| Federal Ministry of Finance Bundesministerium der Finanzen |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Bonn |
| Minister Responsible | Peer Steinbrück, Federal Minister of Finance |
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| http://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de | |
The Federal Ministry of Finance (German: Bundesministerium der Finanzen) is part of the German federal government and is responsible for managing the federal budget. Politics of Germany takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Federal Chancellor Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Peer Steinbrück (born 10 January 1947 in Hamburg) is a German SPD politician The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Budget (from French bougette, purse generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues The finance minister is the only minister who can veto a decision of the government if it would lead to additional expenditure. A veto, Latin for "I forbid" is used to Denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a certain piece of Legislation. The current minister of finance is Peer Steinbrück, of the SPD. Peer Steinbrück (born 10 January 1947 in Hamburg) is a German SPD politician