Article 65a of the Basic Law

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Article 65a of the Basic Law is the provision in Germany’s constitution that establishes the Federal Minister of Defence’s authority over the armed forces in peacetime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the German Basic Law ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesIn peacetime ⓘ
appliesTo Bundeswehr ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple primacy of civilian political leadership over the military ⓘ
belongsToChapter organization of the federal government ⓘ
bindingOn Bundeswehr ⓘ
Federal Minister of Defence ⓘ
linked to: Minister of Defence

federal constitutional organs of Germany ⓘ
constitutionalRank part of primary constitutional law ⓘ
constitutionalStatus in force ⓘ
contrastsWith Article 115b of the Basic Law ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
definesRoleOf Federal Minister of Defence ⓘ
linked to: Minister of Defence
distinguishesBetween peacetime command authority and wartime command authority ⓘ
ensures civilian ministerial responsibility for the armed forces ⓘ
establishes that the Federal Minister of Defence has command and authority over the armed forces in peacetime ⓘ
governs relationship between the Federal Government and the armed forces in peacetime ⓘ
grantsAuthorityTo Federal Minister of Defence ⓘ
linked to: Minister of Defence
interpretedBy Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ
jurisdiction Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany
language German ⓘ
legalSystem German constitutional law ⓘ
limitsAuthorityOf other federal ministers regarding command over the armed forces ⓘ
partOf Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
regulates command authority over the German armed forces in peacetime ⓘ
relatedTo civilian control of the military in Germany ⓘ
separation of powers in German constitutional law ⓘ
subjectMatter command and control of the Bundeswehr in peacetime ⓘ
typeOfNorm organizational norm of state structure ⓘ

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German Federal Cabinet → constitutionalArticle → Article 65a of the Basic Law ⓘ
Federal Cabinet (Germany) → constitutionalArticle → Article 65a of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject linked to: Federal Cabinet
linked to: Article 65a of the Basic Law