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 | | The relationship between the legislative and executive branches mirrors that in the federal system: the legislatures are popularly elected, typically for four years, and the minister president is chosen by a majority vote among Landtag members. |
 | | Bavaria is the only Land with a bicameral legislature; the Landtag is popularly elected, but the second chamber, the Senate, consists of representatives of the major social and economic groups in Bavaria. |
 | | This was the case for the fall from the chancellorship of Konrad Adenauer in 1963 and that of Willy Brandt in 1974. |
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