My professor said that the individual cabinet ministers were elected, instead of appointed. How was this carried out in practice? Were they elected by national elections? Was this a good system?
I am curious to know what the context of this statement was. The Reichschancellor was the one responsible for appointing the cabinet. The constitution of the Weimar Republic for most intents and purposes was essentially the exact same one as the Kaiserreich, with the main exception being that the monarchical position of Kaiser was directly replaced by a democratically elected President.