A Federal Ministry is a Federal Minister the assigned highest federal authority. According to the article 62 of the Basic Law the Federal Government consists of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Ministers. Within the guidelines set by the Federal Chancellor each Federal Minister leads his department within own responsibility. To the department of a Federal Minister the Federal Ministry belongs to the department assigned upper, middle and lower federal authorities as the highest federal authority and those. The officials and employee of the Federal Ministry are responsible for its tasks on behalf and in the name of the Federal Minister, in particular the supervision in relation to the subordinate authorities, in addition, the political tasks opposite the Bundestag and the other organs of the federation.

Historical developments

After Prussian tradition acts of administration of the Federal Ministries are issued frequently in I form and to the Minister are referred.

Ministries were ever out-continued to differentiate in history. Becomes term historical clearly e.g. at the Prussian mechanism of the Department of State, which contained the entire government. In 19. The classical departments developed for century: Finances, foreign affairs, war, inside and law Werner Frot, Bodo Pieroth: Condition history, 5. Aufl., Munich 2005, Rn 211. After establishment of the German empire the designation "Ministry" was then avoided. 1870 the created Prussian State Department already with his over name as Foreign Office north Germans of the federation one had renamed and existed as such in the German empire away. Also the office for realm law (1877), furnished after establishment of realm, was not called Ministry. This are based on the fact that the entire realm authority came to the realm chancellorship (at the beginning of the empire under guidance of Bismarck), and on realm level a Ausdifferenzierung took place only later. Over there not to a responsibility of the realm government in relation to the parliament come not to let was it formally no Ministers or Ministries and concomitantly no collegial realm government, although the undersecretaries of state as bosses of the offices for realm actually the Ministers very similar a position having Werner Frot, Bodo Pieroth: Condition history, 5. Aufl., Munich 2005, Rn 428 FF.

In Germany the Federal Ministry of the defense (kind 65a GG) is, the Federal Ministry of the law (kind 96 exp. 2 sentence 4 GG) as well as the Federal Ministry of finances (kind 108 exp. 3 sentence 2 GG) mandatorily. Among the fakultativen however nevertheless classical Ministries the moreover one the Federal Ministry of the inside and the Foreign Office rank. To distinguish from the classical the remaining Ministries are also easy on the basis "for "in the name (Federal Ministry for"Â…).

The most important Federal Ministry is traditionally the Foreign Office, the smallest Ministries is the Federal Ministry for economic co-operation and development and the Federal Ministry that law at present covers the Federal Cabinet 14 Ministries.

Office designation

Only in the 90's the family and woman Mrs. at that time Ursula reached teaches that the office designation was angegepasst to newer ways of life. Up to then only the male designation was intended, because first also only of men in this office one had thought. This although already early in the Federal Republic of health and Secretaries of Family Affairs female were and the Basic Law guarantees the equal rights.

Offices in Federal Ministries

The following table represents an overview of the most important office designations in the Federal Ministries, their common abbreviations as well as office relationship and legal basis.

(Beamtete) undersecretaries of state and Ministerialdirektoren are so-called political officials; they can be shifted in accordance with "§"§ 31 BRRG, 36 exp. 1 No. 1 BBG at any time into the provisional retirement. Also parliamentary undersecretaries of state can in accordance with "§ 4 sentence 1, 1. HS ParlStG will dismiss at any time.

Besides there are further offices with privileged position, e.g. in connection with a function as control instance. Thus stands for instance the Federal Commissioners for the data security (BfD; it is settled in the division of the Federal Ministry of the inside - "§ 22 exp. 5 P. 1 BSDG) to the federation in a public office relationship ("§ 22 exp. 4 P. 1 BDSG). Parallel to the administrativeorganizational position of its authority as separated department receives the BfD as a director/conductor of this authority office purchases at height some federal official of the salary bracket B 9 to being entitled paying ("§ 23 exp. 7 P. 1 BDSG).

In the Foreign Office by the deviating office designations represented above are partly used. For example the government advice is called. In addition a civil servant of the Foreign Office, who is abroad assigned, leads partly different Amtsbezeichungen as if it inland is active. Thus that abroad transacts director of government message advice called.

See also

: Category: Federal Ministry (Germany)

Sources

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• Organization decree of the Bundeskanzlerin from 22 November 2005

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