Minister-President of Lower Saxony

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The Minister-President of Lower Saxony is the head of government of the German federal state of Lower Saxony, responsible for leading the state cabinet and representing the state at the federal level.

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Ministerpräsident des Landes Niedersachsen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government office
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Lower Saxony
appliesToPoliticalEntity Lower Saxony
appointedBy Landtag of Lower Saxony
confers representation of Lower Saxony in the Conference of Minister-Presidents
country Germany
electedBy Landtag of Lower Saxony
hasAuthorityOver ministries of Lower Saxony
hasCapitalAsSeat Hanover
hasJurisdiction Lower Saxony
hasPower to appoint state ministers
to determine policy guidelines of the state government
to dismiss state ministers
heads State Government of Lower Saxony
surface form: Cabinet of Lower Saxony

State Government of Lower Saxony
surface form: Government of Lower Saxony
inception 1946
isExecutiveBranchOf Lower Saxony
isHeadOf State Chancellery of Lower Saxony
isPositionIn parliamentary system
languageOfWorkOrName German
legalBasis constitution of Lower Saxony
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lower Saxony
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
memberOf Bundesrat
surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
nativeLabel Minister-President of Lower Saxony self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ministerpräsident des Landes Niedersachsen
officeCreatedIn 1946
officeHolderOf State Government of Lower Saxony
surface form: state government of Lower Saxony
officeType state-level executive office
participatesIn Bundesrat
surface form: Bundesrat of Germany
partOf federal system of Germany
political system of Lower Saxony
positionHeldIn German federal state
represents Lower Saxony
surface form: Lower Saxony at the federal level
representsInInternationalRelations Lower Saxony within Germany and the European Union
residence Hanover
State Chancellery of Lower Saxony
seat Hanover
styleOfAddress Frau Ministerpräsidentin
Herr Ministerpräsident
subordinateTo constitution of Lower Saxony

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Landtag of Lower Saxony elects Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Landtag of Lower Saxony headOfGovernmentChosenBy Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Minister-President of Lower Saxony nativeLabel Minister-President of Lower Saxony self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ministerpräsident des Landes Niedersachsen
Gerhard Schröder positionHeld Minister-President of Lower Saxony