Germany | Title | Election | Removal | Term limits | Position in cabinet | Power to shape cabinet | Promulgation of laws | Granting pardons | Emergency / War | Other provisions |
Baden-Württemberg[6] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | limited (cabinet appointments subject to parliamentary approval, the state parliament may recall individual cabinet ministers with a two-thirds majority) | | Yes | | |
Bavaria[7] | Minister-president | Simple majority of members of parliament | None, but if the Minister-president does not resign although they have lost the confidence of parliament, they can be indicted before the state constitutional court | No | guideline competence | limited (cabinet appointments subject to parliamentary approval) | Yes | Yes | | |
Berlin[8] | Governing Mayor | Simple majority of members of parliament | Vote of no confidence (if the state parliament does not elect a new Governing Mayor within 21 days, the former officeholder is reinvested automatically) | No | guideline competence | full | | No (whole cabinet) | | |
Brandenburg[9] | Minister-President | Majority of members of parliament (first and second ballot), plurality (third ballot) | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | full | | Yes | | |
Bremen[10] | President of the Senate | Simple majority of members of parliament | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | ceremonial precedence | none (the parliament elects and dismisses all cabinet members) | | No (whole cabinet) | | may not be a member of the state parliament |
Hamburg[11] | First Mayor | Majority of members of parliament | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | limited (cabinet appointments subject to parliamentary approval) | | No (whole cabinet) | | may not be a member of the state parliament |
Hesse[12] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament | Vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | limited (dismissal of cabinet members subject to parliamentary approval) | | Yes | | members of noble houses, which have reigned in Germany before 1918, are ineligible for office |
Lower Saxony[13] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament or plurality, if the state parliament does not elect a minister-president in 21 days and does not dissolve itself thereupon | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | limited (cabinet appointments subject to parliamentary approval) | | Yes | | |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern[14] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament or plurality, if the state parliament does not elect a minister-president in 28 days and does not dissolve itself thereupon | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | full | | Yes | | |
North Rhine-Westphalia[15] | Minister-President | Majority of members of parliament (first ballot), simple majority (second and third ballot), runoff (fourth ballot) | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | full | | Yes | | has to be a member of the state parliament |
Rhineland-Palatinate[16] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament | Vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | full | | Yes | | |
Saarland[17] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament | Vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | limited (cabinet appointments and dismissals subject to parliamentary approval) | | No (whole cabinet) | | |
Saxony[18] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament (first ballot), simple majority (following ballots) | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | full | Together with president of parliament | Yes | | |
Saxony-Anhalt[19] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament or simple majority, if the state parliament does not elect a minister-president in 14 days and does not dissolve itself thereupon | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | full | | Yes | | |
Schleswig-Holstein[20] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament (first and second ballot), plurality (third ballot) | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | full | | Yes | | |
Thuringia[21] | Minister-president | Majority of members of parliament (first and second ballot), plurality (third ballot) | Constructive vote of no confidence | No | guideline competence | full | | Yes | | |