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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).
Germany was ruled by monarchs from the beginning of division of the Frankish Empire in August 843 to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in August 1806. [1] [2] [3] During most of 19th century, independent German principalities were organized into various confederations, such as the Confederation of the Rhine dominated by Napoleon (1806-1913) and the German Confederation created by the ...
The chancellor of Germany [1] 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. [2] The office was created in the North German Confederation in 1867, [3] when Otto von Bismarck became the first chancellor.
This is a list of chancellors of Germany by time in office from 1867 to 2021, ... Adolf Hitler: 12 years, 90 days. 5. 4. Bernhard von Bülow: 8 years, 270 days. 6. 31.
Adolf Hitler was born. 1890: 20 March: Bismarck was dismissed as Chancellor. [37] 1 July: Germany and the United Kingdom signed the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty, under which Germany renounced its claims over Zanzibar in exchange for the strategic island of Heligoland. [40] 1891: The Pan-German League was established. 1892: Rudolf Diesel ...
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), Leader of Nazi Germany, combining legally the offices of President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") (1933–1945) Photo of Chancellor Bismarck in the 1880s Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819–1901), Imperial Chancellor
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg [a] (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German military leader and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during the First World War [1] and later became president of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934.
The Weimar Republic, [d] officially known as the German Reich, [e] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.