| Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
|---|---|
| Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof | |
 Attorney General logo | |
Incumbent Jens Rommel | |
| Seat | Karlsruhe,Baden-Württemberg |
| Nominator | Federal Minister of Justice |
| Appointer | President of Germany |
| Constituting instrument | Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (Jurisdiction Act) |
| Inaugural holder | Carlo Wiechmann |
| Formation | 1950 |
| Website | generalbundesanwalt |
ThePublic Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice (German:Generalbundesanwalt orGeneralbundesanwältin beim Bundesgerichtshof [GBA],lit. 'General Federal Attorney at the Federal Court of Justice') is the federalprosecutor ofGermany, representing the federal government at theBundesgerichtshof, the federal court of justice. The office of the Public Prosecutor General is located inKarlsruhe. Besides its role in appellate cases, the Public Prosecutor General has primary jurisdiction in cases of crimes against the state (in particularterrorism,espionage andtreason), and offences under theVölkerstrafgesetzbuch (genocide,crimes against humanity andwar crimes). The Public Prosecutor General also represents Germany in certain civil and administrative cases.
TheFederal Minister of Justice proposes the Public Prosecutor General with the approval of theBundesrat to thePresident of Germany for appointment.[1] The Public Prosecutor General is considered apolitical official. He is supposed to share the criminal and security policy views and objectives of the respective acting federal government and can be recalled without outspoken reasons at any time. He is subject to the supervision of the Federal Minister of Justice.
In 1977, then-Public Prosecutor GeneralSiegfried Buback was assassinated by an extremist left-wing group, theRed Army Faction.
From 1950 until 1998, the office of the Public Prosecutor General shared a building in Karlsruhe with theBundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice). Since then it is in a new building on the site of the former "Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabrik" [German arms and munitions factory], now theZentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), designed byOswald Mathias Ungers.[2]
The GBA is supported by a Deputy Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice (Stellvertretender Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof) and several Federal Prosecutors at the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesanwälte beim Bundesgerichtshof), Senior Public Prosecutors at the Federal Court of Justice (Oberstaatsanwälte beim Bundesgerichtshof) and Public Prosecutors at the Federal Court of Justice (Staatsanwälte beim Bundesgerichtshof). He has a staff of about 300, of whom about 110 are permanently assigned public prosecutors and about 50 public prosecutors or judges from the federal states, who are usually seconded for three years.[3]
The office of the Public Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice is organized as follows:
| Carlo Wiechmann [de] | 1950–1956 |
| Max Güde [de] | 1956–1961 |
| Wolfgang Fränkel [de] | 1962 |
| Ludwig Martin | 1963–1974 |
| Siegfried Buback | 1974–1977 |
| Kurt Rebmann | 1977–1990 |
| Alexander von Stahl | 1990–1993 |
| Kay Nehm | 1994–2006 |
| Monika Harms | 2006–2011 |
| Harald Range | 2011–2015 |
| Peter Frank | 2015–2023 |
| Jens Rommel [de] | 2024–present[5] |
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