Reich presidency

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The Reich presidency was the office of the head of state in Germany during the Weimar Republic and early Nazi era, holding significant constitutional and executive powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED
constitutionalBasis Article 41 of the Weimar Constitution NERFINISHED
Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution NERFINISHED
Article 53 of the Weimar Constitution NERFINISHED
Article 54 of the Weimar Constitution NERFINISHED
country Germany NERFINISHED
createdBy Weimar Constitution NERFINISHED
deFactoMergedWith office of Reich Chancellor
deFactoMergerTime 1934
electionMethod direct popular vote
endTime 1945
firstOfficeHolder Friedrich Ebert NERFINISHED
firstOfficeHolderStartTime 1919
hasPower appointment of the Reich Chancellor
dismissal of the Reich Chancellor
dissolution of the Reichstag
emergency decree powers
pardon power
promulgation of laws
representation of the Reich in international law
supreme command of the armed forces
headOfStateFor German Reich NERFINISHED
lastOfficeHolder Karl Dönitz NERFINISHED
lastOfficeHolderStartTime 1945
locationOfOffice Berlin NERFINISHED
mergedOfficeTitle Führer und Reichskanzler
mergedOfficeTitleUsedBy Adolf Hitler NERFINISHED
officeAbolishedBy Allied Control Council NERFINISHED
officeAbolishedContext German defeat in World War II
officeHolderTitle Reich President NERFINISHED
officialName Reichspräsidentschaft NERFINISHED
positionInGovernment head of state
relatedEvent Enabling Act of 1933 NERFINISHED
Machtergreifung
Weimar Republic NERFINISHED
death of Paul von Hindenburg
residence Reich President's Palace, Berlin NERFINISHED
significantOfficeHolder Paul von Hindenburg NERFINISHED
significantOfficeHolderStartTime 1925
startTime 1919
succeededByOffice Federal Presidency of Germany NERFINISHED
termLength 7 years
termRenewable yes

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