The Weimar Constitution

Flowchart nodes

• PresidentDirectly elected every 7 yearsHeads foreign affairs and can control army in an emergencyAppoints the chancellorCan use Article 48 to rule by decree

• ReichstagElected every four years by universal suffrage and secret ballotProportional representation meant 1 seat equivalent to 60000 votesPasses laws

• ChancellorHead of governmentChooses ministers and with them puts laws to the Reichstag

• CabinetChosen by chancellor and formulates laws for the Reichstag

• ReichstratMembers sent from the 18 LanderCan veto Reichstag unless law has 2/3 Reichstag majority

• LanderLocal government with a local parliamentRun their own local servicesOverriden by federal law if Prussia no longer has special