htm   (342 words)

  
 Federal Chancellor Annemarie Huber-Hotz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Federal Chancellery with its staff of more than 180 has been headed by Federal Chancellor Annemarie Huber-Hotz since January 2000.
The Federal Chancellor is elected by the Federal Assembly for a four-year term at the same time as the members of the Federal Council, or government.
Federal Chancellor Annemarie Huber-Hotz is the head of staff of the Federal Council.
www.admin.ch /ch/e/bk/chanc/chancellor.html   (230 words)

  
 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The President and Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany have agreed to assume joint patronage of a Federal Chancellor Scholarship for Future American Leaders, to commence in 1990.
The Chancellor's purpose in launching this initiative was to make people of both countries, especially the younger generations, more acutely aware of the fundamental importance of the strong ties and close friendship between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany.
The President and Chancellor Kohl are agreed that this year, which marks the 40th anniversary of the Federal Republic, is a particularly important time for launching such a program.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1989/89122705.html   (179 words)

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