The Conference of Federal State Prime Ministers^[1] is a committee formed by the sixteen States of Germany (Bundesländer) to coordinate policy in areas that fall within the sole jurisdiction of the Länder, e.g. broadcasting. The conference is not a constitutional body, therefore formal agreements between the federal states are fixed in a Staatsvertrag (treaty/compact).

The first meeting of the conference took place in 8–10 July 1948, preceding the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany. Since 1954 it is a permanent institution.

The conference meets four times a year. The chair of the meeting is rotated on an annual basis among the federal states according to a fixed rotation:

1. Lower Saxony
2. Hesse
3. Saxony
4. Rhineland-Palatinate
5. Saxony-Anhalt
6. Schleswig-Holstein
7. Thuringia
8. Baden-Württemberg
9. Brandenburg
10. Bremen
11. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
12. Saarland
13. Hamburg
14. Bavaria
15. Berlin
16. North Rhine-Westphalia