The Chancellor of Germany ( known in German as Bundeskanzler (" Federal Chancellor "), or Kanzler for short ) is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany.

West Germany's 1949 constitution, the Basic Law ( Grundgesetz ), invests the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler ) with central executive authority.

Bundeskanzler or Bundeskanzlerin ( German for " Federal Chancellor ") may refer to:

If the Bundestag ( parliament ) declares the state of defence ( Verteidigungsfall ), the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler ) assumes command of the German armed forces ().

Today the head of the Austrian Federal Government is called the Bundeskanzler ( federal chancellor ), while the head of a state government is called the Landeshauptmann ( literally " state captain "), not Ministerpräsident.

* Bundeskanzler: 1⅔ x B11 ( Federal Chancellor )

Josef Klaus ( August 15, 1910, Kötschach-Mauthen, Carinthia-July 26, 2001, Vienna ) was an Austrian Christian / Conservative politician of the Peoples Party ( ÖVP ) and the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler ) from 1964 to 1970.

In 1972 the BGS became responsible for the security of the Federal Constitutional Court, the Bundespräsidenten ( Federal President ), the Bundeskanzler ( Federal Chancellor ), the Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of the Interior.

When the military alliance of the North German Confederation was reorganised as a federal state with effect from July 1, 1867, the office of a Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler ) was implemented at Berlin and staffed with the Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck.

All essential power lay with the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler ), who appointed his government single-handedly, and the Federal President ( Bundespräsident ), who named the Chancellor. As Antonio de Salazar's 1933 constitution ( and the Estado Novo regime in whole ), the Maiverfassung promoted a Catholic corporatism which bore a strong resemblance to the principles outlined in Quadragesimo Anno, rejecting capitalism and socialism.

* Bundeskanzler / Chancellor ( German )

She is the first female Chancellor since the establishment of the original office in 1867, and known in German as Bundeskanzlerin, the feminine form of Bundeskanzler.

The modern office of Chancellor was established with the North German Confederation, of which Otto von Bismarck became Chancellor ( German, Bundeskanzler ) in 1867.

Konrad Adenauer, a member of the CDU, was the first Bundeskanzler ( Chancellor ) of West Germany.

# The Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler )

Bismarck became the first and only North German Bundeskanzler, the head of the executive.

Use of the mixed form " Frau Bundeskanzler " was deprecated by the government in 2004 because it is regarded as impolite.

* Österreichischer Bundespressedienst, Der Führer Bundeskanzler Dr. Dollfuß zum Feste des Wiederaufbaues 1.

At the beginning of his period as Bundeskanzler, Schmidt was a proponent of Keynesian economics, and pursued expansionary monetary and fiscal policies during his time as chancellor.

Since the adoption of the current constitution of Germany in 1949 the formal title of the office in the German language is once again Bundeskanzler.

The scandal temporarily halted Strauss's political career and was remembered by many when Strauss ran for Bundeskanzler in 1980, clearly losing against his SPD opponent ( and incumbent ) Helmut Schmidt.

It is provided that the Bundeskanzler may be removed from office by majority vote of the Bundestag ( parliament ) only if a prospective successor also has the support of a majority.

* Resultate der Wahlen des Bundesrats, der Bundeskanzler und des Generals ( PDF ), compiled by the services of the Swiss Parliament.

Ludwig Erhard, who had been elected Bundeskanzler just weeks earlier, came to Lengede and spoke to the trapped men, then the real drilling began.

* Resultate der Wahlen des Bundesrats, der Bundeskanzler, und des Generals Seite.

From 1961-66, he advised the Bundeskanzler Josef Klaus on European Economic Community and EFTA policy and for the OECD in Paris.

On April 16th it accepted the constitution, which was essentially written by Otto von Bismarck, the Prussian minister-president and first Bundeskanzler ( the sole minister ) of the confederation.

In March 1933, one month after the Reichstag fire, the then president, Paul von Hindenburg, a retired war hero, gave Hitler ultimate power through Enabling Act of 1933, he remained at the post of Federal Government Chancellor ( though he called himself the Führer ).

He ran for Federal Chancellor in 2002, but his preferred CDU / CSU and FDP coalition lost against the SPD candidate Gerhard Schröder's SPD-Green alliance.

Serving previously as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he ascended to Federal Chancellor in 1932 in the midst of a crisis for the conservative government.

In late May 1932, with the resignation of Karl Buresch's Christian-Social government, Dollfuss, age 39 and with only one year's experience in the Federal government, was offered the office of Chancellor by President Wilhelm Miklas, also a member of the Christian-Social Party.

The other members of the government are the Federal Ministers ; they are chosen by the Chancellor.

On November 3, 2004, the Federal Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, suggested that the " Day of the German Unity " be celebrated on a Sunday, for economic reasons.

Socialist ( SPD ) leader Willy Brandt was Deputy Federal Chancellor and Foreign Minister.

Brandt ( left ) and Willi Stoph in 1970, the first encounter of a Federal Chancellor with his East German counterpart

The appointments and dismissals of members of the German cabinet is approved by President of Germany | President Richard von Weizsäcker ( right ), on the advice of Chancellor of Germany ( Federal Republic of Germany ) | Chancellor Helmut Kohl ( left ) in 1991.

In Germany, the Basic Law of the Federal Republic vests this authority in the Minister of Defence in normal peace-time ( article 65a ), and that command authority is transferred to the Federal Chancellor when a state of defence is invoked ( article 115b ): something which has never happened so far.

The 2012 Swiss Federal Council, the seven-member collective Head of State of the Switzerland | Swiss Confederation ( the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland | Federal Chancellor is also depicted, at the right )

Despite these claims he nominated people active under Nazi Germany to top ministerial positions, including Hans Globke, Director of the Federal Chancellory of West Germany between 1953 and 1963 and one of the closest aides to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

After his reversal he supported the nomination of Heinrich Lübke as the CDU presidential candidate whom he believed weak enough not to interfere with his actions as Federal Chancellor.

The government formed by Kiesinger remained in power for nearly three years with the SPD leader Willy Brandt as Deputy Federal Chancellor and Foreign Minister.

It was also the permanent home to an exhibition of the life of Willy Brandt ( 1913 – 1992 ), Mayor of West Berlin from 1957 to 1966, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 1969 – 1974.

The 2012 Swiss Federal Council ( the Federal Chancellor of Switzerland | Federal Chancellor is also depicted, at the right )