German Chancellery

The Federal Chancellery (abbreviation BK, BKAmt ) is a supreme federal agency that supports the German Chancellor in his duties. It has its headquarters in the capital Berlin and a second seat in the city of Bonn.

  • 3.1 Bonn
  • 3.2 Berlin

Mission and structure

The Chancellor's Office has the responsibility to obtain the necessary information for the work of the Chancellor and kept. This is done primarily through close contact with the federal ministries, which in turn have the department-specific information. Since the Chancellor's Office coordinates the federal ministries, for example, in Great inquiries, corresponds to the internal structure of the Federal Chancellery to the respective ministries - one also speaks of " mirror units ". This created by Hans Globke political departments should firstly follow the work of the ministries and on the other hand allow the Federal competent prosecution of their work. The Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Defence corresponds, for example, the department 2

Furthermore, it shall perform the administrative tasks of the federal government.

Like all authorities is divided into a line and a work area and the Chancellor's Office. The administrative work is thereby perceived by six departments:

  • Division 1: domestic and legal policy (Director: Michael Wettengel )
  • Division 2: Foreign, Security and Development Policy (Director: Christoph Heusgen )
  • Division 3: Social, health, labor market, infrastructure and social policy (Director: John Geismann )
  • Division 4: Economic and Fiscal Policy (headed by Lars -Hendrik Röller )
  • Division 5: European Policy (Director: Nicholas Meyer- Landrut )
  • Division 6: Federal Intelligence Service; Coordination of the intelligence services of the Federation ( conductor: Günter hot )

These are further divided into groups, which in turn are divided into units. A detailed organization chart can be found here (PDF).

The Federal Chancellery, the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik is also assigned.

The line within the Federal Chancellery

For line range of the Chancellery, which also includes the rod Policy Planning; Fundamental questions; Special tasks assigned include the Chancellor, the head of the Federal Chancellery and the resident in the division of the Chancellor and the Chancellor's Office and Minister of State Heads of state secretaries. You are subject to the department head in the range of ministerial departments, its bundled information about the Head of the Federal Agency use in briefings - such as the weekly " Great location " - will find.

The chief of the Federal Chancellery

The Authority will not be led by the Chancellor directly, but by the chief of the Chancellery (abbreviated ChefBK ) containing 1 GOBReg also perceives according to § 7 ​​paragraph the business of the State Secretary of the Federal Government.

For ChefBK appoints the Chancellor either a Secretary of State - in this case, subject to the incumbent the Federal Civil Service Act and can be set by the Chancellor as a " political officer" pursuant to § 54 BBG any time on hiatus - or he appoints a Federal Minister for Special Assignments for ChefBK However, the position of which corresponds to a public official capacity and enjoys all the rights of a member of the federal government, the Chancellor, however, can continue to dismiss him without further ado (Article 64 paragraph 1 GG / § 9 BMinG ). In the media and the public, hence the unofficial name of the Federal Chancellery is in use.

The ChefBK acts as the central coordinating body for the interaction of the federal ministries, at any time inform him about their work and thus of the entire governance of the Federation. He also brings in lieu of the decisions of the Federal Minister when indeed required the consent of the entire federal government, an oral discussion, however, is not necessary, and they in turn informed of the outcome and decisions of the Federal Chancellor. In addition, he is responsible for the long-term planning policy projects of the Federal Government and he is also an important junction of the parliamentary bodies of the Federation, the federal states, social groups and individual personalities as well (together with the Foreign Office ) to representatives of foreign States. According to § 7 paragraph 2 GOBReg he can addressed to the Chancellor or his designated by the Federal President on forward letter directly to the competent Federal Minister.

If the Chancellor does not decide, the ChefBK sets the meeting dates of the federal cabinet and the agendas and causes the invitation to these meetings. He also leads the round of the permanent secretaries of all ministries, which takes place two days before each regular Cabinet meeting. The meetings of the federal cabinet and all its committees, including the Federal Security Council and to the above preparatory held ministerial meetings, the ChefBK GOBReg takes in accordance with § 23 Section 1 also participate - he has the rank of a federal minister, he also has the right to vote. The templates of the meetings shall be forwarded to the ChefBK at least one week prior to the meetings. The details of transfers that result from organizational decrees of the chancellor regarding the relocation of business areas between Federal Ministries are to inform the ChefBK.

It also prepares the held twice yearly meetings between the Minister and President of the Senate of the German states with the Federal Chancellor, by meeting in advance under his presidency with the leaders of the state offices of the Länder.

The ChefBK also leads the weekly meetings of the national security situation, the so-called " Intelligence Services Location " and her following "President position ." In addition, the Federal Intelligence Service it is assumed - the Chancellor also appointed him to the Federal Government Commissioner for the intelligence services, he also acts directly in the coordination of the two other intelligence agencies of the Confederation.

The National Regulatory subordinate to his legal supervision.

The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media and the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration part of his business.

Its importance in the federal government is therefore outstanding, but his work takes place mostly in the background and without public attention.

→ Main article: List of heads of the Federal Chancellery

→ Main article: Federal Minister for Special Tasks

Secretaries of State in the Federal Chancellery and Parliamentary Secretaries of State and Minister of State at the Federal

In support of the Chancellor and the ChefBKs other ( civil servant ) Secretaries may be appointed to the Federal Chancellery. They receive either a Commissioner of the Federal Government own businesses or work in the management of the general administration of the Chancellery with. In addition, the Chancellor has the right shall be included even Parliamentary Secretaries, which he own areas of responsibility ( such as a commissioner for integration, for example, since 1998 /1999 Minister of State and since 2005) can assign also and him in his political work (especially when his support representatives in the Bundestag and the Bundesrat and their committees ). As the only member of the Federal Government in the Federal Chancellor is granted the privilege since 1999 that his Parliamentary Secretaries need not be members of the German Bundestag. Since the late 1970s, it is also common practice that the Federal Parliamentary Secretaries to his Ministers of State (pursuant to § 8 ParlStG ) appoint. The Chancellor may at any time dismiss (§ 4 ParlStG ).

Although the head of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government and Federal Government spokesperson reports to the Chancellor, but is an independent director of a Supreme Authority in the rank of Secretary of State and not associated with the Federal Chancellery.

The Federal Government Commissioner for intelligence and intelligence coordinator

The Chancellor also appointed a Minister of State, Minister or Secretary of State in the business of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Chancellery, the most ChefBK itself, for the Federal Government Commissioner for the Intelligence Services. This a separate department in the Federal Chancellery is to perform its duties (currently Division 6 ), which is also responsible for the Federal Chancellery downstream BND addition to the coordination of the intelligence services, subject to FbW. The actual administrative head of this department, the so-called " intelligence coordinator " is simultaneously the representative of the Commissioner.

The Commissioner also chairs the State Committee for the secret intelligence, and a security and is usually 6- the secret service coordinator about informed by the Head of the intelligence situation.

It is responsible for coordination and intensification of cooperation between intelligence services of the federal government, ie the Federal Intelligence Service, the Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution and the Military Counterintelligence, with each other and their interagency cooperation with other agencies and departments. He also participates in the parliamentary treatment of the household affairs of all three intelligence agencies as well as in the preparation of meetings of the Parliamentary Control Panel. He also has the right to require the ministries and the intelligence services of the Federal information on intelligence suspected cases and other special events as well as the working methods, the information and index services, organizing, budgeting and personnel structure planning; it may propose further in the field of cooperation between intelligence services measures; he is involved in legislative projects and to develop regulations that affect one of the intelligence services of the Federation or the three services or their cooperation with other agencies. In addition, he may at any time cause direct discussions with the heads of services and their representatives.

History

After the founding of three German intelligence it required a central coordinating item that reports directly to the Chancellor or the Chancellor's Office. From 1949 to 1964, this work was taken over by Bundesverteidigungsrat and from 1964 to 1969 by the Federal Minister for Affairs of the Federal Defence Council Heinrich Krone. Thus, the coordination of the German secret services were grouped together for the first time in the history of the Federal Republic as a separate item. After the Federal Ministry for Affairs of the Federal Defence Council was dissolved in 1969, the Federal Security newly founded was entrusted with the task of coordination. In fact, this task was undertaken, however, the head of the Federal Chancellery. The post of Intelligence Co-ordinator was created in 1991 and has since formed the central interface between the intelligence agencies and the Federal Chancellery.

Intelligence coordinators

Building

Bonn

First Federal Chancellery in 1949 served first few rooms of the Museum Koenig. On November 3, 1949, the Belgian military, the Palais Schaumburg in Bonn handed to the Federal Government. From 1976 to 1999, the seat of the Federal Chancellery was in a new building, which had been planned by the planning group Stieldorf.

Berlin

From 1999 until moving to a new building, the Federal Chancellery was sitting on a transitional basis in the former GDR State Council building of the Berlin Palace Square (now European School of Management and Technology). Since 2001, a new building designed by Axel Schultes in Berlin Spree sheet is separated by the Square of the Republic of the Reichstag building, as authorities seat. The building opens to a central square in front of the Paul Loebe house to be designed as a citizen forum. It is part of the " bond of the covenant " mentioned group of buildings on Spreebogenpark. The building is currently also working employees of the State Minister of Culture.

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