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Government of Germany

  • German: Bundesregierung

Governs Germany

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Who sits on it

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  • Federal Chancellor bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Friedrich Merz as Federal Chancellor bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Vice-Chancellor gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
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  • Lars Klingbeil as Vice-Chancellor bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister of Finance bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Lars Klingbeil as Federal Minister of Finance bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister of the Interior bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Alexander Dobrindt as Federal Minister of the Interior bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Johann Wadephul as Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister of Defence bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Boris Pistorius as Federal Minister of Defence bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Katherina Reiche as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Dorothee Bär as Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Stefanie Hubig as Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Karin Prien as Federal Minister for Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Bärbel Bas as Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Karsten Wildberger as Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and State Modernisation bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Transport bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Steffen Bilger as Federal Minister for Transport bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Carsten Schneider as Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister of Health bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Carsten Linnemann as Federal Minister of Health bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Alois Rainer as Federal Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Reem Alabali Radovan as Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Verena Hubertz as Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the Federal Chancellery bundesregierung.de · checked
  • Nina Warken as Federal Minister for Special Tasks and Head of the Federal Chancellery bundesregierung.de · checked
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What it can do

  • Policy guidelines

    The Federal Chancellor determines the guidelines of policy; each minister conducts their department independently within them (Art. 65 Basic Law).

  • Legislative initiative

    Introduces bills in the Bundestag (Art. 76 Basic Law).

  • Federal administration

    Executes federal laws, directly or through the states (Art. 83-87 Basic Law).

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  • gesetze-im-internet.de · checked Federal Ministry of Justice, Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Basic Law), current consolidated text, read 2026-10-12: structure, selection methods and competences of the federal bodies (Arts. 38-69, 50-53, 93-94); body names and websites from each body's own site. For: Government of Germany, Government of Germany in German, Policy guidelines, Legislative initiative, Federal administration
  • bundesregierung.de · checked Die Bundesregierung, Bundeskabinett, read 2026-10-12: current Chancellor and 17 federal ministers and portfolio names. Party and appointment dates (6 May 2025; reshuffle 29 July 2026) Fallback: Wikipedia, Kabinett Merz (last edited 2026-09-09), because the official page gives neither; cross-checked against the Bundestag MdB-Stammdaten for MdB ministers. For: Federal Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Federal Minister of Finance, Federal Minister of the Interior, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and 33 more
  • gesetze-im-internet.de · checked Federal Ministry of Justice, Grundgesetz Art. 69(1), read 2026-10-12: the Chancellor appoints a federal minister as deputy; corrected selector from Federal President to Federal Chancellor. For: Vice-Chancellor

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