Chief of the German Chancellery

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The Chief of the German Chancellery is the top official who heads the Federal Chancellery and serves as the principal coordinator and manager of the German federal government's policy and administrative affairs on behalf of the Chancellor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet-level position
government office
alsoKnownAs Head of the Federal Chancellery
Minister for Special Affairs
appointedBy Chancellor of Germany
President of Germany
belongsTo executive branch of Germany
country Germany
hasAssociatedOffice Minister for Special Affairs
hasDomain federal policy coordination
government administration management
hasRank Federal Minister
linked to: Bundesminister
heads Federal Chancellery
inception 1949
isPositionIn federal system
parliamentary system
jurisdiction Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Germany
legalBasis Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
federal government organizational decrees
locatedIn Willy-Brandt-Straße, Berlin
linked to: Leipziger Straße
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berlin
memberOf Federal Cabinet of Germany
nativeLabel Chef der Bundeskanzlei
Chef des Bundeskanzleramtes
nominatedBy Chancellor of Germany
officeHeldBy member of the Federal Cabinet of Germany
officeHolderStartTime 2021
oversees Federal Intelligence Service
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
Military Counterintelligence Service
partOf Federal Government of Germany
positionHeldBy Wolfgang Schmidt
precededBy Head of the Reich Chancellery
reportsTo Chancellor of Germany
residence Berlin
responsibleFor coordination of federal government policy
coordination of intelligence services oversight
coordination of work between federal ministries
liaison with the Bundesrat
liaison with the Bundestag
management of the Federal Chancellery
monitoring implementation of government decisions
political planning for the Federal Government
preparation of cabinet meetings
seat Berlin
termDependsOn confidence of the Chancellor
termLength no fixed term
worksIn Federal Chancellery building

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier positionHeld Chief of the German Chancellery
Egon Bahr positionHeld Head of the Federal Chancellery of Germany
linked to: Chief of the German Chancellery
Chief of the German Chancellery nativeLabel Chef der Bundeskanzlei
linked to: Chief of the German Chancellery
Bundesnachrichtendienst reportsTo Chief of the German Chancellery
Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany oftenHeldBy Head of the Federal Chancellery
linked to: Chief of the German Chancellery
Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany oftenCombinedWith Chief of Staff to the Federal Chancellor
linked to: Chief of the German Chancellery