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The German head of state is the federal president. As in Germany's parliamentary system of government, the federal chancellor runs the government and day-to-day politics, while the role of the federal president is mostly ceremonial. The federal president, by their actions and public appearances, represents the state itself, its existence, its ...
Landtag (state parliament) of the state of Baden-Württemberg. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany divides authority between the federal government and the states (German: "Länder"), with the general principle governing relations articulated in Article 30: "Except as otherwise provided or permitted by this Basic Law, the exercise of state powers and the discharge of state ...
The Federal Government [1] [2] (German: Bundesregierung (BReg) [3] pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋ] ⓘ) is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany and exercises executive power at the federal level.
The German Bundesrat (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌʁaːt] ⓘ, lit. ' Federal Council ') is a legislative body [a] that represents the sixteen Länder (federated states) of Germany at the federal level (German: Bundesebene). The Bundesrat meets at the former Prussian House of Lords in Berlin. Its second seat is located in the former West German ...
Following the surrender of the German High Command and the dissolution of the Flensburg Government in May 1945, no effective national government of any sort existed in Germany and all national military and civil authority and powers were thereon exercised by the four Allies. The Allies maintained in fact that sovereign authorities wielding ...
Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sack his finance minister. Germany’s normally stable government ...
This category is for the legally defined institutions and powers of the German government and its officers. See Category:Law of Germany for the official actions of these institutions. For the conduct and doctrines of German politicians, see Category:Politics of Germany
Germany is a major economic and political power of the European continent and a historic leader in many cultural, scientific, and technological fields. After losing World War I, Germany fell under the control of Adolf Hitler, who started World War II.