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Capital city
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Berlin |
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Constitution
23 May 1949, known as Basic Law; became constitution of the united Germany 3 October 1990 |
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Corruption
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16 |
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[16th of 160]
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Executive branch > Cabinet
Cabinet or Bundesminister (Federal Ministers) appointed by the president on the recommendation of the chancellor |
Executive branch > Chief of state
President Horst KOEHLER (since 1 July 2004) |
Executive branch > Elections
president elected for a five-year term (eligible for a second term) by a Federal Convention, including all members of the Federal Assembly and an equal number of delegates elected by the state parliaments; election last held 23 May 2004 (next to be held 23 May 2009); chancellor elected by an absolute majority of the Federal Assembly for a four-year term; Bundestag election last held 22 November 2005 (next to be held in November 2009) |
Executive branch > Head of government
Chancellor Angela MERKEL (since 22 November 2005) |
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Flag modification
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139 |
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[139th of 197]
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Government type
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federal republic |
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Judicial branch
Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (half the judges are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat) |
Key ministers > Interior
Otto Schily (SPD) |
Legal system
civil law system with indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in the Federal Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
Legislative branch
bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Federal Assembly or Bundestag (614 seats; elected by popular vote under a system combining direct and proportional representation; a party must win 5% of the national vote or three direct mandates to gain proportional representation and caucus recognition; to serve four-year terms) and the Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 votes; state governments are directly represented by votes; each has three to six votes depending on population and are required to vote as a block) |
National holiday
Unity Day, 3 October (1990) |
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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6% |
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[6th of 143]
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Political pressure groups and leaders
business associations and employers' organizations; religious, trade unions, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups |
Status
federal democracy |
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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UN membership date
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18 Sep. 1973 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.germany-info.org/UN/index.htm
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/www/en/index_html |
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; A CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt). Includes police corruption, business corruption, political corruption, etc. Data for 2005.; Cabinet includes the official name for any body of high-ranking advisers roughly comparable to a U.S. Cabinet. Also notes the method for selection of members.
; The name and title of any person or role roughly equivalent to a U.S. Chief of State. This means the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government
; Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election
; Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government.
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; The primary national day of celebration - often independence day.
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; Democracy: state in which democratic structures provide for an alternance of power
Pseudo-Democracy: state in which there are democratic structures but without a real chance for an alternance of power
Transition State: a state with a transitional structure
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ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, west germany
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