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The official residence of the president is Bellevue Palace in Berlin. The president's second official residence is the Hammerschmidt Villa in Bonn, the former capital city of West Germany. Although these are the president's official residences, they do not live in Bellevue palace. Instead, it is only used as a ceremonial office.
Karl Carstens, President of the Bundestag (1976–1979), President of Germany (1979–1984) Johannes Rau, President of the Bundesrat (1982–1983 and 1994–1995), President of Germany (1999–2004) Roman Herzog, President of the Federal Constitutional Court (1987–1994), President of Germany (1994–1999)
An extended body is the Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett), which includes the Federal Government (consisting of the Federal Chancellor and Federal Ministers), the Head of the Federal Chancellery and its Parliamentary State Secretary, the Head of the Office of the Federal President, the Head of the Federal Press Office and the Personal Advisor to ...
Head of government [a] Date of birth Party Took office Time in office Election(s) Current cabinet Baden-Württemberg: Winfried Kretschmann 17 May 1948 (age 76) Greens: 12 May 2011: 13 years, 290 days 2021 2016 2011: Kretschmann III Bavaria: Markus Söder 5 January 1967 (age 58) CSU: 16 March 2018: 6 years, 347 days 2023 2018: Söder III
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).
2 Heads of government. 3 Ministers. ... President of Germany; Frank-Walter Steinmeier ... These are lists of political office-holders in Germany. Heads of state
German conservative candidate for chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leader Friedrich Merz reacts after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, in ...
Steinmeier took office as President of Germany on 19 March 2017, after the expiration of his predecessor's term in office, and on 22 March 2017 he took the oath that newly invested presidents must take before a joint session of the Bundestag and the Bundesrat, according to the Basic Law.