Chancellor of Germany (1949–present) on the recommendation of the chancellor; no parliamentary approval is needed. According to the Basic Law, the chancellor may set the number of cabinet ministers and dictate their specific duties. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard had the largest cabinet, with 22 ministers, in the mid-1960s. Helmut Kohl presided over 17 ministers at the start of his fourth term in 1994; the 2002 cabinet, the second of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, had 13 ministers, and the Angela Merkel cabinet as of 22 November 2005 had 15. Article 65 of the Basic Law sets forth three principles that define how the executive branch functions: Whenever
Feminism in Germany, The Emergence of the Second Wave a former member of the national council, Helene Weber became part of the parliament council, at the behest of Konrad Adenauer, who was elected the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. While creating the German Grundgesetz, the CDU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) politician invested in addressing the meaning and creating phrasings to emphasise the importance of human life and dignity. After hesitance in regards to women's rights, she eventually proposed: “Männer und Frauen stehen bei Wahl und Ausübung des Berufes gleich, verrichten sie gleiche Arbeit, so haben sie Anspruch auf gleiche Entlohnung.“ – "Men and Women are