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Federal Chancellor of the North German Confederation. The North German Confederation came into existence after the German Confederation was dissolved following the Prussian victory in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The chancellor was appointed by the Bundespräsidium, a position that was held constitutionally by the Prussian king. [3]
Bismarck's successive tenure as Chancellor of the North German Confederation (1867–1871) and of the German Empire (1871–1890) is counted as one continuous term. Otto von Bismarck , the longest-ever serving chancellor of Germany with almost 23 years
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkoːl] ⓘ; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany from 1990 to 1998 and, prior to German reunification, as the chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990.
Chancellor Vice Chancellor Cabinet Parties Seats 1980–1982 Helmut Schmidt: Hans-Dietrich Genscher: Schmidt III: SPD: 271 of 497 FDP: 1982–1983: Helmut Kohl: Hans-Dietrich Genscher: Kohl I: CDU: 279 of 497 FDP: CSU
Holding the third-highest state office available within Germany, the chancellor of Germany receives €220,000 per annum and a €22,000 bonus, i.e. one and two thirds of Salary Grade B11 (according to § 11 (1) a of the Federal Law on Ministers – Bundesministergesetz, BGBl. 1971 I p. 1166 and attachment IV to the Federal Law on Salaries of ...
He and East German State Secretary Günther Krause signed the Unification Treaty on 31 August 1990. [2] [3] In a speech to parliament in 1991, Schäuble clinched the argument in favour of moving the German capital from Bonn to Berlin. [25] There was constant speculation that he would replace Kohl as Chancellor, whose popularity was declining. [4]
In March 2010, Infratest dimap asked 1500 people for their view of the term in office of German chancellors. The given numbers show the percentage of people agreeing with the statement that the named chancellor was a good one: [5] Helmut Schmidt – 75%; Willy Brandt – 68%; Angela Merkel – 67%; Helmut Kohl – 59%; Gerhard Schröder – 47%
After leaving public office, Schröder represented Germany at the funeral services for Boris Yeltsin in Moscow (jointly with Horst Köhler and Helmut Kohl, 2007) and Fidel Castro in Santiago de Cuba (jointly with Egon Krenz, 2016).