The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime. The chancellor is the chief executive of the Federal Cabinet and heads the executive branch. The chancellor is elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the federal president and without debate.
Chancellor of Germany
Willy Brandt speaking at an SPD meeting in Dortmund, 1983
The cabinet bench in the Reichstag building (to the left of the flag) with the raised seat of the chancellor in the front row
Robert Habeck, the current Vice Chancellor of Germany
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
Image: Porträt von Nancy Faeser 2023
