!!!Bundesminister

Federal Ministers, along with the  Federal President, the  Federal 
Chancellor, the  Vice Chancellor and the  Federal Government are the 
supreme federal executive organs. The federal ministers are appointed 
and dismissed by the Federal President on a proposal by the Federal 
Chancellor; they form the  Federal Government with the Federal 
Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor. If the  Nationalrat passes a vote 
of no confidence against a federal minister, the Federal President has 
to dismiss the same (political responsibility); in cases of culpable 
violation of the law in the course of their official functions, the 
Nationalrat may lodge a complaint to the  Constitutional Court; if 
found guilty, the minister has to resign (legal responsibility). The 
federal ministers are entrusted with the conduct of business of the 
federal administration, the  Federal Ministries are at their disposal 
as administrative instruments (except for federal ministers without 
portfolio). With regard to their conduct of business they are liable 
to give information to the Nationalrat ( Parliamentary Control).

!Literature
K. Korinek, Ministerverantwortlichkeit, 1986.


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