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The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany[ 1] ( German: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany . The West German Constitution was approved in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May after having been approved by the occupying western Allies of World War II on 12 May.
Politics of Germany. Germany is a democratic and federal parliamentary republic, where federal legislative power is vested in the Bundestag (the parliament of Germany) and the Bundesrat (the representative body of the Länder, Germany's regional states). The federal system has, since 1949, been dominated by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU ...
The Federal Agency for Civic Education ( FACE, German: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung ( bpb )) is a German federal government agency responsible for promoting civic education. It is subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community. Thomas Krüger has served as president of the agency since 2000.
The authors of the book A Nazi Past: Recasting German Identity in Postwar Europe state that Reinhard Gehlen simply did not want to know the backgrounds of the men that the BND hired in the 1950s. [9] The American National Security Archive states that "he employed numerous former Nazis and known war criminals".
For political system in Germany, see Politics of Germany. The Federal Cabinet (German: Bundeskabinettpronounced [ˈbʊndəskabiˌnɛt] ⓘ ), or according to the German Basic Law, the Federal Government (German: Bundesregierung ), is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany. It consists of the Federal Chancellor and cabinet ...
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For the current country, see Germany. BRD ( German: B undes r epublik D eutschland [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ⓘ; English: FRG / Federal Republic of Germany) is an unofficial abbreviation for the Federal Republic of Germany, informally known in English as West Germany until 1990, and just Germany since reunification.
The historic National Libraries of the former Kingdoms, now States of Germany (Länder), are called Staatsbibliothek (state libraries). Among the libraries named Staatsbibliothek are: [1] the Bavarian State Library ( Bayerische Staatsbibliothek or BSB) in Munich, one of the world's largest libraries and the former library of the Kingdom of Bavaria.