Minister President of Lower Saxony the CDU nomination for President in 1979 and Chancellor in 1980, Gerhard Schröder became Chancellor of Germany in 1998, his successor Sigmar Gabriel is the current SPD chairman and Christian Wulff was elected President of Germany in 2010. Examples of Lower Saxony's influence on policy debates in federal politics include Ernst Albrecht's advocacy of financial transfers from other states and Gerhard Schröder's usage of Lower Saxony's "Bundesrat" votes in matters of fiscal and tax policy. Political Party: Minister President of Lower Saxony The Minister President of Lower Saxony (), also referred to as Premier or Prime Minister, is the head
Section 51(xxvi) of the Australian Constitution Section 51(xxvi) of the Australian Constitution Section 51(xxvi) of the Australian Constitution, commonly called "the race power", is the subsection of Section 51 of the Australian Constitution granting the Australian Commonwealth, the power to make special laws for people of any race. As initially drafted, s 51(xxvi) empowered the Parliament to make laws with respect to: "The people of any race, "other than the aboriginal race in any State", for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws". The Australian people voting at the 1967 referendum deleted the words in italics. Edmund Barton had argued in 1898 that s