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The '''Weranian Federal Government''' (''{{wp|German language|Weranian}}'': '''Ostischer Bundesregierung''') exercises executive authority over [[Werania]]. It consists of the [[Premier of Werania|Premier]] and a cabinet of 16 ministries, known as Federal Ministers (''bundesminister''). Junior ministers are not part of the wider Cabinet. Members of the Cabinet are collectively responsible to the [[Bundestag of Werania|Bundestag]] and can be removed through a vote of no confidence in the [[House of Deputies (Werania)|House of Deputies]]. The Premier officially appoints and can dismiss members of the cabinet.


The '''Weranian Federal Government''' (''{{wp|German language|Weranian}}'': '''Ostischer Bundesregierung''') exercises executive authority over [[Werania]]. It consists of the [[Chancellor of Werania|Chancellor]] and a cabinet of 16 ministries, known as Federal Ministers (''bundesminister''). Junior ministers are not part of the wider Cabinet. Members of the Cabinet are collectively responsible to the [[Bundestag of Werania|Bundestag]] and can be removed through a vote of no confidence in the [[Volkstag]]. The Chancellor officially appoints and can dismiss members of the cabinet.
The current Cabinet was inaugurated on the 14 July 2023 following the assumption to the premiership of [[Anton Raicevich]]. All 16 members are from the [[National Consolidation Party]]. Four individuals who are not members attend cabinet meetings, with two being from the NKP and two not affiliated with a political party.  
 
The current Cabinet was inaugurated on the 28 June 2019 following the assumption to the premiership of [[Otto von Hößlin]]. 14 members are from the [[National Consolidation]] whilst 2 members are from the [[Democratic Alternative (Werania)|Democratic Alternative]]. Three individuals who are not members attend cabinet meetings, with one being from the NKP, one from the DA and one not affiliated with a political party.  
==History==
==History==
==Appointment==
==Appointment==
Cabinet ministers in Werania are appointed by the [[Chancellor of Werania|Chancellor]]. A majority of the Cabinet must sit in the Volkstag and two-thirds in the Bundestag as a whole. Since 1993, {{wp|dual mandates}} of non-parliamentary positions have been illegal for cabinet members. Cabinet members must themselves be civilians who are full citizens of Werania, over the age of 25 and have not committed a felony.   
Cabinet ministers in Werania are appointed by the [[Premier of Werania|Premier]]. All members of the Cabinet must sit in either of the two chambers in the Bundestag. Since 1993, {{wp|dual mandates}} of non-parliamentary positions have been illegal for cabinet members. Cabinet members must themselves be civilians who are full citizens of Werania, over the age of 25 and have not committed a felony.   


Members of the cabinet enjoy immunity from legal prosecutions unless the Chancellor and Attorney General agree to open investigations against members. Cabinet members are obliged to resign ''en masse'' if the cabinet loses a {{Wp|vote of no confidence}} and at the end of a parliament's term. During the period in which a cabinet has resigned but a new one has not yet been formed the cabinet becomes a {{Wp|demissionary cabinet}} which only retains emergency powers.  
Members of the cabinet enjoy immunity from legal prosecutions unless the Premier and Attorney General agree to open investigations against members. Cabinet members are obliged to resign ''en masse'' if the cabinet loses a {{Wp|vote of no confidence}} and at the end of a parliament's term. During the period in which a cabinet has resigned but a new one has not yet been formed the cabinet becomes a {{Wp|demissionary cabinet}} which only retains emergency powers.  


The cabinet is divided into two positions - members who head ministries and vote within internal cabinet meetings and those who are not officially members who are appointed by the prime minister to attend cabinet meetings but neither head a ministry nor are able to vote on policy matters. Junior ministers known as ministers of state (''staatsminister'') are also appointed within ministries to handle more specialised portfolios, but are not considered part of the cabinet requiring prime ministerial permission to attend cabinet meetings and doing so as non-voting members.  
The cabinet is divided into two positions - members who head ministries and vote within internal cabinet meetings and those who are not officially members who are appointed by the Premier to attend cabinet meetings but neither head a ministry nor are able to vote on policy matters. Junior ministers known as ministers of state (''staatsminister'') are also appointed within ministries to handle more specialised portfolios, but are not considered part of the cabinet requiring the premier's permission to attend cabinet meetings and doing so as non-voting members.  
==Formation==
==Formation==
The formation of the cabinet is constitutionally a lengthy affair. Following an election wherein no party gets a majority the monarch is tasked to appoint an {{Wp|Formateur#Informateur|informateur}} who seeks potential coalition configurations by consulting between parties before reporting to the monarch to appoint a regierungsbildner (usually the leader of the largest party of a potential coalition) to form a government. The regierungsbildner is considered to be the prospective chancellor.  
The formation of the cabinet is constitutionally a complex affair. Following an election wherein no party gets a majority the monarch is tasked to appoint an {{Wp|Formateur#Informateur|informateur}} who seeks potential coalition configurations by consulting between parties before reporting to the monarch to appoint a regierungsbildner (usually the leader of the largest party of a potential coalition) to form a government. The regierungsbildner is considered to be the prospective premier.  


The cabinet is elected alongside the Chancellor by the Volkstag by a simple majority ballot. Once the cabinet is approved by a majority of legislative deputies the monarch then formally approves of the candidacy - if the Monarch rejects the nomination from the legislature the Monarch and parliament are given a week to come to a consensus - ultimately however if no consensus is reached the Volkstag's nomination automatically becomes a member of the cabinet.
The cabinet is elected alongside the premier by the House of Deputies by a simple majority ballot. Once the cabinet is approved by a majority of legislative deputies the monarch then formally approves of the candidacy - if the Monarch rejects the nomination from the legislature the Monarch and Bundestag are given a week to come to a consensus - ultimately however if no consensus is reached the House of Deputies's nomination automatically becomes a member of the cabinet.
==Government mandate==
==Government mandate==
==Structure==
==Structure==
===Defunct positions===
===Defunct positions===
==Current composition==
==Current composition==
{{main|Von Hößlin government}}
{{main|Raicevich government}}
===Official cabinet members===
===Official cabinet members===
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| [[Chancellor of Werania|Federal Chancellor]]<br><small>''Bundskanzler''</small>
| [[Premier of Werania|Federal Premier]]<br><small>''Bundesministerpräsident''</small>
| [[File:12-07-17-landtagsprojekt-bayern-RalfR-001.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Otto von Hößlin]]
| [[File:Emmanuel Macron 2017.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Anton Raicevich]]
| 28 June 2019
| 1 July 2022
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
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| [[Vice-Premier of Werania|Federal Vice-Premier]]<br><small>''Bundesvizeministerpräsident''</small><br>[[Ministry of Finance (Werania)|Minister of Finance]]<br><small>''Minister für Finanzen''</small>
| [[File:Kloeckner 2010.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Andrea Däubler]]
| 1 July 2022
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
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| [[Vice-Chancellor of Werania|Federal Vice-Chancellor]]<br><small>''Bundesvizekanzler''</small><br>[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Werania)|Minister of Foreign Affairs and Euclean Relations]]<br><small>''Minister für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten und Eucläische Beziehungen''</small>
| [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Werania)|Minister of Foreign Affairs and Euclean Relations]]<br><small>''Minister für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten und Eucläische Beziehungen''</small>
| [[File:2018 Helen McEntee Karin Kneissl (39947643565) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Käthe Schickdanze]]
| [[File:Alexander Schallenberg (2021-03-12, cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Otto von Raitbor-Questenberg]]
| 28 June 2019
| 14 June 2023
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[Democratic Alternative (Werania)|DA]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
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| [[File:2017 ORF-Elefantenrunde (37410230120) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Jörg Bullmann]]
| [[File:2017 ORF-Elefantenrunde (37410230120) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Jörg Bullmann]]
| 28 June 2019
| 28 June 2019
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
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| [[Ministry of Finance (Werania)|Minister of Finance]]<br><small>''Minister der Finanzen''</small>
| [[File:Manfred Weber March 2019.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Wolfgang Kanther]]
| 28 June 2019
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
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| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of the Economy and Industry (Werania)|Minister of Economy and Industry]]<br><small>''Minister für Wirtschaft und Industrie''</small>
| [[Ministry of the Economy and Industry (Werania)|Minister of Economy and Industry]]<br><small>''Minister für Wirtschaft und Industrie''</small><br>Minister for State Enterprises and Privatization<br><small>''Minister für staatliche unternehmen und privatisierung''</small><br>
| [[File:Norbert Hofer.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Alexander Oberländer]]
| [[File:Grundsteinlegung MiQua-7004 (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Alexander Oberländer]]
| 28 June 2019
| 1 July 2022
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Councillors]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Defence (Werania)|Minister of Defence]]<br><small>''Minister für Verteidigung''</small>
| [[Ministry of Defence (Werania)|Minister of Defence]]<br><small>''Minister für Verteidigung''</small>
| [[File:Roland Koch 2.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Ulrich Furler]]
| [[File:Wolfgang Sobotka 23-05-2013 01 (cropped).JPG|60px]]<br>[[Martin Stammberger]]
| 28 June 2019
| 1 July 2022
| [[Herrstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Justice (Werania)|Minister of Justice]]<br><small>''Minister der Justiz''</small><br>[[Ministry for Women and Social Mobility|Minister for Women and Social Mobility]]<br><small>''Ministerin für Frauen und Soziale Mobilität''</small>
| [[Ministry of Justice (Werania)|Minister of Justice]]<br><small>''Minister für Justiz''</small>
| [[File:Landtagswahl Rheinland-Pfalz ZDF-Interview by Olaf Kosinsky-41.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Andrea Däubler]]
| [[File:2017-09-11 Andreas Scheuer CSU 8450.JPG|60px]]<br>[[Ludwig von Brauchitsch]]
| 28 June 2019
| 1 July 2022
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color:#116468" |
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Werania)|Minister of Social Affairs and Employment]]<br><small>''Minister für Soziales und Beschäftigung''</small>
| [[Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Werania)|Minister of Social Affairs and Employment]]<br><small>''Minister für Soziales und Beschäftigung''</small>
| [[File:Lietuvas parlamenta priekšsēdētāja vizīte Latvijā (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Simas Nekrošius]]
| [[File:2012-07-17 BYL 109.JPG|60px]]<br>[[Egon Niebergall]]
| 28 June 2019
| 14 June 2023
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[Democratic Alternative (Werania)|DA]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Health Services (Werania)|Minister of Health Services]]<br><small>''Minister für Gesundheitsdienste''</small>
| [[Ministry of Health Services (Werania)|Minister of Health Services]]<br><small>''Minister für Gesundheitsdienste''</small><br>Minister for Women and Social Mobility<br><small>''Ministerin für Frauen und Soziale Mobilität''</small>
| [[File:2020 Elisabeth Köstinger Ministerrat am 8.1.2020 (49351371016) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Sabrine Dümmler]]
| [[File:2020 Elisabeth Köstinger Ministerrat am 8.1.2020 (49351371016) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Sabrine Dümmler]]
| 28 June 2019
| 28 June 2019
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Education, Youth and Science (Werania)|Minister of Education, Youth and Science]]<br><small>''Minister für Bildung, Jugend und Wissenschaft''</small>
| [[Ministry of Education, Youth and Science (Werania)|Minister of Education, Youth and Science]]<br><small>''Minister für Bildung, Jugend und Wissenschaft''</small>
| [[File:2012-07-17 BYL 109.JPG|60px]]<br>[[Egon Niebergall]]
| [[File:Maischberger - 2017-03-22-1082.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Melanie Bätzing-Lichtenthäler]]
| 28 June 2019
| 14 June 2023
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Werania)|Minister of Transport and Infrastructure]]<br><small>''Minister für Verkehr und Infrastruktur''</small>
| [[Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Werania)|Minister of Transport and Infrastructure]]<br><small>''Minister für Verkehr und Infrastruktur''</small>
| [[File:Hart aber fair - 2018-04-09-8848.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Helmut Schockenhoff]]
| [[File:Markus Blume 1212.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Manfred Reinhart]]
| 28 June 2019
| 1 July 2022
| [[Herrstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Regional Government and Development (Werania)|Minister of Regional Government and Development]]<br><small>''Minister für Regionalregierung und Entwicklung''</small>
| [[Ministry of Regional Government and Development (Werania)|Minister of Regional Government and Development]]<br><small>''Minister für Regionalregierung und Entwicklung''</small><br>Minister of Digital Innovation<br><small>''Minister für digitale innovation''</small>
| [[File:2015 Margarete Schramböck (16964730760) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Melanie Bätzing-Lichtenthäler]]
| [[File:2015 Margarete Schramböck (16964730760) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Beatrix Schockenhoff]]
| 28 June 2019
| 14 June 2023
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Councillors]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries (Werania)|Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries]]<br><small>''Minister für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Fischerei''</small>
| [[Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries (Werania)|Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries]]<br><small>''Minister für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Fischerei''</small>
| [[File:Gerd Müller.JPG|60px]]<br>[[Wilhelm Stahlman]]
| [[File:Informal meeting of Energy and Transport Ministers (TTE). Round table Žygimantas Vaičiūnas (37167736882) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Joakimas Chodosevicius]]
| 28 June 2019
| 1 July 2022
| [[Herrstag]]
| [[House of Councillors]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color:#FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Energy and the Environment (Werania)|Minister of Energy and the Environment]]<br><small>''Minister für Energie und Umwelt''</small>
| [[Ministry of Energy and the Environment (Werania)|Minister of Energy and the Environment]]<br><small>''Minister für Energie und Umwelt''</small>
| [[File:Wolfgang Sobotka 23-05-2013 01 (cropped).JPG|60px]]<br>[[Martin Stammberger]]
| [[File:16-07-05-Mario Kunasek-KG 6051.JPG|60px]]<br>[[Eckart Krichbaum]]
| 28 June 2019
| 14 June 2023
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|-
|-
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| width=5px style="background-color: #FF6A00" |
| [[Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports (Werania)|Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports]]<br><small>''Minister für Kultur, Tourismus und Sport''</small>
| [[Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports (Werania)|Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports]]<br><small>''Minister für Kultur, Tourismus und Sport''</small>
| [[File:Rihards Kozlovskis 2015.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Girenas Bujanauskas]]
| [[File:WLP14-ri-0843- Dorothee Bär (CSU), MdB.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Amanda Rommel]]
| 28 June 2019
| 1 July 2022
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
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| [[Ministry of Administrative and Constitutional Reform|Minister of Administrative and Constitutional Reform]]<br><small>''Minister für Verwaltungs und Verfassungsreform''</small>
| [[File:Kauder, Volker-8810.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Andreas Scheel]]
| 28 June 2019
| [[Herrstag]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
|}
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| Senior Legislative Coordinator<Br><small>Leitender Legislativkoordinator</small>
| House of Councillors Legislative Coordinator<Br><small>Ratsmitgliederhaus Legislativkoordinator</small>
| [[File:Josef Moser (4741871116).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Norbert Böhmer]]
| [[File:Josef Moser (4741871116).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Norbert Böhmer]]
| 28 June 2019
| 28 June 2019
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Councillors]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
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| Junior Legislative Coordinator<br><small>Junior Legislativkoordinator</small>
| House of Deputies Legislative Coordinator<br><small>Abgeordnetenhaus Legislativkoordinator</small>
| [[File:16-07-05-Mario Kunasek-KG 6051.JPG|60px]]<br>[[Eckart Krichbaum]]
| [[File:2020 Susanne Raab Ministerrat am 8.1.2020 (49351571192) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|60px]]<br>[[Regina Windisch]]
| 28 June 2019
| 14 June 2023
| [[Volkstag]]
| [[House of Deputies]]
| [[Democratic Alternative (Werania)|DA]]
| [[National Consolidation Party|NKP]]
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| Attorney General<br><small>Generalstaatsanwalt</small>
| Attorney General<br><small>Generalstaatsanwalt</small>
| [[File:Justizminister Wolfgang Brandstetter.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Volker Bottenbruch]]  
| [[File:Justizminister Wolfgang Brandstetter.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Volker Bottenbruch]]  
| 20 August 2015
| 20 August 2012
| [[Herrstag]]
| N/A
| {{wp|Independent (politics)|Independent}}
| {{wp|Independent (politics)|Independent}}
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| [[Federal Chancellery (Werania)|Federal Chancellor]]<br><small>Bundeskanzlerin</small>
| [[File:2020-02-14 Annette Widmann-Mauz (Bundestagsprojekt 2020) by Sandro Halank–2.jpg|60px]]<br>[[Isabella Leitgeb]]
| 15 July 2011
| N/A
| [[Modern Centre Party (Werania)|Modern Centre]]<br><small>(Membership suspended)</small>
|}
|}
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Government of Werania
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Logo of the Weranic government
Overview
Established1842 (inaugural)
1993 (current constitution)
StateWeranian Confederation
LeaderPremier
Appointed byFederal Presidency
Main organCabinet
Responsible toBundestag
House of Councillors • House of Deputies
HeadquartersObermenstraße, Westbrücken
Werania
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Foreign relations
 Werania

The Weranian Federal Government (Weranian: Ostischer Bundesregierung) exercises executive authority over Werania. It consists of the Premier and a cabinet of 16 ministries, known as Federal Ministers (bundesminister). Junior ministers are not part of the wider Cabinet. Members of the Cabinet are collectively responsible to the Bundestag and can be removed through a vote of no confidence in the House of Deputies. The Premier officially appoints and can dismiss members of the cabinet.

The current Cabinet was inaugurated on the 14 July 2023 following the assumption to the premiership of Anton Raicevich. All 16 members are from the National Consolidation Party. Four individuals who are not members attend cabinet meetings, with two being from the NKP and two not affiliated with a political party.

History

Appointment

Cabinet ministers in Werania are appointed by the Premier. All members of the Cabinet must sit in either of the two chambers in the Bundestag. Since 1993, dual mandates of non-parliamentary positions have been illegal for cabinet members. Cabinet members must themselves be civilians who are full citizens of Werania, over the age of 25 and have not committed a felony.

Members of the cabinet enjoy immunity from legal prosecutions unless the Premier and Attorney General agree to open investigations against members. Cabinet members are obliged to resign en masse if the cabinet loses a vote of no confidence and at the end of a parliament's term. During the period in which a cabinet has resigned but a new one has not yet been formed the cabinet becomes a demissionary cabinet which only retains emergency powers.

The cabinet is divided into two positions - members who head ministries and vote within internal cabinet meetings and those who are not officially members who are appointed by the Premier to attend cabinet meetings but neither head a ministry nor are able to vote on policy matters. Junior ministers known as ministers of state (staatsminister) are also appointed within ministries to handle more specialised portfolios, but are not considered part of the cabinet requiring the premier's permission to attend cabinet meetings and doing so as non-voting members.

Formation

The formation of the cabinet is constitutionally a complex affair. Following an election wherein no party gets a majority the monarch is tasked to appoint an informateur who seeks potential coalition configurations by consulting between parties before reporting to the monarch to appoint a regierungsbildner (usually the leader of the largest party of a potential coalition) to form a government. The regierungsbildner is considered to be the prospective premier.

The cabinet is elected alongside the premier by the House of Deputies by a simple majority ballot. Once the cabinet is approved by a majority of legislative deputies the monarch then formally approves of the candidacy - if the Monarch rejects the nomination from the legislature the Monarch and Bundestag are given a week to come to a consensus - ultimately however if no consensus is reached the House of Deputies's nomination automatically becomes a member of the cabinet.

Government mandate

Structure

Defunct positions

Current composition

Main article: Raicevich government

Official cabinet members

Position Member Member since Seat Political party
Federal Premier
Bundesministerpräsident 		Emmanuel Macron 2017.jpg
Anton Raicevich 		1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Federal Vice-Premier
Bundesvizeministerpräsident
Minister of Finance
Minister für Finanzen 		Kloeckner 2010.jpg
Andrea Däubler 		1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Euclean Relations
Minister für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten und Eucläische Beziehungen 		Alexander Schallenberg (2021-03-12, cropped).jpg
Otto von Raitbor-Questenberg 		14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of the Interior and Community
Minister für Inneres und Heimat 		2017 ORF-Elefantenrunde (37410230120) (cropped).jpg
Jörg Bullmann 		28 June 2019 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Economy and Industry
Minister für Wirtschaft und Industrie
Minister for State Enterprises and Privatization
Minister für staatliche unternehmen und privatisierung
 Grundsteinlegung MiQua-7004 (cropped).jpg
Alexander Oberländer 		1 July 2022 House of Councillors NKP
Minister of Defence
Minister für Verteidigung 		Wolfgang Sobotka 23-05-2013 01 (cropped).JPG
Martin Stammberger 		1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Justice
Minister für Justiz 		2017-09-11 Andreas Scheuer CSU 8450.JPG
Ludwig von Brauchitsch 		1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
Minister für Soziales und Beschäftigung 		2012-07-17 BYL 109.JPG
Egon Niebergall 		14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Health Services
Minister für Gesundheitsdienste
Minister for Women and Social Mobility
Ministerin für Frauen und Soziale Mobilität 		2020 Elisabeth Köstinger Ministerrat am 8.1.2020 (49351371016) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Sabrine Dümmler 		28 June 2019 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Education, Youth and Science
Minister für Bildung, Jugend und Wissenschaft 		Maischberger - 2017-03-22-1082.jpg
Melanie Bätzing-Lichtenthäler 		14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
Minister für Verkehr und Infrastruktur 		Markus Blume 1212.jpg
Manfred Reinhart 		1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Regional Government and Development
Minister für Regionalregierung und Entwicklung
Minister of Digital Innovation
Minister für digitale innovation 		2015 Margarete Schramböck (16964730760) (cropped).jpg
Beatrix Schockenhoff 		14 June 2023 House of Councillors NKP
Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries
Minister für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Fischerei 		Informal meeting of Energy and Transport Ministers (TTE). Round table Žygimantas Vaičiūnas (37167736882) (cropped).jpg
Joakimas Chodosevicius 		1 July 2022 House of Councillors NKP
Minister of Energy and the Environment
Minister für Energie und Umwelt 		16-07-05-Mario Kunasek-KG 6051.JPG
Eckart Krichbaum 		14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports
Minister für Kultur, Tourismus und Sport 		WLP14-ri-0843- Dorothee Bär (CSU), MdB.jpg
Amanda Rommel 		1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP

Also attending

Position Member Member since Seat Political party
House of Councillors Legislative Coordinator
Ratsmitgliederhaus Legislativkoordinator 		Josef Moser (4741871116).jpg
Norbert Böhmer 		28 June 2019 House of Councillors NKP
House of Deputies Legislative Coordinator
Abgeordnetenhaus Legislativkoordinator 		2020 Susanne Raab Ministerrat am 8.1.2020 (49351571192) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
Regina Windisch 		14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Attorney General
Generalstaatsanwalt 		Justizminister Wolfgang Brandstetter.jpg
Volker Bottenbruch 		20 August 2012 N/A Independent
Federal Chancellor
Bundeskanzlerin 		2020-02-14 Annette Widmann-Mauz (Bundestagsprojekt 2020) by Sandro Halank–2.jpg
Isabella Leitgeb 		15 July 2011 N/A Modern Centre
(Membership suspended)
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