Federal Cabinet

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The Federal Cabinet is the central executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany, composed of the Federal Chancellor and federal ministers who collectively direct national government policy and administration.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Federal Cabinet canonical 1
Federal Ministers 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet
executive branch organ
federal government body
alsoKnownAs Bundeskabinett
German Federal Cabinet
appointedBy Federal President of Germany
appointingAuthorityFor Federal Ministers of Germany
linked to: Bundesminister
branch executive branch of Germany
canBeRemovedBy constructive vote of no confidence
chairedBy Federal Chancellor of Germany
composedOf Federal Chancellor of Germany
Federal Ministers of Germany
linked to: Bundesminister
constitutionalArticle Article 62 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Article 63 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Article 64 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Article 65 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Article 65a of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Article 69 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
coordinatesWith Bundesrat
country Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Germany
decidesOn federal budget proposals
federal legislative initiatives
formedUnder Basic Law of 1949
hasAuthorityOver federal foreign policy execution
implementation of federal laws
hasHeadOfGovernment Federal Chancellor of Germany
hasMemberType Federal Chancellor
Federal Minister
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.bundesregierung.de
historicalPredecessor Reich government of the Weimar Republic
jurisdiction federal level of Germany
language German
legalBasis Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
mayInclude Federal Ministers without portfolio
meetsAt Federal Chancellery (Germany)
linked to: Bundeskanzleramt
meetsIn Berlin
nominatedBy Federal Chancellor of Germany
oversees federal ministries of Germany
partOf Federal Government of Germany
policyPrinciple chancellor principle (Richtlinienkompetenz)
collegial principle
departmental principle
responsibleTo Bundestag
role directs federal administration
directs national government policy
seat Berlin
subordinateTo Constitutional Court review for constitutionality of acts
termLength linked to legislative period of the Bundestag
typeOfGovernmentSystem parliamentary system

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Referenced by (2)

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

Article 65 of the Basic Law appliesTo Federal Cabinet
Article 69 of the Basic Law appliesTo Federal Ministers
linked to: Federal Cabinet