Chief of the German Chancellery

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The Chief of the German Chancellery is the top official who heads the Federal Chancellery and serves as the principal coordinator and manager of the German federal government's policy and administrative affairs on behalf of the Chancellor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet-level position
government office
alsoKnownAs Head of the Federal Chancellery
Minister for Special Affairs
appointedBy Chancellor of Germany
President of Germany
belongsTo executive branch of Germany
country Germany
hasAssociatedOffice Minister for Special Affairs
hasDomain federal policy coordination
government administration management
hasRank Bundesminister
surface form: Federal Minister
heads Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
surface form: Federal Chancellery
inception 1949
isPositionIn federal system
parliamentary system
jurisdiction Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
legalBasis Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
federal government organizational decrees
locatedIn Leipziger Straße
surface form: Willy-Brandt-Straße, Berlin
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berlin
memberOf German Federal Cabinet
surface form: Federal Cabinet of Germany
nativeLabel Chief of the German Chancellery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chef der Bundeskanzlei

Chef des Bundeskanzleramtes
nominatedBy Chancellor of Germany
officeHeldBy member of the Federal Cabinet of Germany
officeHolderStartTime 2021
oversees Federal Intelligence Service
Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz
surface form: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution

Military Counterintelligence Service
partOf Federal Government of Germany
positionHeldBy Wolfgang Schmidt
precededBy State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery
surface form: Head of the Reich Chancellery
reportsTo Chancellor of Germany
residence Berlin
responsibleFor coordination of federal government policy
coordination of intelligence services oversight
coordination of work between federal ministries
liaison with the Bundesrat
liaison with the Bundestag
management of the Federal Chancellery
monitoring implementation of government decisions
political planning for the Federal Government
preparation of cabinet meetings
seat Berlin
termDependsOn confidence of the Chancellor
termLength no fixed term
worksIn Federal Chancellery, Berlin
surface form: Federal Chancellery building

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier positionHeld Chief of the German Chancellery
Egon Bahr positionHeld Chief of the German Chancellery
this entity surface form: Head of the Federal Chancellery of Germany
Chief of the German Chancellery nativeLabel Chief of the German Chancellery self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chef der Bundeskanzlei
Bundesnachrichtendienst reportsTo Chief of the German Chancellery
Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany oftenHeldBy Chief of the German Chancellery
this entity surface form: Head of the Federal Chancellery
Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany oftenCombinedWith Chief of the German Chancellery
this entity surface form: Chief of Staff to the Federal Chancellor