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Comparative Politics-German exec
Executive branch
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 4
10/13/2010

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Term
Current Chancellor
Definition
Angela Merkel
Term
Current Prasident
Definition
Christian Wulff
Term
Powers: president
Definition
Head of state (less practical powers, more ceremonial); Dissolves Bundestag (lower house); proclaims laws; appoints and dismisses the chancellor
Term
Powers: Chancellor
Definition
Strong chancellor; picks their own cabinet; responsible for main lines of government and defends them before bundestag and public; responsible for what ministers say or do;
Term
How: prasident
Definition
Elected by special Federal Assembly composed of all Bundestag members and equal number from state legislatures
Term
How: Chancellor
Definition
SMDs and portional representation. Voter has 2 votes, one for SMD in one of 299 districts and other for party
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