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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).
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 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
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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
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.
In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent (1997), 700pp; Bolgherini, Silvia. and Florian Grotz, eds. Germany After the Grand Coalition: Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment (Palgrave Macmillan; 2011) 231 pages; studies of the "Grand Coalition" of 2005-09 and the first Merkel government. Crawford, Alan, and Tony Czuczka.