President of Germany

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head of state political office

The President of Germany is the country’s largely ceremonial head of state, responsible for representing the nation, signing federal laws, and performing key constitutional and diplomatic duties.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form As subject As object
Federal President of Germany 0 19
Bundespräsident 0 2
Federal President 0 2
President of the Federal Republic of Germany 0 2
Federal President of Germany (jointly in Federal Convention) 0 1
President of the German Reich 0 1
Theodor Heuss 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state →
political office →
alsoKnownAs President of Germany →
surface form: Bundespräsident
appointedBy Federal Convention →
constitutingInstrument Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany →
country Germany →
currentOfficeHolder Frank-Walter Steinmeier →
currentOfficeHolderStartDate 2017-03-19 →
dateEstablished 1949 →
duty appointing federal civil servants →
appointing federal judges →
appointing federal ministers →
appointing military officers →
appointing the Federal Chancellor →
calling federal elections in accordance with the constitution →
convening the Bundestag under certain circumstances →
delivering annual Christmas address →
delivering annual New Year’s address →
dismissing federal ministers →
dismissing the Federal Chancellor →
dissolving the Bundestag in specific constitutional situations →
promulgating federal laws →
proposing a candidate for Federal Chancellor to the Bundestag →
representing Germany in international relations →
signing and issuing pardons at the federal level →
signing federal laws →
signing international treaties →
signing the instrument of ratification for treaties →
electionMethod indirect election →
electoralBody Bundesversammlung →
flag Standard of the President of Germany →
governmentBranch federal level →
insignia Coat of arms of Germany →
jurisdiction Germany →
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
notableFeature expected to be above day-to-day party politics →
separate from the Federal Government and Bundestag →
officeHolderTitle President of Germany self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Federal President
officeLocation Berlin →
officeType largely ceremonial office →
power granting clemency in federal cases →
issuing political appeals and speeches →
refusing to sign a law considered unconstitutional →
precededBy Reich President of Germany →
residence Bellevue Palace →
role ceremonial head of state →
guardian of the Basic Law →
representative of the state in international law →
styleOfAddress Frau Bundespräsidentin →
Herr Bundespräsident →
termLength 5 years →
termLimit maximum of two consecutive terms →

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Germany → alsoKnownAs → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Bundespräsident
Bundesversammlung → appliesToOffice → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
German Federal Cabinet → appointingAuthority → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
Iron Cross 1st Class → awardingAuthority → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
Bundestag → canBeDissolvedBy → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
Bundeswehr → commanderInChief → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
Basic Law → containsPart → President of Germany →
subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President
Bundestag → elects → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany (jointly in Federal Convention)
Federal Convention → electsOffice → President of Germany →
subject surface form: Federal Convention (Germany)
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
Bundesversammlung → electsOfficeHolderTitle → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Bundespräsident
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
Basic Law → establishesInstitution → President of Germany →
subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
West Germany → firstPresident → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Theodor Heuss
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
Germany → headOfState → President of Germany →
President of Germany → officeHolderTitle → President of Germany self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Federal President
Paul von Hindenburg → positionHeld → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: President of the German Reich
Richard von Weizsäcker → positionHeld → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Roman Herzog → positionHeld → President of Germany →
Federal President Theodor Heuss → positionHeld → President of Germany →
subject surface form: Theodor Heuss
this entity surface form: President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Führer and Reich Chancellor → precededBy → President of Germany →
President of the Bundestag → precedenceAfter → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
President of the Bundestag → relatedOffice → President of Germany →
this entity surface form: Federal President of Germany
Standard of the President of Germany → symbolizes → President of Germany →
Bellevue Palace → usedBy → President of Germany →
Standard of the President of Germany → usedBy → President of Germany →