A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. It is an alternative term for prime minister , premier , chief minister , or first minister and very similar to the title of president of the council of ministers .
25-481: Bareiss or Bareiß is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Thomas Bareiß (born 1975), German politician Walter Bareiss (1919–2007), German-American businessman and art collector Others [ edit ] Bareiss Prüfgerätebau GmbH , a German materials testing company founded in 1954 See also [ edit ] Bareiss algorithm [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
50-680: A directly elected member of the Bundestag since the 2005 elections . In his first term between 2005 and 2009, he was a full member of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union as well as of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs. In that capacity, he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on Transatlantic relations . Since the 2009 elections , he has been serving on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy. In
75-705: A record number of 29 dissenters from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group who expressed skepticism about whether the Greek government under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras could be trusted to deliver on its reform pledges. In August 2007, Bareiß joined a travel group to Baku accompanied by lobbyist Otto Hauser, and again in 2010. In June 2012 Bareiß, along with Eduard Lintner, was received by several Azerbaijani ministers. In June 2017, Bareiß voted against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage . In August 2015, Bareiß and 72 other members of parliament were rated "poor" by
100-594: A request from there, made a phone call to Löwenstein Medical from the Federal Ministry of Economics , the second largest federal government manufacturer of ventilators in Germany. According to reports in several German media outlets, during the conversation Bareiß "insisted in the telephone call that ventilators be delivered first to Baku and that this was due to the good economic relations between Germany and
125-518: Is also used in Belgium to describe the head of government of a Belgian region or linguistic community , but not the head of the Belgian federal government who is referred to as the prime minister ( Dutch : eerste minister , French : premier ministre , German : Premierminister ). According to the Belgian constitution , the federal prime minister is appointed by the king, and approved by
150-704: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Thomas Barei%C3%9F Thomas Bareiß (born 15 February 1975) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2005. From 2018 to 2021, he held the position of Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy in Chancellor Angela Merkel 's cabinet . A business manager by profession, Bareiß has been
175-406: Is officially referred to as "minister-president", although the informal term "premier" is also frequently used. His responsibilities are defined in the constitution of 1848 as the voorzitter van de ministerraad ('chair of the council of ministers'). The title of minister-president has been in use since 1945 and officially added to the constitution in 1983. In Norway , Vidkun Quisling , head of
200-719: Is the head of government . "Minister-President" in the Constitution of Latvia of February 15, 1922, arose when the German term Ministerpräsident (minister-president) was translated; the term ministru prezidents (literally 'president of ministers', in Latvian) was coined by the member of the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia , Latvian writer Kārlis Skalbe . In the Netherlands the prime minister
225-602: The Imperial Chancellor . The title of Hungary's head of government in Hungarian is miniszterelnök which literally translated means "minister-president". However, because "prime minister" or "premier" is the more usual title in a parliamentary system for a head of government in English-speaking nations, miniszterelnök is almost always translated as "prime minister." The Minister president
250-548: The Russo-Ukrainian War , Bareiß spoke out in favor of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports and demanded an effective regulatory framework for a German LNG terminal. Bareiß rejects the introduction of a CO 2 tax. He has justified this due to the allegedly high costs for broad sections of society being problematic. He is open to CO 2 emissions trading. After the publication of the Rezo video The destruction of
275-461: The abgeordnetenwatch.de platform, because of not answering any questions from citizens on the platform. Bareiß justified this in a letter to the editor to the local press with a reference to the alleged lack of seriousness of the platform. In spring of 2020, amid the first outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany , Bareiß, who is known for his close relations with Azerbaijan , following
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#1732793080243300-411: The surname Bareiss . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bareiss&oldid=1061304624 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
325-453: The CDU and the poor performance of the CDU in the 2019 European Parliament election , Bareiß criticized first-time voters and their demand for a CO 2 tax. In a tweet, Bareiß wrote that when it comes to a CO 2 tax "if first-time voters make their own money and feel for themselves who has to pay for everything" then "the choice may look different again". Climate activists, young influencers and
350-483: The Caucasus Republic." The news came at a time when a number of CDU/CSU MPs were implicated in corruption allegations related to face mask procurement during the pandemic and lobbying scandals related to " Azerbaijani Laundromat " and " Caviar diplomacy ". Bareiß rejected the allegations, stating that he "did not exert any pressure," and the call was only to enquire about a delivery date. Subsequently,
375-565: The Federal Government's Commissioner for Tourism (since 2018) and for small and medium-sized enterprises (2020–2021). Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election in 2018, Bareiß publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair. Since the 2021 elections , Bareiß has been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson for transport. In 2010, Bareiß worked to limit
400-604: The Senate ( Bürgermeister und Präsident des Senates ). On the federal level, the head of the federal government (with an effectively identical function as leader of the cabinet) is called the Chancellor or Federal Chancellor ( Kanzler or Bundeskanzler ). The positions of Minister-president in the German states (during the monarchy days) were mostly established in response to the 1848 German revolutions . The Minister-President of Prussia usually served simultaneously as
425-537: The company issued an official statement to confirm that: "At no time have we been pressured by Mr. Bareiß, nor have we made such a statement to the press in the above-mentioned event or any other context." The Federal Ministry of Economics also stated that Thomas Bareiß had "at no time asked a representative of Löwenstein Medical to give priority to the delivery of ventilators to Azerbaijan." Minister-President In English-speaking countries, similar institutions may be called premiers or first ministers (typically at
450-477: The federal parliament with a vote of confidence (in practice the king usually appoints the leader of the winning party as formateur to form a government). The federal ministers later swear an oath of allegiance to the king. The minister-presidents of the regions and linguistic communities are not appointed by the king, but are directly appointed by their respective parliament. Ministers of the regions and linguistic communities are not required to swear allegiance to
475-465: The growth in solar-panel installations in Germany as he saw the rising costs to consumers undermine the acceptance of alternative energy. In a letter to then-Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen , he demanded that the government cut the guaranteed gratuity per kilowatt hour for newly installed solar panels by an extra amount. Amid a 2014 debate over whether Germany needs to rethink its energy strategy and reduce its dependence on Russian gas imports due to
500-769: The head of the Austrian Federal Government is called the Bundeskanzler (federal chancellor), while the head of a state government is called the Landeshauptmann (literally 'state captain'), not Ministerpräsident . In the city-state of Vienna the head of the state government is called the Bürgermeister und Landeshauptmann (Mayor and state captain). The term minister-president ( Dutch : minister-president , French : ministre-président , German : Ministerpräsident )
525-501: The king but simply take an oath in their respective parliament. See: A Minister President ( Ministerpräsident ) is the head of government in 13 of the 16 States of Germany . Exceptions are the city-states of Berlin , Hamburg and Bremen , where the head of government is called, respectively, the Governing Mayor ( Regierender Bürgermeister ), First Mayor ( Erster Bürgermeister ) and Mayor and President of
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#1732793080243550-499: The media criticized Bareiß for this statement. The parliamentary director of the parliamentary group of the left, Niema Movassat , accused Bareiß of being detached and arrogant in dealing with first-time voters. The CDU politician Ruprecht Polenz also classified Bareiß's tweet as a mistake. On 27 January 2015, Bareiß voted against the Merkel government 's proposal for a four-month extension of Greece's bailout; in doing so, he joined
575-558: The negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel 's Christian Democrats ( CDU together with the Bavarian CSU ) and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections , Bareiß was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on energy policy , led by Peter Altmaier and Hannelore Kraft . Following the 2016 elections in Germany's important state of Baden-Württemberg , he
600-466: The subnational level) or prime ministers (typically at the national level). The plural is sometimes formed by adding an s to minister and sometimes by adding an s to president . The term is used, for instance, as a translation ( calque ) of the German word Ministerpräsident . From 1867 to 1918, the first minister of the government was known as Ministerpräsident (minister-president), before that Staatskanzler (state chancellor). Today
625-511: Was again part of the negotiations on a coalition government, this time of the CDU and the Green Party under Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann . With the formation of the fourth Grand Coalition under Merkel in 2018, it was announced that Bareiß would move to the position of Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy under Minister Peter Altmaier . In this capacity, he also served as
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