State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Baden-Württemberg
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 Main entrance of the State Office | |
| Headquarters | Stuttgart |
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| Employees | 404 (Stand: 2020) |
| Website | Website des Landesamtes |
The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Baden-Württemberg is the state authority for the protection of the constitution in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg[1]. The state office monitors right-wing and left-wing extremism, foreign extremism and religious fundamentalists. Its tasks also include counter-espionage and monitoring the Scientology Organization (SO). Its headquarters are in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. Beate Bube has been president of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution since January 1, 2008[2].
After the Basic Law came into force in 1949, the states set up special authorities or offices to protect the constitution. In what later became Baden-Württemberg, these were the states of Württemberg-Baden, Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern. In 1951, the Württemberg-Hohenzollern State Office for the Protection of the Constitution was founded in Tübingen. This was followed by the information office of the Baden State Chancellery in Freiburg and the Württemberg-Baden State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Stuttgart. After the founding of Baden-Württemberg, these authorities merged in December 1952 to form what is now the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution.
Outline
The LfV is divided into six departments and a management staff with press and public relations:[3]
- Department 1 – Central Department
- Department 2 – Islamic extremism und terrorism
- Department 3 – right extremism and -terrorism, Reichsbürger movement and Selbstverwalter
- Department 4 – counter-espionage, secrecy and sabotage protection, co-operation duties, Scientology organization
- Department 5 – Covert operation department
- Department 6 – Left-wing extremism und foreign extremism and terrorism
Legal basis
The legal basis for the work of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Baden-Württemberg is the Law on the Protection of the Constitution in Baden-Württemberg (LVSG – State Constitutional Protection Law – Baden-Württemberg) in the version of 5 December 2005.
Control
The LfV is subject to technical and administrative supervision by the Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg. Parliamentary monitoring is carried out by the Minister of the Interior informing the standing committee of the state parliament every six months and by the so-called G 10 Commission (Section 15 LVSG).
Budget
President
| Period | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1951–1962 | Hans-Heinrich Picht | |
| 1962–1973 | Peter Lahnstein | |
| 1973–1986 | Dieter Wagner | From 1986 to 1989 President of the Berlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution He initiated the installation of listening microphones on the Red Army Faction prisoners inhaftierten Mitgliedern der Stammheim Prison. |
| 1986–1988 | Ralf Krüger | |
| 1988–1995 | Eduard Vermander | From 1 August 1995 to 1 July 2000 President of the thenBerlin Office for the Protection of the Constitution |
| 1995–2005 | Helmut Rannacher (CDU) | |
| 2005–2007 | Johannes Schmalzl (FDP) | From January 2008 to May 2016, President of the Stuttgart administrative district. |
| since 2008 | Beate Bube (non-partisan) |