President of Germany | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-07

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President of Germany


00:01:55 1 Election
00:05:06 1.1 Past presidential elections
00:05:16 1.2 Qualifications
00:05:56 1.3 Oath
00:07:08 2 Duties and functions
00:09:22 2.1 Appointment of the Federal Government
00:11:34 2.2 Other appointments
00:11:49 2.3 Dissolution of the Bundestag
00:13:02 2.4 Promulgation of the law
00:15:24 2.5 Foreign relations
00:15:53 2.6 Pardons and honours
00:17:00 2.7 Legislative state of emergency
00:19:18 3 Politics and influence
00:20:05 4 Reserve powers
00:21:18 5 Succession
00:23:43 6 Impeachment and removal
00:24:20 7 Presidential office and symbols
00:24:30 7.1 Residences and office
00:25:28 7.2 Transportation
00:26:09 7.3 Presidential standard
00:27:12 8 History
00:27:34 8.1 Weimar Republic
00:31:03 8.2 German Democratic Republic ("East Germany")
00:31:40 8.3 Federal Republic of Germany ("West Germany", 1949–1990)
00:32:28 9 List of presidents
00:35:00 10 Living former Presidents
00:35:19 11 See also



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The President of Germany, officially the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is the head of state of Germany.
Germany has a parliamentary system of government in which the chancellor is the nation's leading political figure and de facto chief executive. The president has mainly a ceremonial role, but he can give direction to general political and societal debates and has some important "reserve powers" in case of political instability (such as those provided for by Article 81 of the Basic Law). The German presidents have wide discretion about how they exercise their official duties.Under Article 59 (1) of the Basic Law (German Constitution), the president represents the Federal Republic of Germany in matters of international law, concludes treaties with foreign states on its behalf and accredits diplomats. Furthermore, all federal laws must be signed by the president before they can come into effect, but usually they only veto a law if they believe it to violate the constitution.
The president, by their actions and public appearances, represents the state itself, its existence, legitimacy, and unity. The president's office involves an integrative role and the control function of upholding the law and the constitution. It is a matter of political tradition – not legal restrictions – that the president generally does not comment routinely on issues in the news, particularly when there is some controversy among the political parties. This distance from day-to-day politics and daily governmental issues allows the president to be a source of clarification, to influence public debate, voice criticism, offer suggestions and make proposals. In order to exercise this power, they traditionally act above party politics.The 12th and current officeholder is Frank-Walter Steinmeier who was elected on 12 February 2017 and started his first five-year-term on 19 March 2017.