Constitution of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

It was drawn up by a constitutional commission between January 31, 1991, and April 30, 1993; the draft was submitted to the first state parliament and confirmed without changes on May 14, 1993, by a two-thirds majority.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommernis therefore a republican, democratic, social and constitutional state committed to the protection of the natural foundations of life.

Article 5, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany dynamically incorporates the fundamental rights and civil rights of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany by declaring them to be directly applicable law.

[6] The Minister-President, together with the ministers appointed by him, forms the Land Government, which is at the head of the executive power.

[11] This provides a more detailed definition of the self-government of municipalities, which is already guaranteed by Article 28, Paragraph 2 of the Basic Law.

[13] The section on the final provisions includes, among other things, provisions on the handing over of the constitutional text of the Constitution for the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany to pupils when they leave school and the linguistic equality of official and functional titles.

[14] Laws amending the constitution require a majority of two-thirds of the members of the state parliament.