Minister-President of Saxony

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The Minister-President of Saxony is the head of government of the German federal state of Saxony, leading its cabinet and representing the state in federal and international affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government office
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Free State of Saxony
Saxony
appointedBy Landtag of Saxony
canBeRemovedBy constructive vote of no confidence of the Landtag of Saxony
confersTitle Prime Minister (English rendering)
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Free State of Saxony
country Germany
electedBy Landtag of Saxony
firstOfficeHolder Kurt Biedenkopf
governmentBranch executive
hasAuthorityOver Saxon State Chancellery
hasJurisdictionOver executive branch of Saxony
hasPower to appoint and dismiss Saxon state ministers
to determine policy guidelines of the Saxon state government
to represent Saxony in intergovernmental negotiations within Germany
to represent Saxony in international agreements within federal competences
headOfGovernmentFor Free State of Saxony
heads State Government of Saxony
isPositionIn federal state government of Germany
jurisdictionLevel state (Land) level in Germany
languageOfWorkOrName German
leads Cabinet of Saxony
legislativeBody Landtag of Saxony
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Dresden
memberOf Conference of Minister-Presidents of the German Länder
nativeLabel Ministerpräsident des Freistaates Sachsen
officeCreated 1990-10-03
officeHolder Michael Kretschmer
officeHolderPoliticalParty Christian Democratic Union of Germany
officeHolderStartTime 2017-12-13
officeType state-level executive office in Germany
partOf political system of Germany
political system of Saxony
positionHeldBy member of Landtag of Saxony
precededByOffice Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic (for the territory before reunification, historically related)
rank highest-ranking official of the Free State of Saxony
represents Free State of Saxony in federal affairs of Germany
Free State of Saxony in international affairs
Free State of Saxony in the Bundesrat
residence Dresden
seat Dresden
seatOfGovernmentBuilding Saxon State Chancellery in Dresden
styleOfAddress Frau Ministerpräsidentin
Herr Ministerpräsident
termLength not fixed (depends on confidence of Landtag of Saxony)

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Minister-President of Brandenburg isComparableTo Minister-President of Saxony
Gustav Noske positionHeld Ministerpräsident of the Free State of Saxony
linked to: Minister-President of Saxony
Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony presenter Minister-President of Saxony
Conference of Minister-Presidents of Germany hasMember Minister-President of Saxony
Government of the Free State of Saxony hasHeadOfGovernment Minister-President of Saxony
Cabinet of Saxony headOfGovernment Minister-President of Saxony
Cabinet of Saxony composedOf Minister-President of Saxony
Cabinet of Saxony appointedBy Minister-President of Saxony
SMWK subordinateTo Ministerpräsident des Freistaates Sachsen
linked to: Minister-President of Saxony
Minister-President of Saxony nativeLabel Ministerpräsident des Freistaates Sachsen
linked to: Minister-President of Saxony
Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust positionHeld Minister-President of Saxony
subject linked to: von Beust
Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust positionHeld Minister-President of Saxony
subject linked to: House of Beust