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{{ Infobox executive government
 | government_name = Federal Government of Germany
 | nativename = {{ lang | de | Bundesregierung}}
 | image = Die Bundesregierung Logo.svg
 | image_size = 260px
 | image2 = Bundesadler Bundesorgane.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
 | image_size2 = 160px
 | caption = Logo (top) and ''[[Coat of arms of Germany|Bundesadler]]'' (bottom) of the Federal Government
 | background_color = black
 | border = federal 
 | state = Germany
 | leader_title = [[Chancellor of Germany|Federal Chancellor]]
([[Friedrich Merz]])
 | appointed = [[President of Germany|Federal President]]
([[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]])
 | ministries = {{Interlanguage link|Federal Ministry (Germany)|lt=16 Federal Ministries|de|Bundesministerium (Deutschland)}}
 | responsible = [[Bundestag]]
 | address = [[Berlin]], Germany
 | url = {{URL|https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/|bundesregierung.de}}
 }}
{{Politics of Germany}}
The '''Federal Government'''<ref>[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0294 Article 62 of the Basic Law]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Website of the Federal Government {{!}} Bundesregierung |url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Website of the Federal Government {{!}} Bundesregierung |language=en}}</ref> ({{langx|de|link=no|'''Bundesregierung'''}}, {{IPA|de|ˈbʊndəsʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋ|pron|audio=De-Bundesregierung.ogg}}; abbr. '''BReg''')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abkürzungen für die Verfassungsorgane, die obersten Bundesbehörden und die obersten Gerichtshöfe des Bundes |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328220340/http://www.bund.de/SharedDocs/PDF/Abkuerzungsverzeichnis-des-Bundes.pdf?__blob=publicationFile |archive-url=https://redirecter.toolforge.org/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bund.de%2FSharedDocs%2FPDF%2FAbkuerzungsverzeichnis-des-Bundes.pdf%3F__blob%3DpublicationFile |archive-date=2020-03-28 |access-date=2017-05-23}}</ref> is the chief [[Executive (government)|executive body]] of the [[Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]] and exercises executive power at the [[Federal level (Germany)|federal level]]. It consists of the [[Chancellor of Germany|Federal Chancellor]] and the Federal [[Minister (government)|Ministers]].<ref>[https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0294 Article 62 of the Basic Law]</ref> The fundamentals of the government's organisation, as well as the method of its election and appointment, along with the procedure for its dismissal, are set down in the [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0293 sixth section] (articles 62 to 69) of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|German Basic Law]] (''Grundgesetz'').

The Chancellor and the other members of the government are allowed to be also members of the ''[[Bundestag]]'' – though only the Chancellor is ''required'' to.

An extended body is the Federal Cabinet '''''(Bundeskabinett)''''', which includes the Federal Government (consisting of the Federal Chancellor and Federal Ministers), the [[Heads of the German Chancellery|Head of the Federal Chancellery]] and its [[Parliamentary State Secretary]], the Head of the [[Bundespräsidialamt|Office of the Federal President]], the Head of the {{Interlanguage link|Press and Information Office of the Federal Government|lt=Federal Press Office|de|Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung}} and the Personal Advisor to the Federal Chancellor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bildung |first=Bundeszentrale für politische |title=Bundesregierung |url=https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/lexika/politiklexikon/17241/bundesregierung/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=bpb.de |language=de}}</ref> In addition, the word "cabinet" is commonly used to distinguish between previous and current Federal Governments. For example, the fourth federal government under Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] was the [[Fourth Merkel cabinet]] ({{Langx|de|Kabinett Merkel IV|label=none}}).

== Election and Appointment ==
The Chancellor is Germany's chief executive leader; accordingly, a government's tenure is linked to the Chancellor's tenure, which is in turn linked to parliamentary confidence: The Chancellor's term begins with his or her appointment and ends, if a newly elected ''Bundestag'' sits for the first time.

The Chancellor is elected by the federal parliament (''Bundestag'') on proposal of the President of Germany with a majority of all members of the ''Bundestag'' (''Chancellor-majority''). However, the ''Bundestag'' is free to disregard the President's proposal (which has, {{as of|2025|post=,|lc=y}} never happened), in which case the parliament may within 14 days hold further ballots and try to elect another individual, which the parties in the ''Bundestag'' can now propose themselves, to the post with the same so called Chancellor-majority, whom the President is then obliged to appoint. If the ''Bundestag'' fails to do so, a last ballot will be held on the 15th day (again the parties in the ''Bundestag'' may field candidates): If an individual is elected with the Chancellor-majority, the President must appoint them as Chancellor. If not, the President is free to either appoint the individual, who received a plurality of votes on this last ballot, as Chancellor or to dissolve the ''Bundestag'' and call a snap election within 60 days.

Following their election in the ''Bundestag'', the Chancellor-elect will visit [[Bellevue Palace, Germany|Bellevue Palace]], the residence of the President, to receive a certificate of appointment. This is the moment, the elected individual actually enters office. After this short appointment-ceremony, the Chancellor returns to the ''Bundestag'', in order to take the oath of office. Having taken the oath, the Chancellor will once again visit Bellevue Palace, this time joined by the individuals he intends to propose as cabinet ministers. The President will officially appoint the new government members, again handing over certificates of appointment. After the ministers are appointed, they return to the ''Bundestag'' and take their oaths of office, completing the appointment-process.

== Regular end of term and caretaker cabinets ==
The term of office of the Federal Government normally ends with the constitution of a newly elected Bundestag, as the Chancellor loses his parliamentary legitimacy at this moment. Traditionally, the members of the government receive their dismissal certificates from the President immediately after the constituent session of the new parliament. If a new Chancellor has not yet been elected in the constituent session, the President may, according to Article 69 (3) of the Basic Law, request the former Chancellor to remain in office as acting Chancellor until his successor is elected (the Chancellor is obliged to do so); the acting Chancellor may then, in turn, make a binding request to the former cabinet ministers to remain in office in an acting capacity, thus forming a caretaker government.{{efn|This is how it has been handled in practice at the beginning of every legislative session so far (as of 2025); on the one hand, it is not in keeping with political tradition to hold the constitution of parliament and the election of the chancellor in one session and, on the other, the formation of a government is usually preceded by lengthy coalition negotiations, which can only rarely be concluded in the period between the election and the constitution of parliament (maximum four weeks). Only once did the election of the Chancellor take place on the first day of the legislative session: on 29 March 1983, the Bundestag first convened in the morning for its constituent session and then held the chancellor election in its second session the evening; accordingly, even in this case, the old government, the first Kohl cabinet, had to remain in office in an acting capacity for a few hours.}} A caretaker government in principle has all the rights of a regular government; the Chancellor merely loses the right to table a motion of confidence in the Bundestag and cannot propose new ministers for appointment. In practice, it is also customary that if a caretaker Chancellor does not intend to or cannot expect to be re-elected, they closely coordinate their governance with their probable successor as soon as such a person becomes apparent in the course of government formation.

== Premature end of term ==
The Chancellor may prematurely leave office through death or resignation, which also immediately ends the term of the entire cabinet. In these cases, the President, as in case of a regular term end, entrusts the former Chancellor with continuing to serve on an acting basis with an acting cabinet until a new Chancellor is elected. If the former Chancellor is no longer available for this purpose, the President can also appoint the (former) Vice Chancellor as acting Chancellor.

Furthermore, the Chancellor's (and thus the government's) term of office can also end if he or she loses the confidence of Parliament. However, the Bundestag can only express no confidence in the Chancellor by simultaneously electing a new Chancellor with a majority of its members (known as a [[constructive vote of no confidence]]). In this case, an immediate change of government takes place. This procedure has been put in place to ensure that there will not be a political vacuum left by the removal of Chancellor through a vote of no confidence and the failure to elect a new one in their place, as had happened during the Weimar period with the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|''Reichstag'']] removing Chancellors but failing to agree on the election of a new one.

If the Chancellor loses a simple confidence motion, which only they themself can table, this does not force them out of office, but allows the Chancellor, if they wish to do so, to ask the [[President of Germany]] for the dissolution of the ''Bundestag'', triggering a snap election within 60 days (this happened in [[1972 West German federal election|1972]], [[1983 West German federal election|1983]], [[2005 German federal election|2005]] and [[2025 German federal election|2025]]), or to ask the President to declare a legislative state of emergency, which allows the government to use a simplified legislative procedure, in which bills proposed by the government only need the consent of the [[German Bundesrat|''Bundesrat'']] (as yet, this has never been applied). The President is, however, not bound to follow the Chancellor's request in both cases.

In case of the Chancellor's incapacity to perform his duties, the Vice Chancellor would assume the Chancellor's office temporarily. Should an incapacity prove to be permanent, the question arises as to how a new chancellor can take office; this is not regulated by the constitution. In any case, the Bundestag could elect a new chancellor through a constructive vote of no confidence, but such an instrumental use of this option would, of course, be rather unelegant. It is controversial whether the Vice Chancellor as acting Chancellor could, in such a case, submit a vote of confidence to trigger new elections; in any case, the prevailing opinion rules out the possibility of the Vice Chancellor declaring the Chancellor's resignation and thus paving the way for a Chancellor election.<ref>Georg Hermes, in: Horst Dreier (Hrsg.) Grundgesetz-Kommentar, Vol 2, 2nd Ed. 2006, Art. 69, Rn. 10; Ute Mager, in: von Münch/Kunig: Grundgesetz-Kommentar II, 5th Ed. 2001, Rn. 11 on Art. 69; Roman Herzog, in: Maunz/Dürig: Kommentar zum Grundgesetz, 2008, Art. 69, Rn. 16/20.</ref>

==Functioning==
The Chancellor is responsible for guiding the government and deciding its political direction (''{{lang|de|Richtlinienkompetenz}}''). According to the principle of departmentalization (''{{lang|de|Ressortprinzip}}''), the government ministers are free to carry out their duties independently within the boundaries set by the Chancellor's political directives. The Chancellor may at any time ask the President to dismiss a minister or to appoint a new minister; the President's appointment is only a formality, he may not refuse a Chancellor's request for dismissal or appointment of a minister. The Chancellor also decides the scope of each minister's duties and can at his own discretion nominate ministers heading a department and so-called ministers for special affairs without an own department. A Chancellor can also lead a department himself; this is not usual, but it has occurred on three occasions with Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Schmidt, also serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The Chancellor's freedom to shape his government is only limited by some constitutional provisions: The Chancellor has to appoint a Minister of Defence, a Minister of Economic Affairs and a Minister of Justice and is implicitly forbidden to head one of these departments himself, as the constitution invests these ministers with some special powers. For example, the Minister of Defence is commander-in-chief during peacetime (only in wartime does the Chancellor becomes supreme commander), the Minister of Economic Affairs may veto decisions by the [[Federal Cartel Office]] and the Minister of Justice appoints and dismisses the [[Public Prosecutor General (Germany)|Public Prosecutor General]]. The Cabinet decides unanimously on all matters; if unanimity cannot be reached on a particular issue, the matter is either postponed or decided by the Chancellor using his authority to issue directives. However, the latter happens relatively rarely, as coalition governments consisting of several parties are usually in office in Germany and the chancellor can only act against the will of ministers from the coalition parties to a limited extent without risking a collapse of the government coalition.

The Chancellor has to appoint one of the government ministers as [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany|Vice Chancellor]], who may deputise for the Chancellor in their absence. In coalition governments the Vice Chancellor is usually the highest ranking minister of the second-biggest coalition party. If the Chancellor dies or is unwilling or unable to act as Chancellor after the end of their term, until a new Chancellor has been elected, the Vice Chancellor becomes Acting Chancellor until the election of a new Chancellor by the ''Bundestag'', who then has to form a new government. (To date, this has happened once: On 7 May 1974 Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]] resigned and declared his refusal to act as Chancellor until his successor's election. Vice Chancellor [[Walter Scheel]] was appointed as Acting Chancellor and served until the election of [[Helmut Schmidt]] on 16 May.)

The Chancellor is in charge of the government's administrative affairs, which are usually delegated to the [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Head of staff of the Chancellery]], who is usually also appointed as minister for special affairs. Details are laid down in the government's rules for internal procedures (''{{lang|de|Geschäftsordnung}}''). These state, for example, that the government is [[quorum|quorate]] only if at least half of the ministers including the chair (the Chancellor or in their absence the Vice Chancellor) are present. The government regularly convenes on Wednesday mornings in the [[German Chancellery|Chancellery]].

According to [https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0144 article 26 of the Basic Law] weapons intended for warfare may only be manufactured, transported and placed on the market with the approval of the Federal Government in order to secure international peace. This and security policy are the tasks of the [[Federal Security Council (Germany)|Federal Security Council]] (''{{lang|de|Bundessicherheitsrat}}''), a government committee chaired by the Chancellor. Pursuant to its (classified) rules of procedure, its sessions are confidential. According to practice, the Federal Government presents an annual report on arms exports, which contains statistical information on export permits issued and gives figures for the types of arms concerned as well as their destination. As a general rule, the Federal Government, if asked, is required to inform the ''Bundestag'' that the Federal Security Council has approved a given armaments export transaction or not.<ref>[2 BvE 5/11, Judgment of 21 October 2014: Right of Bundestag Members to be Informed of Exports of Military Equipment After the Federal Security Council Grants Permits] [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]], Press Release No. 91/2014 of 21 October 2014.</ref>

==Current cabinet==
{{Main|Merz cabinet}}
The current and 25th federal government of Germany has been in office since 6 May 2025, the day Friedrich Merz was elected Chancellor by the members of the 21st German Bundestag. It currently consists of 17 ministers:

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|- align=center
!scope=col width=40 data-sort-type="numeric" |Order
!scople=col width=150 class="unsortable" | Logo{{Efn|As of 6 May 2025, Friedrich Merz has officially assumed office as Chancellor of Germany. While the new cabinet has been formed, the federal ministries are still using the logos and office names from the previous Scholz administration.|name=LOGO}}
!scope=col width=200|Office
!scope=col class="unsortable" |Portrait
!scope=col width=120|Minister
! colspan="2" scope="col" |Party
!scope=col class="unsortable" |Taking office
|-
| 1
|[[File:DEgov-BK-Logo.svg|150px]]
|[[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]
|[[File:Friedrich Merz (2025) (cropped).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Friedrich Merz]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 2
| [[File:BMF Logo.svg|150px]]
|[[Vice-Chancellor of Germany|Vice Chancellor]] <br /> and [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Federal Minister of Finance]]
| [[File:2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–049 (cropped).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Lars Klingbeil]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 3
|[[File:Bundesministerium des Innern Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Federal Minister of the Interior]]
| [[File:2023-10-08 Wahlabend Bayern by Sandro Halank–022.jpg|frameless|132x132px]]
| [[Alexander Dobrindt]]
| [[Christian Social Union of Germany|CSU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Social Union of Bavaria}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 4
| [[File:Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy|Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy]]
| [[File:Katherina Reiche CDU Parteitag 2014 by Olaf Kosinsky-2.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Katherina Reiche]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 5
|[[File:Auswärtiges Amt Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Foreign Office|Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
|[[File:2016-12-06 Johann Wadephul CDU Parteitag by OlafKosinsky BT0A6558.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Johann Wadephul]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 6
| [[File:Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection|Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection]]
| [[File:2016-11-17 - Stefanie Hubig - 0363.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Stefanie Hubig]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 7
|[[File:BMAS Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs|Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs]] 
| [[File:Bärbel Bas.(2024).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Bärbel Bas]] 
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 8
| [[File:BMVG Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Minister of Defence]]
| [[File:Boris Pistorius (2019) (cropped).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Boris Pistorius]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| 19 January 2023
|-
| 9
|[[File:Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat Logo.svg|120px]]
| [[Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity|Federal Minister of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity]]
|[[File:Rainer Alois 2017 by Tobias Koch.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Alois Rainer]]
| [[Christian Social Union of Germany|CSU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Social Union of Bavaria}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 10
| [[File:Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth|Federal Minister of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth]]
|[[File:2025-02-23 Bundestagswahl – Wahlabend CDU by Sandro Halank–069.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Karin Prien]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 11
| [[File:BMG Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)|Federal Minister of Health]]
|[[File:2020-02-13 Deutscher Bundestag IMG 3091 by Stepro.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Nina Warken]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|- 
| 12
| [[File:Bundesministerium für Verkehr Logo.svg|150x150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry for Transport|Federal Minister for Transport]]
|[[File:Schnieder, Patrick-1239.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Patrick Schnieder]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
|  ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 13
| [[File:Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety|Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety]]
| [[File:Carsten Schneider (2021) (cropped).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Carsten Schneider]] 
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 14
| [[File:BMFTR Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space|Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space]]
|[[File:Hart aber fair 2024-12-02-8076.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Dorothee Bär]]
| [[Christian Social Union of Germany|CSU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Social Union of Bavaria}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 15
|[[File:BMZ Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development|Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development]]
| [[File:Reem Alabali Radovan (cropped).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Reem Alabali-Radovan]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 16
|[[File:BMWSB Logo.svg|150px]]
|[[Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building|Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building]]
|[[File:2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–034.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Verena Hubertz]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 17
| [[File: Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr Logo.svg|120px]]
| [[Federal Ministry for Digitalization and Government Modernization|Federal Minister for Digital and State Modernisation]]
| [[File:2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages (Martin Rulsch) 040 (cropped).jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Karsten Wildberger]]
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]/[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
| style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|-
| 18
|[[File:DEgov-BKAmt-Logo.svg|150px]]
| [[Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany|Federal Minister for Special Affairs]] 
and [[Federal Chancellery of Germany|Head of the Chancellery]]
|[[File:Frei, Thorsten-9052.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
| [[Thorsten Frei]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|style="width:1px; background-color: {{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
| ''6 May 2025''
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ The composition of the cabinet by the number of ministers as per the parties
! colspan="2" |Party
! Ministers 
! Percentage
|-
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}" |
|[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union ]]
|7
|41%
|-
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|7
|41%
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria }}" |
|[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|Christian Social Union]]
|3
|18%
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!17
!100%
|}

==See also==
* [[2025 German federal election]]
* [[Council of Ministers of East Germany|Council of Ministers]] (''{{lang|de|Ministerrat}}'') of the [[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]] (former East Germany)
* [[Federal Constitutional Court|Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]]
* [[List of Federal Republic of Germany governments]]
* [[List of ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany]] — an alphabetical list of former ministers

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en}}
* [http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/de/Infoservice/Terminologie/Bundesregierung/Englisch.pdf Official English names of German ministers and ministries (German Foreign Office)]

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