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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.
Bellevue Palace (German: Schloss Bellevue, pronounced [ʃlɔs bɛlˈvyː] ⓘ), located in Berlin's Tiergarten district, has been the official residence of the president of Germany since 1994. The schloss is situated on the banks of the Spree river, near the Berlin Victory Column, along the northern edge of the Großer Tiergarten park. Its name ...
The president of the Bundesrat is ex officio also deputy to the President of Germany (Basic Law, Article 57), thus becomes first in the order, while acting on behalf of the President or while acting as head of state during a vacancy of the presidency.
Took office Time in office Election(s) Current cabinet Baden-Württemberg: Winfried Kretschmann 17 May 1948 (age 76) Greens: 12 May 2011: 13 years, 234 days 2021 2016 2011: Kretschmann III Bavaria: Markus Söder 5 January 1967 (age 57) CSU: 16 March 2018: 6 years, 291 days 2023 2018: Söder III Berlin: Governing Mayor Kai Wegner
The East German constitution of October 1949 created the office of President of the German Democratic Republic (German: Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik). Upon the death of Wilhelm Pieck in 1960, the office of president was replaced by a collective head of state, the Staatsrat ("State Council").
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (German: [ˈfʁaŋkˌvaltɐ ˈʃtaɪnˌmaɪ.ɐ] ⓘ; born 5 January 1956) [1] is a German politician who has served as President of Germany since 2017. [2] He was previously federal minister for foreign affairs from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2017, as well as vice chancellor of Germany from 2007 to 2009.
Bundespräsidialamt building. The Bundespräsidialamt (German: [ˌbʊndəspʁɛziˈdi̯aːlˌʔamt] ⓘ; "Office of the Federal President") is a federal agency ...
Wulff was elected President of Germany on 30 June 2010 to follow Horst Köhler, who had resigned on 31 May 2010. He won 625 of 1,242 votes on the third ballot of the Federal Convention. [14] He became Germany's youngest president at the age of 51 [6] and was sworn in on 2 July 2010 in front of the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.