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| Federal Government | |
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| Bundesregierung | |
  Logo (top) and Bundesadler (bottom) of the Federal Government | |
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| State |  Germany |
| Leader | Federal Chancellor (Olaf Scholz) |
| Appointed by | Federal President (Frank-Walter Steinmeier) |
| Ministries | 16 Federal Ministries |
| Responsible to | Bundestag |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| Website | bundesregierung.de |
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The Federal Government[1][2] (German: Bundesregierung (BReg)[3] pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋ] ⓘ) is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany and exercises executive power at the federal level. It consists of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Ministers.[4] The fundamentals of the government's organisation, as well as the method of its election and appointment, along with the procedure for its dismissal, are set down in the sixth section (articles 62 to 69) of the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz).
The Chancellor and the other members of the government are allowed to be also members of the Bundestag (though they are not required to be).
An extended body is the Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett), which includes the Federal Government (consisting of the Federal Chancellor and Federal Ministers), the Head of the Federal Chancellery and its Parliamentary State Secretary, the Head of the Office of the Federal President, the Head of the Federal Press Office and the Personal Advisor to the Federal Chancellor.[5] In addition, the word "cabinet" is commonly used to distinguish between previous and current Federal Governments. For example, the fourth federal government under Chancellor Angela Merkel was the Fourth Merkel cabinet (Kabinett Merkel IV).
- ^ Article 62 of the Basic Law
- ^ "Website of the Federal Government | Bundesregierung". Website of the Federal Government | Bundesregierung. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Abkürzungen für die Verfassungsorgane, die obersten Bundesbehörden und die obersten Gerichtshöfe des Bundes". Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ Article 62 of the Basic Law
- ^ Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische. "Bundesregierung". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 19 December 2024.