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An indirect presidential election (officially the 8th Federal Convention) was held in West Germany on 23 May 1984. Though not term limited, incumbent Karl Carstens elected not to seek a second term. His Christian Democratic Union instead nominated Richard von Weizsäcker, the governing mayor of West Berlin.
In April–May 1945, Karl Dönitz briefly became President upon the suicide of Hitler (in accordance with Hitler's last will and testament). The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany of May 1949 created the office of Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland).
In 1984, Weizsäcker was elected as President of West Germany by the German Federal Convention, succeeding Karl Carstens and drawing unusual support from both the governing center-right coalition and the opposition Social Democratic Party; [43] he defeated the Green party candidate, Luise Rinser.
1984 Burundian presidential election; 1984 Cameroonian presidential election; 1984 Comorian presidential election; 1984 Guinea-Bissau legislative election; 1984 Moroccan parliamentary election; 1984 Somali parliamentary election; 1984 South African general election; 1984 Seychellois presidential election; 1984 Zairean presidential election
Pages in category "1984 elections in Germany" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... 0–9. 1984 West German presidential election; E.
29 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984; 17 June - 1984 European Parliament election in West Germany; 24 August - Launch of the all-new Opel Kadett, which will be built in West Germany as well as other countries including Belgium and the United Kingdom. 7 October - East German Republic Day Parade of 1984
1982–1984: Center-left government of the SPD (single party rule) with Holger Börner as minister-president. 1984–1987: Center-left government of the SPD–Greens with Holger Börner as minister-president. 1987–1991: Center-right government of the CDU–FDP with Walter Wallmann as minister-president. 1991–1999: Center-left government of ...
Carstens was born in the City of Bremen, the son of a commercial school teacher, who had been killed at the Western Front of World War I shortly before his birth. He studied law and political science at the universities of Frankfurt, Dijon, Munich, Königsberg, and Hamburg from 1933 to 1936, gaining a doctorate in 1938 and taking the Second Staatsexamen degree in 1939.