Article 66 of the Basic Law

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Article 66 of the Basic Law is a provision of Germany’s constitution that regulates the incompatibility of federal ministerial offices with certain other public or private positions to prevent conflicts of interest.

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Label Occurrences
Article 66 of the Basic Law canonical 1
Artikel 66 Grundgesetz 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the German Basic Law
constitutional provision
aimsToProtect impartial exercise of governmental functions
public trust in the federal executive
appliesLevel federal level
appliesTo Chancellor of Germany
surface form: Federal Chancellor

Federal Minister
belongsToTitle Organization of the Federation
bindingOn members of the Federal Government
cameIntoForceWith Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
citationForm Art. 66 GG
constitutionalPrinciple separation of public office and private economic power
constitutionalRank supreme federal law
country Germany
dateOfEffect 23 May 1949
enactmentForm written constitutional norm
enforcedBy Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
jurisdiction Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
languageOfDocument German
legalEffect restricts corporate board memberships of federal ministers
restricts economic activities of federal ministers
restricts secondary employment of federal ministers
legalSystem German constitutional law
notAppliesTo state (Länder) ministers
originalLanguageName Article 66 of the Basic Law self-linksurface differs
surface form: Artikel 66 Grundgesetz
partOf Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
prohibits Federal Chancellor being a member of the management or supervisory board of an enterprise conducted for profit
Federal Chancellor engaging in any trade or profession
Federal Chancellor holding any other salaried office
Federal Minister being a member of the management or supervisory board of an enterprise conducted for profit
Federal Minister engaging in any trade or profession
Federal Minister holding any other salaried office
purpose avoidance of conflicts between public duties and private interests
ensuring integrity of federal executive power
safeguarding independence of the Federal Government
regulates incompatibility of the office of Federal Chancellor with other offices
incompatibility of the office of Federal Minister with other offices
relatedTo Article 55 of the Basic Law
Article 64 of the Basic Law
scope executive branch of the Federation
subjectMatter conflict of interest prevention
federal ministers
incompatibility of offices
systematicPosition part of provisions on the Federal Government
typeOfRestriction incompatibility rule
office-holding restriction

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German Federal Cabinet constitutionalArticle Article 66 of the Basic Law
Article 66 of the Basic Law originalLanguageName Article 66 of the Basic Law self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Artikel 66 Grundgesetz