Government of Werania

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Government of Werania
Werania government.png
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

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

Official cabinet members

Position Member Member since Seat Political party
Federal Premier
Bundesministerpräsident
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Anton Raicevich
1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Federal Vice-Premier
Bundesvizeministerpräsident
Minister of Finance
Minister für Finanzen
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Andrea Däubler
1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Euclean Relations
Minister für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten und Eucläische Beziehungen
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Otto von Raitbor-Questenberg
14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of the Interior and Community
Minister für Inneres und Heimat
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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
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Alexander Oberländer
1 July 2022 House of Councillors NKP
Minister of Defence
Minister für Verteidigung
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Martin Stammberger
1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Justice
Minister für Justiz
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Ludwig von Brauchitsch
1 July 2022 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
Minister für Soziales und Beschäftigung
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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
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Sabrine Dümmler
28 June 2019 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Education, Youth and Science
Minister für Bildung, Jugend und Wissenschaft
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Melanie Bätzing-Lichtenthäler
14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
Minister für Verkehr und Infrastruktur
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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
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Beatrix Schockenhoff
14 June 2023 House of Councillors NKP
Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries
Minister für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Fischerei
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Joakimas Chodosevicius
1 July 2022 House of Councillors NKP
Minister of Energy and the Environment
Minister für Energie und Umwelt
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Eckart Krichbaum
14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports
Minister für Kultur, Tourismus und Sport
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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
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Norbert Böhmer
28 June 2019 House of Councillors NKP
House of Deputies Legislative Coordinator
Abgeordnetenhaus Legislativkoordinator
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Regina Windisch
14 June 2023 House of Deputies NKP
Attorney General
Generalstaatsanwalt
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Volker Bottenbruch
20 August 2012 N/A Independent
Federal Chancellor
Bundeskanzlerin
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Isabella Leitgeb
15 July 2011 N/A Modern Centre
(Membership suspended)