German Federal Cabinet

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executive branch body federal cabinet

The German Federal Cabinet is the chief executive body of Germany’s federal government, composed of the Federal Chancellor and federal ministers who collectively make national policy decisions.

Aliases (10)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive branch body → federal cabinet →
alsoKnownAs	Bundeskabinett → Cabinet of Germany →
appointingAuthority	Federal President of Germany →
canInclude	Federal Ministers with portfolio → Federal Ministers without portfolio →
chancellorPower	determines general policy guidelines (Richtlinienkompetenz) →
collectiveResponsibility	Cabinet decisions are binding on all members →
composedOf	Federal Chancellor of Germany → Federal ministers of Germany →
constitutionalArticle	Article 62 of the Basic Law → Article 63 of the Basic Law → Article 64 of the Basic Law → Article 65 of the Basic Law → Article 65a of the Basic Law → Article 66 of the Basic Law →
country	Germany →
decisionMakingMode	collegial body →
establishedBy	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (1949) →
governmentType	parliamentary system →
hasHeadOfGovernment	Federal Chancellor of Germany →
headedBy	Federal Chancellor of Germany →
jurisdiction	federal level of Germany →
languageUsed	German →
legalBasis	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany →
locationCountry	Germany →
meetsAt	Berlin →
meetsFrequency	usually weekly →
meetsIn	Federal Chancellery →
memberOf	executive branch of Germany →
ministerAppointmentProcess	Federal Chancellor proposes federal ministers → Federal President appoints federal ministers on proposal of the Federal Chancellor →
partOf	Federal Government of Germany →
policyScope	national policy of Germany →
politicallyAccountableTo	Bundestag →
predecessor	Reich Cabinet of Germany →
reportsTo	Bundestag →
responsibility	coordination of federal ministries → formulation of federal government policy → implementation of federal laws → preparation of federal legislation →
role	chief executive body of the federal government of Germany →
subjectTo	constructive vote of no confidence →
termLinkedTo	legislative period of the Bundestag →
votingRule	simple majority of cabinet members present →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Auswärtiges Amt ("Cabinet of Germany") → Chancellor of Germany ("Bundeskabinett (Federal Cabinet)") → Federal Minister for Economic Affairs of Germany ("Federal Cabinet of Germany") → Federal Minister for Women and Youth ("Bundeskabinett") → Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety → Federal Minister of Finance of Germany ("Federal Cabinet of Germany") → Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany ("Federal Cabinet of Germany") → Vice Chancellor of Germany ("Bundeskabinett") →	memberOf
Federal Minister for Women and Youth ("Federal Government of Germany") → Federal Minister for Women and Youth → Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety ("Federal Government of Germany") → Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany ("Federal Cabinet of Germany") →	partOf
German Federal Cabinet ("Bundeskabinett") → German Federal Cabinet ("Cabinet of Germany") →	alsoKnownAs
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety → Federal Security Council of Germany ("Federal Cabinet of Germany") →	reportsTo
German Council of Science and Humanities ("Federal Government of Germany") →	clients
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ("Federal Government of Germany") →	establishesInstitution
Airbus ("German government") →	foundedBy
traffic light coalition agreement 2021 ("First Scholz cabinet") →	governmentFormed
Olaf Scholz ("Cabinet Scholz") →	hasCabinet
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany ("Bundeskabinett") →	isMemberOfBody
Berlin ("German federal government") →	isSeatOf
Vice Chancellor of Germany ("Cabinet of Germany") →	positionHeldIn
Fritz Schäffer ("Cabinet Adenauer I") →	servedIn
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany) ("Federal Cabinet of Germany") →	subordinateTo