Equal Citizenship Public Service |
Equal Citizenship Public Service |
Article 33[Equal citizenship – Public service]
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| (1) Every German shall have in every Land the same political rights and duties.
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| (2) Every German shall be equally eligible for any public office according to his aptitude, qualifications and professional achievements.
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| (3) Neither the enjoyment of civil and political rights nor eligibility for public office nor rights acquired in the public service shall be dependent upon religious affiliation. No one may be disadvantaged by reason of adherence or non-adherence to a particular religious denomination or philosophical creed.
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| (4) The exercise of sovereign authority on a regular basis shall, as a rule, be entrusted to members of the public service who stand in a relationship of service and loyalty defined by public law.
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| (5) The law governing the public service shall be regulated and developed with due regard to the traditional principles of the professional civil service.
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Basic Law of Germany |
| Preamble |
| Basic Rights |
| Federation and the Lander |
| Bundestag |
| Bundesrat |
| Joint Committee |
| Composition Rules of procedure |
| Federal President |
| Federal Government |
| Federal Legislation |
| Execution of Federal Laws |
| Joint Tasks |
| Judiciary |
| Finance |
| State of Defence |
| Transitional and Concluding Provisions |