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The equivalent position of head of government was called either Minister President (Ministerpräsident) or Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the GDR (Vorsitzender des Ministerrats der DDR), which was the second powerful position under General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (See Leaders of East Germany).
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.
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 ...
For political system in Germany, see Politics of Germany. The Federal Cabinet (German: Bundeskabinettpronounced [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 ...
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 ...
The German head of state is the federal president. As in Germany's parliamentary system of government, the federal chancellor runs the government and day-to-day politics, while the role of the federal president is mostly ceremonial. The federal president, by their actions and public appearances, represents the state itself, its existence, its ...
Olaf Scholz ( German: [ˈoːlaf ˈʃɔlts] ⓘ; born 14 June 1958) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 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.