Chancellor of Germany

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head of government role political office

The Chancellor of Germany is the country’s chief executive and most powerful political office, responsible for leading the federal government and setting national policy.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Federal Chancellor of Germany 27
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 3
Federal Chancellor 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government role ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
appointedBy President of Germany ⓘ
branchOfGovernment executive branch ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy constructive vote of no confidence ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
electedBy Bundestag ⓘ
eligibleFor member of the Bundestag ⓘ
flag Standard of the Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
hasPower can request dismissal of federal ministers ⓘ
determines number and responsibilities of federal ministries ⓘ
leads the federal government ⓘ
proposes federal ministers ⓘ
sets general guidelines of government policy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Germany ⓘ
isMostPowerfulOfficeIn German political system ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berlin ⓘ
memberOf German Federal Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Bundeskabinett (Federal Cabinet)

Federal Security Council of Germany ⓘ
nativeLabel Chancellor of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bundeskanzler

Chancellor of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bundeskanzlerin
officeCreated 1949 ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Angela Merkel ⓘ
Gerhard Schröder ⓘ
Helmut Kohl ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer ⓘ
Olaf Scholz ⓘ
Willy Brandt ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Chancellor of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Federal Chancellor
officeType chief executive ⓘ
participatesIn European Council ⓘ
positionHeldIn Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal government of Germany
precededByOffice Reich Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
rank highest-ranking political office in Germany ⓘ
reportsTo Bundestag ⓘ
requiresConfidenceOf Bundestag ⓘ
residence Federal Chancellery, Berlin ⓘ
responsibleFor coordination of federal ministries ⓘ
federal government policy ⓘ
national policy direction ⓘ
seat Berlin ⓘ
styleOfAddress Frau Bundeskanzlerin ⓘ
Herr Bundeskanzler ⓘ
Herr Bundeskanzler / Frau Bundeskanzlerin ⓘ
termLength no fixed term limit ⓘ
serves as long as enjoying confidence of Bundestag ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Security Council of Germany → advises → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Federal Government of Germany → component → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Frau Bundeskanzlerin → component → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundeskanzlerin
German Federal Cabinet → composedOf → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Herr Bundeskanzler → correspondsToOfficeTitle → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundeskanzler
Bundestag → elects → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Führer and Reich Chancellor → followedBy → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
German Federal Cabinet → hasHeadOfGovernment → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Olaf Scholz → hasHonorificTitle → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor
Einheitsfeier → hasParticipant → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Federal Government of Germany → headOfGovernment → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Germany → headOfGovernment → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
unified Germany → headOfGovernmentTitle → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Unified Germany
German Federal Cabinet → headedBy → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Federal Security Council of Germany → isChairedBy → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Berlin → isSeatOf → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Federal Chancellor
Federal Government of Germany → leaderTitle → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor
Federal Chancellery, Berlin → namedAfter → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Chancellor of Germany → nativeLabel → Chancellor of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundeskanzler
Chancellor of Germany → nativeLabel → Chancellor of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundeskanzlerin
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Federal Minister for Women and Youth → nominatedBy → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Vice Chancellor of Germany → nominatedBy → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
Federal Chancellery, Berlin → occupant → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
Kurt Georg Kiesinger → officeContested → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancellorship of West Germany
Kurt von Schleicher → officeContested → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancellorship of Germany
Chancellor of Germany → officeHolderTitle → Chancellor of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Helmut Kohl → positionHeld → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
Kohl → positionHeld → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Helmut Kohl
this entity surface form: Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Konrad Adenauer → positionHeld → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Emma Weyer → positionHeld → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Konrad Adenauer
this entity surface form: Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Olaf Scholz → positionHeld → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
Scholz → positionHeld → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Olaf Scholz
Otto von Bismarck → positionHeld → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chancellor of the German Empire
Otto von Bismarck → positionHeld → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of the North German Confederation
President of the Bundestag → relatedOffice → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Federal Minister for Women and Youth → reportsTo → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Federal Minister of Finance of Germany → reportsTo → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Vice Chancellor of Germany → reportsTo → Chancellor of Germany ⓘ