Article 69 of the Basic Law

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Article 69 of the Basic Law is a provision of Germany’s constitution that regulates the term of office and continuity in office of the Federal Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, particularly during transitions between governments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the German Basic Law ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
adoptedWith Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 ⓘ
aimsAt orderly change of government ⓘ
stability of the federal executive ⓘ
appliesDuring period after the Bundestag’s term ends until a new Federal Chancellor is elected ⓘ
transition between outgoing and incoming Federal Governments ⓘ
appliesTo Federal Chancellor ⓘ
Federal Ministers ⓘ
linked to: Federal Cabinet

Vice Chancellor ⓘ
linked to: Vice-Chancellor
appliesToLevel federal level ⓘ
belongsTo German federal constitutional framework ⓘ
bindingOn Federal Chancellor ⓘ
Federal Ministers ⓘ
Vice Chancellor ⓘ
linked to: Vice-Chancellor
citationForm Art. 69 GG ⓘ
constitutionalRank supreme federal law ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
ensures continuity of executive power at the federal level ⓘ
that Federal Ministers remain in office until successors are appointed ⓘ
that the Federal Chancellor remains in office until a successor is elected ⓘ
governs end of term of office of the Federal Chancellor ⓘ
end of term of office of the Federal Ministers ⓘ
relationship between the end of a legislative term and the term of office of the Federal Government ⓘ
jurisdiction Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany
language German ⓘ
legalForce binding constitutional law ⓘ
legalSystem German constitutional law ⓘ
locatedInDocument Chapter VI of the Basic Law ⓘ
partOf Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
purpose to prevent a power vacuum in the federal executive ⓘ
to regulate government transitions in Germany ⓘ
regulates continuity in office of the Federal Chancellor ⓘ
continuity in office of the Federal Ministers ⓘ
status of the Federal Chancellor after the end of a legislative term ⓘ
status of the Federal Ministers after the end of a legislative term ⓘ
term of office of the Federal Chancellor ⓘ
term of office of the Federal Ministers ⓘ
transitional period between outgoing and incoming Federal Governments ⓘ
relatedTo Article 63 of the Basic Law ⓘ
Article 64 of the Basic Law ⓘ
Article 65 of the Basic Law ⓘ
Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
subjectMatter federal executive branch ⓘ
government transition ⓘ
term of office ⓘ
systemType parliamentary system ⓘ

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Vice Chancellor of Germany → constitutionalArticle → Article 69 of the Basic Law ⓘ
Article 65 of the Basic Law → relatedTo → Article 69 of the Basic Law ⓘ
Stellvertreter des Bundeskanzlers → legalBasis → Artikel 69 Grundgesetz ⓘ
linked to: Article 69 of the Basic Law
Article 69 of the Basic Law → citationForm → Art. 69 GG ⓘ
linked to: Article 69 of the Basic Law