The Federal Cabinet, or according to the German Basic Law, the Federal Government, is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany. It consists of the Federal Chancellor and cabinet ministers. The fundamentals of the cabinet's organisation, as well as the method of its election and appointment, along with the procedure for its dismissal, are set down in articles 62 through 69 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz).
Image: Olaf Scholz in 2023 (cropped)
Image: Robert Habeck at Washington D.C
Image: 2021 12 07 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 20. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–013
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Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Basic Law. Published by the Federal Agency for Civic Education
The Grundrechte at Jakob Kaiser House, Berlin
Article 1, sentence 1: "Human dignity shall be inviolable"
The West German ministers-president debating the Frankfurt Documents in Koblenz