Frankenburg

Frankenburg Frankenburg
Flag File:Frankenburg coat of arms.png Seal
Frankenburg located in Besmenia
Country	Besmenia
Capital	Berkafurt
Government
• Type	Parliamentary republic, partially sovereign member state of a federal state
• Body	State Chamber of Frankenburg
• Governor	Christina Liebetrau (BVP)
• Governing parties	BVP/SDU
• Federal Senate votes	4 (of 64)
Population  (2021)
• Total	2,844,953

Frankenburg (Besmenian: Frankenburg) is a federal state located in Besmenia.

Geography

Main article: Frankenburgian Forest

Population

Frankenburg is the least populated state in Besmenia with a population of 2,844,953.

Politics

Frankenburg is referred to as a swing state, which usually has a signal character in nationwide elections. The BVP dominates in the rural areas of Frankenburg, the FBBP in the industrial regions and in the railway junctions. The BVP, which was the strongest party except the period 1981-1999, dominated state politics. Between 1981 and 1999, the FBBP, with Franz Gauthier as governor, was the strongest party in Frankenburg.

Executive

The executive is led by the state government of Frankenburg, which consists of the Frankenburgian governors and the state ministers. The governor is elected by the state chamber with a majority of its members without debate in a secret ballot for the entire legislative period. The governor appoints and dismisses state ministers. He also appoints a minister as his deputy. The state chamber can only depose the governor through a constructive vote of no confidence.

Frankenburgian state government

Governors of Frankenburg since 1967
No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Election
1	File:Ulf Engelbert.png	Ulf Engelbert (1909-1994)	4 November 1967	26 July 1975	BVP	1967 1971
2	File:Konstantin Herbmann.png	Konstantin Herbmann (1920-2002)	26 July 1975	31 July 1981	BVP	1975
3	File:Franz Steigerwald.png	Franz Steigerwald (1934-)	31 July 1981	28 July 1999	FBBP	1981 1987 1993
4	File:Jörg Hofstadt.png	Jörg Hofstadt (1952-)	28 July 1999	16 March 2013	BVP	1999 2005 2011
5	File:Anton Scholzer.png	Anton Scholzer (1960-)	16 March 2013	29 July 2017	BVP	-
6		Christina Liebetrau (1969-)	29 July 2017	Incumbent	BVP	2017

Legislature

The legislature is the State Chamber of Frankenburg, which is elected every six years using the open list proportional representation. The parliament of Frankenburg consists of 89 members.

Local government

The 15 discricts of Frankenburg.

Frankenburg is divided into 15 districts (Landbezirk).