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The Constitution of The FRG

The government of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) is structured with a President serving a maximum of two five-year terms and a Chancellor as the head of government. The Federal Convention elects the President, while the Bundestag and Bundesrat play key roles in legislation and constitutional oversight. Elections occur every four years, allowing all German citizens over 18 to vote, with a mixed electoral system combining proportional representation and First Past The Post for local representatives.

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The Constitution of The FRG

The government of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) is structured with a President serving a maximum of two five-year terms and a Chancellor as the head of government. The Federal Convention elects the President, while the Bundestag and Bundesrat play key roles in legislation and constitutional oversight. Elections occur every four years, allowing all German citizens over 18 to vote, with a mixed electoral system combining proportional representation and First Past The Post for local representatives.

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How was the government of the FRG structured?

The President: The Chancellor:

A maximum of 2 five-year terms of The Federal Convention: The head of government


office
Elected the Federal
President and is composed
of Bundestag members and
members of the state
parliaments
The Bundesrat:
The Bundestag:
The Federal Constitutional
69 members appointed
Court: 598 seats: 299 are
from the state parliaments
constituency members
The guardian of the
elected by First Past The
constitution
Post. 299 allocated to each
16 judges – half elected by party according to their
Bundestag and half by proportion of the vote
Bundestag

The State Parliaments:

Elected every 4 or 5 years The Electorate:


The Elections:
dependent of the
individual state All German citizens over
Held every 4 years. A
the age of 18 can vote.
mixture of PR with seats
Each elector has 2 votes,
allocated to each party
one for a party and one for
according to their
a named local constituency
percentage of the cote,
representative
plus one seat for each
constituency
representative elected by
First Past The Post system

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