GOVT-130 FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Paul Von Hindenburg, President Of Austria, Occupation Statute
28 Mar 2017
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The position of the chancellor as the chief executive of the state is defined in article 65 of the basic. The chancellor determines and bears responsibility for the general guidelines of governmental policy. Within this policy, each minister conducts the affairs of his/her department independently and under his/her own responsibility. The government decides on differences of opinion between ministers. The chancellor conducts the business of the government in accordance with the rules of procedure adopted by it and approved by the president. The chancellor does not share executive power with a strong president. The chancellor appoints and dismissed cabinet ministers - whose primary political responsibility is to the chancellor"s policies and not the parliament. The power of the chancellor to set guidelines and his/her sole responsibility for the appointment and removal of ministers places him/her in a stronger position than the chancellor during the weimar republic.
