Federal Public Prosecutor General (officeholder)

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The Federal Public Prosecutor General (officeholder) is Germany’s top federal prosecutor, responsible for directing investigations and prosecutions in cases of serious crimes such as terrorism and threats to state security.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf prosecutorial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany
appointedBy Federal Minister of Justice of Germany ⓘ
appointmentRequires consent of the Bundesrat ⓘ
canIssueInstructionsTo federal prosecutors at the Federal Court of Justice ⓘ
cooperatesWith Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (BKA) ⓘ
foreign prosecution authorities ⓘ
state public prosecutor’s offices in Germany ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
ensures uniform application of federal criminal law in its remit ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal security-related criminal proceedings ⓘ
hasPowerTo file indictments before the criminal panels of the Federal Court of Justice ⓘ
take over certain proceedings from state prosecutors when federal interest is affected ⓘ
hasTitleInGerman Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof ⓘ
headOf Federal Public Prosecutor General’s Office at the Federal Court of Justice ⓘ
Office of the Federal Public Prosecutor General ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legalBasis German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) ⓘ
German Code of Criminal Procedure (Strafprozessordnung) ⓘ
German Courts Constitution Act (Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz) ⓘ
locatedIn Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
mayHaveBranchOfficeIn Leipzig ⓘ
memberOf German judiciary ⓘ
nominatedBy Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
oversees federal state protection proceedings ⓘ
participatesIn international judicial cooperation in criminal matters ⓘ
partOf German federal prosecution service ⓘ
federal judiciary of Germany ⓘ
rank highest federal prosecutor in Germany ⓘ
reportsTo Federal Minister of Justice of Germany ⓘ
responsibleFor conducting federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ
directing federal criminal investigations ⓘ
prosecution of certain cases involving international criminal law ⓘ
prosecution of crimes against state security ⓘ
prosecution of espionage cases ⓘ
prosecution of genocide and crimes against humanity under federal jurisdiction ⓘ
prosecution of high treason ⓘ
prosecution of terrorism-related crimes ⓘ
prosecution of war crimes under federal jurisdiction ⓘ
scope serious crimes with special federal significance ⓘ
seat Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Karlsruhe ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review by German courts ⓘ
principle of legality in prosecution within its competence ⓘ
subordinateTo Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany ⓘ
supervises federal prosecutors at the Federal Court of Justice ⓘ

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Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany → headOfGovernmentBody → Federal Public Prosecutor General (officeholder) ⓘ
Federal Public Prosecutor General (officeholder) → headOf → Office of the Federal Public Prosecutor General ⓘ
linked to: Federal Public Prosecutor General (officeholder)