Federal Commissioner

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The Federal Government Commissioners , Federal Commissioners and Coordinators are appointed in Germany by a Federal Minister or the Federal Chancellor and support them in an independent and advisory manner. They are not part of the management hierarchy.

According to Section 21 of the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (GGO), they are to be involved at an early stage in all projects that affect their tasks.

Historical development

In 2018 there were 39 federal commissioners, agents and coordinators of the federal government. In 2010 there were 35 and two years earlier 32. Responsibilities have changed over the years. For example, 29 of them have been abolished in the last few decades, mainly because their topic has been dropped, such as civil service , inner-German relations or the Treuhandanstalt .

List of federal commissioners

The individual representatives are arranged according to the respective ministries to which they report. (As of July 11, 2018)

• Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
• Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
• Federal Government Commissioner for Digitization
• Federal Government Commissioner for the Intelligence Services
• Federal government coordinator for the reduction of bureaucracy and better regulation
• Personal representative of the Federal Chancellor for the world economic summit of the G7 countries
• Personal representative of the Federal Chancellor for the world economic summit of the G 20 countries
• Federal Government Commissioner for issues relating to repatriates and national minorities
• Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
• Federal Government Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism
• Federal Government Commissioner for the Berlin move and the Bonn Compensation
• Federal Energy Commissioner
• Federal Commissioner for the Handling of Payments to the Conversion Fund
• Federal Commissioner at the Deutsche Bau- und Grundstücks-AG
• State Commissioner for the DBV public institution for investments
• Federal Commissioner for Community Service
• Federal Government Commissioner for Civil Engagement
• Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control Issues
• Commissioner for human rights policy and humanitarian aid at the Federal Foreign Office
• Federal Government Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation
• Coordinator for German-Polish inter-societal and cross-border cooperation
• Coordinator for transatlantic inter-societal, cultural and information-political cooperation
• Coordinator for inter-society cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the countries of the Eastern Partnership (formerly: Coordinator for German-Russian inter-society cooperation)
• Special Representative of the Federal Government for Afghanistan and Pakistan
• Federal Government Commissioner for the New Federal States
• Federal Government Commissioner for SMEs
• Federal Government Commissioner for Tourism
• Special Representative of the Federal Government for the management of the implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
• Federal Government Coordinator for Aerospace
• Federal Government Coordinator for the Maritime Industry
• Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Issues (also authorized representative before the European Court of Human Rights )
• Federal Government Commissioner for the concerns of victims and survivors of terrorist offenses in Germany
• Federal Government Commissioner for the Issues of Disabled People
• Federal election officer for the social security elections
• Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues
• Federal Government Commissioner for Patients' Issues
• Federal Government Agent for Nursing
• Drug Commissioner of the Federal Government
• Federal Government Coordinator for Freight Transport and Logistics
• Federal Government Commissioner for Rail Transport
• Personal Africa representative of the Federal Chancellor
• Federal Government Commissioner for Worldwide Religious Freedom
• Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic
• Commissioner for the miners 'settlements at the trustee for miners' housing in the Rhenish-Westphalian hard coal district and the housing association Rheinische Braunkohle (with the entry into force of the "Law to Repeal the Laws on Miners 'Settlements", the task of the Federal Commissioner for Miners' Settlements ends)
• Federal Commissioner for Economic Efficiency in Administration
• Representative for foreign investments in Germany

Former Federal Commissioner

Official name	Assignment	Date of establishment Legal basis	Last incumbent	Date of abolition
Federal Commissioner for Community Service	BMFSFJ	1970	Jens Kreuter	December 31, 2011

criticism

The steady increase in these posts, the incomprehensible responsibilities and the increasing commitment of members of the Bundestag , who are thus involved in government activities and can only partially fulfill their actual task of controlling the government, are criticized .

Web links

• List of Federal Government Commissioners, Federal Commissioners and Coordinators of the Federal Government. (PDF) In: bmi.bund.de. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs, May 17, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List - Commissioners, Federal Commissioners and Coordinators. (PDF; 263KB) In: bmi.bund.de. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs, May 17, 2018, accessed on May 24, 2018 . 
2. ^ ^{A b} Jonas Schaible: The number of federal government representatives has increased. In: t-online.de. May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018 . 
3. ↑ https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/DE/veroeffnahmungen/themen/ministerium/beauftragte-der-bundesregierung.html