Federal Agency for Civic Education
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The Federal Agency for Civic Education is a German federal government agency
responsible for promoting civic education. It is subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior
. Thomas Krüger has served as President of the agency since 2000.
The agency was established on November 25, 1952 as the Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst, and renamed the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung in 1963. In the Weimar Republic
, its predecessor was the Reichszentrale für Heimatdienst.
each have their own state agency for civic education. These agencies are independent from the federal agency, and subordinated to the state governments, usually to the state ministry of the interior. The agencies are:
Government agency
A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...
responsible for promoting civic education. It is subordinated to the Federal Ministry of the Interior
Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of the Interior is a ministry of the German federal government. Its main office is in Berlin, with a secondary seat in Bonn. The current minister of the interior is Dr...
. Thomas Krüger has served as President of the agency since 2000.
The agency was established on November 25, 1952 as the Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst, and renamed the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung in 1963. In the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
, its predecessor was the Reichszentrale für Heimatdienst.
Voting advice
The agency runs the vote-o-mat web-site, that compares the user's political position with the platforms of the parties and shows all parties ranked for closeness to the user's position.State agencies
In addition to the federal agency, 15 of Germany's 16 statesStates of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
each have their own state agency for civic education. These agencies are independent from the federal agency, and subordinated to the state governments, usually to the state ministry of the interior. The agencies are:
- State Agency for Civic Education of Baden-Württemberg
- Bavarian State Agency for Civic Education
- State Agency for Civic Education of Berlin
- State Agency for Civic Education of Brandenburg
- State Agency for Civic Education of Bremen
- State Agency for Civic Education of Hamburg
- Hessian State Agency for Civic Education
- State Agency for Civic Education of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- State Agency for Civic Education of North Rhine-Westphalia
- State Agency for Civic Education of Rhineland-Palatinate
- State Agency for Civic Education of Saarland
- Saxon State Agency for Civic Education
- State Agency for Civic Education of Saxony-Anhalt
- State Agency for Civic Education of Schleswig-Holstein
- State Agency for Civic Education of Thuringia
Further reading
- Benedikt Widmaier: Die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte staatlicher politischer Bildung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. University of Heidelberg. In: Beiträge zur Politikwissenschaft. 35. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3820411224.