President of Germany

The President of Germany (German: Bundespräsident, literally: federal president) is the head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany. His functions are mostly supervising and representative, because of the negative experiences with the office of its predecessor the Reich President (Reichskanzler), who had more power than the current Federal President.
The president is elected every five years by the Bundesversammlung.

The president is elected every five years by the Bundesversammlung.

 List of presidents 
 Theodor Heuss (FDP), 1949 – 1959
 Heinrich Lübke (CDU), 1959 – 1969
 Gustav Heinemann (SPD), 1969 – 1974
 Walter Scheel (FDP), 1974 – 1979
 Karl Carstens (CDU), 1979 – 1984
 Richard von Weizsäcker (CDU), 1984 – 1994
 Roman Herzog (CDU), 1994 – 1999
 Johannes Rau (SPD), 1999 – 2004
 Horst Köhler (CDU), 2004 – 2010
 Christian Wulff (CDU), 2010 – 2012
 Joachim Gauck (Independent), 2012 – 2017
 Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD), since 2017

 References 

Category:Lists of national presidents
Category:Lists of German politicians