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A number of presidential offices have existed in [[Germany]] since [[German Revolution of 1918–1919|the collapse]] of the [[German Empire]] in 1918.

The [[Weimar Constitution]] of August 1919 created the office of [[President of Germany (1919–1945)|President of the Reich]] ({{langx|de|Reichspräsident}}). Upon the death of [[Paul von Hindenburg]] in August 1934, the office was left vacant, with [[Adolf Hitler]] becoming head of state as ''[[Führer|Führer und Reichskanzler]]'', in accordance with the [[Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich]] (retroactively approved by a [[1934 German head of state referendum|referendum]]). In April–May 1945, [[Karl Dönitz]] briefly became President upon the [[Death of Adolf Hitler|suicide of Hitler]] (in accordance with [[Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler|Hitler's last will and testament]]).

The [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]] of May 1949 created the office of [[President of Germany|Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany]] ({{langx|de|Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland}}). Since [[German reunification]] in 1990, the President has been the head of state for all of Germany.

The [[East Germany|East German]] [[Constitution of East Germany#1949 constitution|constitution of October 1949]] created the office of [[President of East Germany|President of the German Democratic Republic]] ({{langx|de|Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik}}). Upon the death of [[Wilhelm Pieck]] in 1960, the office of president was replaced by a collective head of state, the ''[[State Council of East Germany|Staatsrat]]'' ("State Council"). After the ''Staatsrat'' was abolished on 5 April 1990, the president of the ''[[Volkskammer]]'' ("People's Chamber") served as head of state until East Germany joined the Federal Republic on 3 October 1990

==[[Weimar Republic]] (1919–1933)==
† denotes people who died in office.
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{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00015, Friedrich Ebert(cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Friedrich Ebert]]
| officeholder_sort = Ebert, Friedrich
| born_year         = 1871
| died_year         = 1925
| died              = y
| term_start        = 11 February 1919
| term_end          = 28 February 1925
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1919|02|11|1925|02|28}}
| party             = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| election          = [[1919 German presidential election|1919]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-008A-07, Hans Luther.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Hans Luther]]
| officeholder_sort = Luther, Hans
| officeholder_note = {{efn|name=Kanzler|Acting President, as [[Chancellor of Germany]].}}
| born_year         = 1879
| died_year         = 1962
| term_start        = 28 February 1925
| term_end          = 12 March 1925
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1925|02|28|1925|03|12}}
| acting            = y
| party             = Independent politician
| election          = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12279, Walter Simons.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Walter Simons]]
| officeholder_sort = Simons, Walter
| officeholder_note = {{efn|name=Reichsgericht|Acting President, as President of the [[Reichsgericht]].}}
| born_year         = 1861
| died_year         = 1937
| term_start        = 12 March 1925
| term_end          = 12 May 1925
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1925|03|12|1925|05|12}}
| acting            = y
| party             = Independent politician
| election          = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C06886, Paul v. Hindenburg.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Generalfeldmarschall]]''
| officeholder      = [[Paul von Hindenburg]]
| officeholder_sort = Hindenburg, Paul
| born_year         = 1847
| died_year         = 1934
| term_start        = 12 May 1925
| term_end          = 23 March 1933
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1925|05|12|1933|03|23}}
| party             = Independent politician
| election          = [[1925 German presidential election|1925]]
| election2         = [[1932 German presidential election|1932]]
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==[[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945)==
† denotes people who died in office.
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{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C06886, Paul v. Hindenburg.jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Generalfeldmarschall]]''
| officeholder      = [[Paul von Hindenburg]]
| officeholder_sort = Hindenburg, Paul
| born_year         = 1847
| died_year         = 1934
| died              = y
| term_start        = 23 March 1933
| term_end          = 2 August 1934
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1933|03|23|1934|08|02}}
| party             = Independent politician
| election          = [[1925 German presidential election|1925]]
| election2         = [[1932 German presidential election|1932]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Hitler portrait crop.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Adolf Hitler]]
| officeholder_sort = Hitler, Adolf
| officeholder_note = {{small|''[[Führer|Führer und Reichskanzler]]''}}
| born_year         = 1889
| died_year         = 1945
| died              = y
| term_start        = 2 August 1934
| term_end          = [[Death of Adolf Hitler|30 April 1945]]
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1934|08|02|1945|04|30}}
| party             = Nazi Party
| election          = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1976-127-06A, Karl Dönitz (cropped)(2).jpg
| military_rank     = ''[[Grand admiral|Großadmiral]]''
| officeholder      = [[Karl Dönitz]]
| officeholder_sort = Dönitz, Karl
| born_year         = 1891
| died_year         = 1980
| term_start        = 30 April 1945
| term_end          = 23 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|04|30|1945|05|23}}
| party             = Nazi Party
| election          = –
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==[[East Germany|German Democratic Republic (East Germany)]] (1949–1990)==
† denotes people who died in office.
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|-align="center"
! colspan=7| [[President of East Germany|President of the Republic]]<br />{{small|{{lang|de|Präsident der Republik}}}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Fotothek df pk 0000079 060.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Wilhelm Pieck]]
| officeholder_sort = Pieck, Wilhelm
| born_year         = 1876
| died_year         = 1960
| died              = y
| term_start        = 11 October 1949
| term_end          = 7 September 1960
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1949|10|11|1960|09|07}}
| party             = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-F0711-0037-001, Johannes Dieckmann (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Johannes Dieckmann]]
| officeholder_sort = Dieckmann, Johannes
| officeholder_note = {{efn|name=Head of State|Acting head of state, as [[Volkskammer#Presidents of the People's Chamber|President of the Volkskammer]].}}
| born_year         = 1893
| died_year         = 1969
| term_start        = 7 September 1960
| term_end          = 12 September 1960
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1960|09|07|1960|09|12}}
| acting            = y
| party             = Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
}}
|-align="center"
! colspan=7| Chairman of the [[State Council of East Germany|State Council]]<br />{{small|{{lang|de|Vorsitzender des Staatsrats}}}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Opvolger van Pieck, Walter Ulbricht, Bestanddeelnr 911-5926 (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Walter Ulbricht]]
| officeholder_sort = Ulbricht, Walter
| born_year         = 1893
| died_year         = 1973
| died              = y
| term_start        = 12 September 1960
| term_end          = 1 August 1973
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1960|09|12|1973|08|01}}
| party             = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-83285-0029, Friedrich Ebert.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Friedrich Ebert Jr.]]
| officeholder_sort = Ebert, Friedrich
| officeholder_note = {{efn|name=Staatsrat|Acting Chairman of the State Council, as Deputy Chairman of the [[State Council of East Germany|State Council]].}}
| born_year         = 1894
| died_year         = 1979
| term_start        = 1 August 1973
| term_end          = 3 October 1973
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1973|08|01|1973|10|03}}
| acting            = y
| party             = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R0430-0305A, Willi Stoph.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Willi Stoph]]
| officeholder_sort = Stoph, Willi
| born_year         = 1914
| died_year         = 1999
| term_start        = 3 October 1973
| term_end          = 29 October 1976
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1973|10|03|1976|10|29}}
| party             = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R1220-401, Erich Honecker (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Erich Honecker]]
| officeholder_sort = Honecker, Erich
| born_year         = 1912
| died_year         = 1994
| term_start        = 29 October 1976
| term_end          = 18 October 1989<br>{{small|(''resigned'')}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1976|10|29|1989|10|18}}
| party             = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0704-400, Egon Krenz.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Egon Krenz]]
| officeholder_sort = Krenz, Egon
| born_year         = 1937
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 18 October 1989
| term_end          = 6 December 1989<br>{{small|(''resigned'')}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1989|10|18|1989|12|06}}
| party             = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1986-0617-034, Prof. Dr. Manfred Gerlach.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Manfred Gerlach]]
| officeholder_sort = Gerlach, Manfred
| born_year         = 1928
| died_year         = 2011
| term_start        = 6 December 1989
| term_end          = 5 April 1990<br>{{small|(''office abolished'')}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1989|12|06|1990|04|05}}
| party             = Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
}}
|-align="center"
! colspan=7| President of the [[Volkskammer|People's Chamber]]<br />{{small|{{lang|de|Präsident der Volkskammer}}}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Sabine Bergmann-Pohl.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Sabine Bergmann-Pohl]]
| officeholder_sort = Bergmann-Pohl, Sabine
| born_year         = 1946
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 5 April 1990
| term_end          = 2 October 1990<br>{{small|(''[[German reunification|office abolished]]'')}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1990|04|05|1990|10|02}}
| party             = Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)==
† denotes people who died in office.
{{Officeholder table start
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| showimage          = y
| image_title        = Portrait
| officeholder_title = [[President of Germany|Bundespräsident]]
| showtermlenght     = y
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| showparty          = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = KAS-Arnold,_Karl-Bild-398-1.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Karl Arnold]]
| officeholder_sort = Arnold, Karl
| officeholder_note = {{efn|name=Bundesrat|Acting President, as [[President of the German Bundesrat|President of the Bundesrat]].}}
| born_year         = 1901
| died_year         = 1958
| term_start        = 7 September 1949
| term_end          = 12 September 1949
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1949|09|07|1949|09|12}}
| acting            = y
| party             = Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
| election          = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1983-098-20a, Heuss.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Theodor Heuss]]
| officeholder_sort = Heuss, Theodor
| born_year         = 1884
| died_year         = 1963
| term_start        = 12 September 1949
| term_end          = 12 September 1959
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years|1949|09|12|1959|09|12}} years
| party             = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| election          = [[1949 West German presidential election|1949]]
| election2         = [[1954 West German presidential election|1954]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1994-034-22A, Heinrich Lübke.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Heinrich Lübke]]
| officeholder_sort = Lübke, Heinrich
| born_year         = 1894
| died_year         = 1972
| term_start        = 13 September 1959
| term_end          = 30 June 1969<br>{{small|(''resigned'')}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1959|09|13|1969|06|30}}
| party             = Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
| election          = [[1959 West German presidential election|1959]]
| election2         = [[1964 West German presidential election|1964]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F029021-0010, Gustav Heinemann.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Gustav Heinemann]]
| officeholder_sort = Heinemann, Gustav
| born_year         = 1899
| died_year         = 1976
| term_start        = 1 July 1969
| term_end          = 30 June 1974
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1969|07|01|1974|06|30}}
| party             = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| election          = [[1969 West German presidential election|1969]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-047-20, Walter Scheel.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Walter Scheel]]
| officeholder_sort = Scheel, Walter
| born_year         = 1919
| died_year         = 2016
| term_start        = 1 July 1974
| term_end          = 30 June 1979
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1974|07|01|1979|06|30}}
| party             = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| election          = [[1974 West German presidential election|1974]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F054633-0020, Ludwigshafen, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Carstens (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Karl Carstens]]
| officeholder_sort = Carstens, Karl
| born_year         = 1914
| died_year         = 1992
| term_start        = 1 July 1979
| term_end          = 30 June 1984
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1979|07|01|1984|06|30}}
| party             = Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
| election          = [[1979 West German presidential election|1979]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1991-039-11, Richard v. Weizsäcker.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Richard von Weizsäcker]]
| officeholder_sort = Weizsäcker, Richard
| born_year         = 1920
| died_year         = 2015
| term_start        = 1 July 1984
| term_end          = 30 June 1994
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1984|07|01|1994|06|30}}
| party             = Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
| election          = [[1984 West German presidential election|1984]]
| election2         = [[1989 West German presidential election|1989]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Roman Herzog 2012.JPG
| officeholder      = [[Roman Herzog]]
| officeholder_sort = Herzog, Roman 
| born_year         = 1934
| died_year         = 2017
| term_start        = 1 July 1994
| term_end          = 30 June 1999
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1994|07|01|1999|06|30}}
| party             = Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
| election          = [[1994 German presidential election|1994]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Johannes rau 2004-05-16 berlin (1).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Johannes Rau]]
| officeholder_sort = Rau, Johannes
| born_year         = 1931
| died_year         = 2006
| term_start        = 1 July 1999
| term_end          = 30 June 2004
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1999|07|01|2004|06|30}}
| party             = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| election          = [[1999 German presidential election|1999]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Horst Köhler.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Horst Köhler]]
| officeholder_sort = Köhler, Horst
| born_year         = 1943
| died_year         = 2025
| term_start        = 1 July 2004
| term_end          = 31 May 2010<br>{{small|(''resigned'')}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2004|07|01|2010|05|31}}
| party             = Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
| election          = [[2004 German presidential election|2004]]
| election2         = [[2009 German presidential election|2009]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Portrait Buergermeister Boehrnsen.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Jens Böhrnsen]]
| officeholder_sort = Böhrnsen, Jens
| officeholder_note = {{efn|name=Bundesrat|Acting President, as [[President of the German Bundesrat|President of the Bundesrat]].}}
| born_year         = 1949
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 31 May 2010
| term_end          = 30 June 2010
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2010|05|31|2010|06|30}}
| acting            = y
| party             = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| election          = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Christian Wulff crop.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Christian Wulff]]
| officeholder_sort = Wulff, Christian
| born_year         = 1959
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 30 June 2010
| term_end          = 17 February 2012<br>{{small|(''resigned'')}}
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2010|06|30|2012|02|17}}
| party             = Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
| election          = [[2010 German presidential election|2010]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = 12-07-17-landtagsprojekt-bayern-RalfR-001.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Horst Seehofer]]
| officeholder_sort = Seehofer, Horst
| officeholder_note = {{efn|name=Bundesrat}}
| born_year         = 1949
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 17 February 2012
| term_end          = 18 March 2012
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2012|02|17|2012|03|18}}
| acting            = y
| party             = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| election          = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = Joachim Gauck (2012 passport).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Joachim Gauck]]
| officeholder_sort = Gauck, Joachim 
| born_year         = 1940
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 18 March 2012
| term_end          = 18 March 2017
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years|2012|03|18|2017|03|18}} years
| party             = Independent politician
| election          = [[2012 German presidential election|2012]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| image             = 2025-05-28 Event, Politik- Besuch des Präsidenten der Ukraine Wolodymyr Selenskyj beim deutschen Bundespräsidenten Frank-Walter Steinmeier STP 5822 (Frank-Walter Steinmeier).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]]
| officeholder_sort = Steinmeier, Frank-Walter
| born_year         = 1956
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 19 March 2017
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2017|03|19}}
| party             = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| election          = [[2017 German presidential election|2017]]
| election2         = [[2022 German presidential election|2022]]
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==Timeline==
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  from: 28/02/1925 till: 12/03/1925 color:ind    text:"[[Hans Luther]] (acting)"  
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  from: 12/03/1925 till: 12/05/1925 color:ind    text:"[[Walter Simons]] (acting)"  
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  from: 12/05/1925 till: 02/08/1934 color:ind    text:"[[Paul von Hindenburg]]" 
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  from: 02/08/1934 till: 30/04/1945 color:nsdap  text:"[[Adolf Hitler]]" 
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  from: 30/04/1945 till: 23/05/1945 color:nsdap  text:"[[Karl Dönitz]]" 
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  from: 07/09/1949 till: 12/09/1949 color:cdu    text:"[[Karl Arnold]] (acting)" 
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  from: 12/09/1949 till: 12/09/1959 color:fdp    text:"[[Theodor Heuss]]" 
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  from: 11/10/1949 till: 07/09/1960 color:sed    text:"[[Wilhelm Pieck]]" 
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  from: 12/09/1960 till: 01/08/1973 color:sed    text:"[[Walter Ulbricht]]" 
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  from: 03/10/1973 till: 29/10/1976 color:sed    text:"[[Willi Stoph]]" 
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  from: 29/10/1976 till: 18/10/1989 color:sed    text:"[[Erich Honecker]]" 
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  from: 18/10/1989 till: 06/12/1989 color:sed    text:"[[Egon Krenz]]" 
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  from: 06/12/1989 till: 05/04/1990 color:ldpd   text:"[[Manfred Gerlach]]" 
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  from: 05/04/1990 till: 02/10/1990 color:cdugdr text:"[[Sabine Bergmann-Pohl]]" 
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  from: 01/07/1979 till: 30/06/1984 color:cdu    text:"[[Karl Carstens]]" 
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  from: 01/07/1984 till: 30/06/1994 color:cdu    text:"[[Richard von Weizsäcker]]" 
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  from: 01/07/1994 till: 30/06/1999 color:cdu    text:"[[Roman Herzog]]" 
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  from: 01/07/1999 till: 30/06/2004 color:spd    text:"[[Johannes Rau]]" 
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  from: 01/07/2004 till: 31/05/2010 color:cdu    text:"[[Horst Köhler]]" 
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  from: 31/05/2010 till: 30/06/2010 color:spd    text:"[[Jens Böhrnsen]] (acting)" 
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  from: 30/06/2010 till: 17/02/2012 color:cdu    text:"[[Christian Wulff]]" 
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  from: 17/02/2012 till: 18/03/2012 color:csu    text:"[[Horst Seehofer]] (acting)" 
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  from: 18/03/2012 till: 18/03/2017 color:ind    text:"[[Joachim Gauck]]" 
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  from:19/03/2017 till: $today      color:spd    text:"[[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]]" 

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==See also==
{{Portal|Germany|Politics}}
* [[German Emperor]]
** [[List of German monarchs]]
* [[President of Germany]]
* [[President of Germany (1919–1945)]]
* [[Lists of political office-holders in East Germany|Leadership of East Germany]]
* [[President of East Germany]]
* [[Chancellor of Germany]]
** [[List of chancellors of Germany]]

==Notes==
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