The Attorney General of Germany ( or Generalbundesanwältin) is the federal prosecutor

Prosecutor

The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the common law adversarial system, or the civil law inquisitorial system...

 of Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, representing the federal government at the Bundesgerichtshof, the federal court of justice. The office of the Attorney General is located in Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

. Besides its role in appellate cases, the Attorney General has primary jurisdiction in cases of terrorism

Terrorism

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

, espionage

Espionage

Espionage or spying involves an individual obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential without the permission of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other countermeasures once it...

, treason

Treason

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, and genocide

Genocide

Genocide is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars...

. The Attorney General also represents Germany in certain civil cases.

The Federal Minister of Justice proposes the Attorney General with the approval of the Bundesrat

Bundesrat of Germany

The German Bundesrat is a legislative body that represents the sixteen Länder of Germany at the federal level...

 to the President of Germany (Bundespräsident)

President of Germany

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial...

 for appointment.

In 1977, then-Attorney General Siegfried Buback

Siegfried Buback

Siegfried Buback was the Attorney General of Germany from 1974-1977.Buback studied at the University of Leipzig. From 1940 to 1945 he was a member of the Nazi Party. From 1945 to 1947 he was a POW...

 was assassinated by a terrorist

Terrorism

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

 attack by the leftist extremist Red Army Faction

Red Army Faction

The radicalized were, like many in the New Left, influenced by:* Sociological developments, pressure within the educational system in and outside Europe and the U.S...

.

List of Attorneys General since 1950

Carlo Wiechmann	1950 – 1956
Max Güde	1956 – 1961
Wolfgang Fränkel	1962
Ludwig Martin Ludwig Martin Markus Ludwig Martin was a German lawyer. He served as Attorney General of Germany from 7 April 1963 until 30 April 1974....	1963 – 1974
Siegfried Buback Siegfried Buback Siegfried Buback was the Attorney General of Germany from 1974-1977.Buback studied at the University of Leipzig. From 1940 to 1945 he was a member of the Nazi Party. From 1945 to 1947 he was a POW...	1974 – 1977
Kurt Rebmann	1977 – 1990
Alexander von Stahl Alexander von Stahl Alexander von Stahl is a German lawyer, liberal politician and civil servant. He served as Attorney General of Germany from June 1990 until July 1993....	1990 – 1993
Kay Nehm Kay Nehm Kay Nehm is a German lawyer. He served as Attorney General of Germany from 7 February 1994 until 31 May 2006.He studied law at LMU, the University of Freiburg and the University of Kiel. He was appointed a federal judge at the Federal Court of Justice in 1991...	1994 – 2006
Monika Harms Monika Harms Monika Harms is a German lawyer. She has served as Attorney General of Germany from 2006-2011.-Life:Professor Harms was born in Berlin on September 29, 1946...	2006 – 2011
Harald Range	2011 - present

External links

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