Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The president of Germany, officially titled the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ), [2] is the head of state of Germany . Under the 1949 constitution (Basic Law) Germany has a parliamentary system of government in which the chancellor (similar to a prime minister or ...
Olaf Scholz(German:[ˈoːlafˈʃɔlts]ⓘ; born (1958-06-14)14 June 1958) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germanysince 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party(SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellorin the fourth Merkel cabinetand as Federal Minister of Financefrom 2018 to 2021.
The German Cabinet ( Bundeskabinett or Bundesregierung) is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany. It consists of the chancellor and the cabinet ministers. The fundamentals of the cabinet's organization are set down in articles 62–69 of the Basic Law. The current cabinet is Scholz (since 2021).
Election. Ebert, Friedrich Friedrich Ebert (1871–1925) 11 February 1919. 28 February 1925 †. 6 years, 17 days. SPD. 1919. Luther, Hans Hans Luther (1879–1962)Acting [a] 28 February 1925.
The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, [a] is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime. [b] The chancellor is the chief executive of the Federal Cabinet and heads the executive branch.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler assumed the duties of head of state as Führer and Chancellor from 1934 until his suicide in April 1945. In 1949, Germany was divided into two states. The Federal President, head of state of West Germany, became head of state for all of Germany following German reunification in 1990.
Cabinet of Germany. The Federal Cabinet (German: Bundeskabinett pronounced [ˈbʊndəskabiˌnɛt] ⓘ ), or according to the German Basic Law, the Federal Government (German: Bundesregierung ), is the chief executive body of the Federal Republic of Germany. It consists of the Federal Chancellor and cabinet ministers.
The chancellor of Germany is the political leader of Germany and the head of the federal government. The office holder is responsible for selecting all other members of the government and chairing cabinet meetings. The office was created in the North German Confederation in 1867, when Otto von Bismarck became the first chancellor.