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	Bundesrat of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bundesrat ("federal council") is the representation of the 16 Federal States (Länder) of Germany at the federal level.
		The chairperson or speaker is the President of the Bundesrat (Bundesratspräsident).
		The President of the Bundesrat convenes and chairs plenary sessions of the body and is formally responsible for representing the Federal Republic in the Bundesrat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bundesrat_(Germany) (1506 words)

	President of Germany: Bundespräsident - Institutions - German Archive: The Federal President (German: ...
		The president may not be a member of the government or of a legislature at either the federal or Land level.
		If the president is outside of the country, or the position is vacant, the President of the Bundesrat (this position is rotated among the state premiers on a yearly basis) fills in as temporary, acting Federal President.
		While the president is abroad on a state visit the President of the Bundesrat does not assume all of his responsibilities but may 'deputise' for the Federal President, performing on the president's behalf merely those tasks that require his or her physical presence, such as the signing of documents.
	www.germannotes.com /archive/article.php?products_id=53 (1603 words)

	The President in German Government and Politics
		The president formally proposes to the Bundestag a chancellor candidate and formally appoints the chancellor's cabinet members, but the president follows the choice of the Bundestag in the first case and of the chancellor in the second.
		If the president is outside the country or if the position is vacant, the president of the Bundesrat fills in as the temporary head of state.
		Previously president of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karls-ruhe, Germany's highest court, he was nominated for the presidency by the CDU and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (Christlich-Soziale Union--CSU).
	www.germanculture.com.ua /library/facts/bl_president.htm (654 words)

	Bundesrat – Staatsrecht4u (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Furthermore, the Bundesrat is involved at the administration of the Federation (e.g.
		They will be send to the Bundesrat by majority decision usually for the duration of their affiliation to the federal state government and they could be replaced by other members of their government.
		In addition the president of the Bundesrat is the deputy of the Federal President (art.
	www.staatsrecht4u.de /en/bundesrat.htm (481 words)

	Bundesrat of Germany
		The presidency of the Bundesrat rotates annually among the Laender.
		Bundesrat representatives rarely attend committee sessions; instead, they delegate that responsibility to civil servants from their ministries, as allowed for in the Basic Law.
		The legislative authority of the Bundesrat is subordinate to that of the Bundestag, but the upper house nonetheless plays a vital legislative role.
	www.germanculture.com.ua /library/facts/bl_bundesrat.htm (576 words)

	Austria Parliament
		1982 Vice-Chairperson of the Bundesrat Dr.phil Anna (Altman-)Demuth
		1991 President of the Bundesrat Anna Elisabeth Hasselbach
		When the outgoing President died two days before his successor was to take office in July 2004, she acted as Head of State for a few days together with the President and 3.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Austria_Parliament.htm (337 words)

	Female Presidents of Parliaments from 2000
		2000 President of the Bundesrat Johanna Auer, Austria
		As President Pro Tempore she is the leader of the day-to-day business of the Senate, and she the incumbent presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President, who is also the President of the Senate.
		As President of the Chamber of Representatives she was also Vice-President of the Congress of the Republic, which is presided over by the President of the Senate.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Parliaments2000.htm (3529 words)

	German Law Journal - The Decision of the German Constitutional Court on the Immigration Act
		After the President of the Bundesrat had declared that "the Land Brandenburg" (31) had not cast its vote unanimously, according to the Court the voting process was finished as far as Brandenburg was concerned and could not be re-started in order to find a new (and maybe more favourable) result.
		Although the President of the Bundesrat has a legal obligation to care for a regular voting process and to enlighten any vagueness in its course, according to the Court this duty was not to be carried out under the given circumstances.
		The President of the Bundesrat, knowing perfectly well about the dissent between the Brandenburg representatives and the unwillingness of the "no"voter to be represented by any of the "yes" voters, (51) asked only one of the representatives and takes his single vote to stand for all of them.
	www.germanlawjournal.com /article.php?id=229 (6750 words)

	Text of the German Constitution - Grundgesetz Basic Law - Part One
		It is convened by the President of the Bundestag.
		The composition and the procedure of this committee are regulated by rules of procedure adopted by the Bundestag and requiring the consent of the Bundesrat.
		Where the consent of the Bundesrat is required for a law, the demand for convening this committee may also be made by the Bundestag or the Federal Government.
	www.geocities.com /iturks/html/documents12.html (8876 words)

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		The presidency of the Federal Assembly alternates between the President of the Nationalrat and the Chairperson of the Bundesrat.
		The presidency of the Bundesrat alternates on a half-yearly basis, passing from state to state in alphabetical order of their German names, with the first-ranking deputy of the state concerned assuming the presidency.
		The Bundesrat is convened by its President at the seat of the Nationalrat.
	www.austria-cafe.com /parl.htm (578 words)

	Opening statement by Wolfgang Thierse, MdB, President of the German Bundestag, on the occasion of the address by George ...
		On behalf of all of you, I welcome the President of the United States, George W. Bush, his wife Laura and the American delegation most warmly to the German Bundestag.
		Mr President, you have consistently stressed that the horror of 11 September offers a chance for the international community to act together.
		Mr President, just over a week ago, the Conference of the Speakers of Parliaments of the Member States of the Council of Europe came to an end.
	www.bundestag.de /aktuell/presse/2002/pz_0205231.html (1067 words)

	German Law Journal - Federalism Revisited: Constitutional Court Strikes Down New Immigration Act For Formal Reasons
		For the debate to be legally re-opened by the President of the Bundesrat, it would have needed specific, justifying reasons (30).
		Though the President of the Bundesrat is generally entitled to a further inquiry if there is any doubt or insecurity relating to the declarations of intention made in the voting, the Court held that in the procedure at issue there had been no such insecurity.
		President!" could not be counted as a "No": Opinions can be given and discussed in the Bundesrat plenum or in the committee sessions that lie before the final voting on a piece of legislation.
	www.germanlawjournal.com /article.php?id=228 (6634 words)

	Introduction to Germany
		The Bundesrat (Federal Council) is composed of members of the governments of the Laender.
		Where the Federal President is prevented from acting, or where his office falls prematurely vacant, his powers are exercised by the President of the Bundesrat.
		The heads of government of the Laender serve as President of the Bundesrat in rotation for terms of one year.
	www.american.edu /initeb/es0939a/germany.htm (1549 words)

	STUDY IN GERMANY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Bundesrat is composed of members of the governments of the Länder.
		Where the Federal President is prevented from acting, or where his office fails prematurely vacant, his powers are exercised by the President of the Bundesrat.
		The heads of government of the Länder serve as President of the Bundesrat in rotation for terms of one year.
	www.freewebs.com /studyingermany/gig.htm (1070 words)

	Representations of the Länder /Senate Department of Urban development Berlin / Bundesrat
		The plenary hall used to be the centre of the building as such and this is again the case when it is used by the Bundesrat.
		The seating in the plenary hall is in the form of a curved U. The representatives of the 16 Länder are being seated in front of the President of the Bundesrat and the representatives of the Federal Government in alphabetical order from Baden-Württemberg to Thuringia.
		The Bundesrat and the nearby Federal Ministry of Finance are co-operating closely with one another.
	www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de /bauen/landesvertretungen/en/st009.shtml (476 words)

	General News of Wednesday, 8 February 2006
		During his five years in office, Rau won the respect of a large majority of his countrymen when he made himself the moral and ethical voice of the country in times of heated political discussion.
		Born on January 16, 1931 in Wuppertal-Barmen, the son of a preacher, his first job was in 1954 in a theological publishing house and eventually became head of the company before entering politics.
		Rau was succeeded as president by the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Horst Kohler on June 30, 2004.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=98989 (406 words)

	SPEECH: PRES MANDELA TO THE GERMAN BUNDESTAG
		We are fully aware, Madam President, that the opportunity afforded us, to speak to the elected representatives of the German people, is a rare one indeed.
		Thus we thank you from the bottom of our hearts that we can today speak of the joy and the pain of creation that is the lot of South Africa's people; that we can sing to you and with you, of the fulfilment of a struggle consummated, of a democratic victory attained.
		On the 8th of May this year, the date on which your constitution was adopted 47 years ago, our own Constitutional Assembly adopted the basic law of our land, ushering in a new era in which we can further mature as a normal democracy based on the universal prin- ciple of majority rule.
	www.info.gov.za /speeches/1996/960524_0r158.htm (1937 words)

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		For other laws the Bundesrat has a veto right, which might be overridden in the Bundestag with a two-thirds majority.
		The president of the Bundesrat is the deputy president of Germany.
		The current Bundesrat (1/1995) is composed of a majority of SPD-led governments, thereby constituting a strong counterweight to the CDU/CSU-led Bundestag.
	www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de /gn/glossar/bundesrat.html (122 words)

	Basic Law for The Federal Republic of Germany
		If the Federal President is prevented from exercising his powers or if his office falls prematurely vacant his powers will be exercised by the President of the Bundesrat.
		A term of office of the Federal President due to expire while a state of Defense exists, and the exercise of his functions by the President of the Bundesrat in case of the premature vacancy of the Federal President s office.
		After such termination they may, with the consent of the Bundesrat, be amended by federal legislation so as to return to the provisions made in Sections VIIIa and X (As amended by federal statute of 12 May 1969).
	www.leftjustified.com /leftjust/lib/sc/ht/wtp/germany.html (15909 words)

	Federal President – Staatsrecht4u (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Federal President is the head of state of the Federal Republic (art.
		Leader of the Federal Convention is the President of the Bundestag.
		In the case of the prevention of the Federal President or with premature completion of its office he will be represented by the president of the Bundesrat (art.
	www.staatsrecht4u.de /en/bundespraesident.htm (584 words)

	EXCERPTS FROM THE BASIC LAW OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
		The Bundesrat shall be entitled to state its position on such bills within six weeks.
		(2) The Bundesrat may, within three weeks of the receipt of the adopted bill, demand that a mediation committee for joint consideration of bills composed of members of the Bundestag and members of the Bundesrat, be convened¼.
		If the Bundesrat adopted the objection with a majority of at least two‑thirds of its votes, its rejection by the Bundestag shall require a majority of two‑thirds, including at least the majority of the members of the Bundestag.
	www.uiowa.edu /~c030040/gerconst.htm (1138 words)

	Federal Constitutional Court Act (Bundesverfassungsgerichts-Gesetz, BVerfGG)
		The judges to be elected by the Bundesrat shall be elected with two thirds of the votes of the Bundesrat.
		The presiding judges of the panels cannot be drawn as substitutes.
		The institution and conduct of impeachment proceedings shall not be affected by the resignation of the Federal President, his retirement from office or the dissolution of the Bundestag, nor by the end of the electoral period.
	www.iuscomp.org /gla/statutes/BVerfGG.htm (10096 words)

	EUROPA : The Future of Europe - Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I am delighted to be here in the new Bundesrat, as I was delighted to take part in the very last session of this assembly in Bonn, at the invitation of President Biedenkopf.
		It should not be forgotten that the Bundesrat was one of the first parliamentary assemblies to make provision for dealing with European matters following the signature of the Treaty of Rome.
		But the ultimate logic of this method would be for a convention of this kind to identify one day with the constituent power in Europe so that ratification by the national parliaments would no longer be necessary for the European Union to move forward.
	europa.eu.int /constitution/futurum/documents/speech/sp060901_en.htm (2716 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Nazi row lawmaker refuses to quit
		He did, however, agree to resign as a member of Joerg Haider's Alliance for Austria's Future, the junior partner in the ruling coalition, saying he did not want to be a burden on the party.
		Mr Kampl, who is also the mayor of the southern town of Gurk, said he had decided not to resign because of the "provocative" manner in which he was implored to do so by current Bundesrat president George Pehm, a Social Democrat.
		The post of president of the Bundesrat rotates between representatives of Austria's provinces.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/4591725.stm (423 words)

	the voyage: bgc - Info Point - Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		If the Federal President is unable to perform his duties, or if his office falls prematurely vacant, his powers are exercised by the President of the Bundesrat.
		The Federal President's powers include the appointment of the Federal Chancellor, who is elected by members of the Bundestag, and the appointment of the Federal Ministers, who are proposed by the Federal Chancellor.
		The Federal Government (Bundesregierung) consists of the Federal Chancellor, elected by the Bundestag on the nomination of the president, and the Federal Ministers.
	www.the-voyage.com /e/infopoint/politics/index.html (1011 words)

	Germany - The President
		The Basic Law creates a dual executive but grants most executive authority to the federal chancellor, as head of government, rather than to the president, who acts as head of state (see fig.
		For example, President Richard von Weizsäcker, whose second term expired in June 1994, was the former Christian Democratic mayor of Berlin.
		Weizsäcker played a prominent role in urging Germans to come to terms with their actions during the Third Reich and in calling for greater tolerance toward foreigners in Germany as right-wing violence escalated in the early 1990s.
	countrystudies.us /germany/152.htm (635 words)

	BRANDT, Willy @ Archontology.org: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, database
		In 1957-1958, Brandt served a one-year term as president of the Bundesrat.
		The president accepted the resignation and on his return to Bonn on 7 May 1974 formally discharged Brandt and entrusted the deputy chancellor Walter Scheel with handling government affairs until the election of Brandt's successor.
		Despite the provisions of the German Basic Law (article 69, part 3) enabling the Federal President to ask the Federal Chancellor to carry out governmental businesses until the election of his successor, President Heinemann conceded to the request of Brandt to discharge him immediately as stated in the text of the Brandt's resignation letter:
	www.archontology.org /nations/german/germ_govt2/brandt.php (987 words)

	President of Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Article 48 of the constitution also provided the president sweeping powers in the event of a crisis.
		Foreign relations: The President takes part in foreign visits and receives foreign dignitaries.
		¹ Note that even though the President usually has been member of a party prior to his term of office, he let his party membership rest dormant during his term of office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Germany (2763 words)

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