National
Office of the Federal President
- German: Bundespräsidialamt
Governs Germany
Official website (bundespraesident.de) Report a problem with this page
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Who sits on it
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Federal President
Elected
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier Federal President · since March 2022
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Sources for who sits on it
- Federal President gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Federal President bundespraesident.de · checked
What it can do
- Representing the Federation
Represents the Federation in international law and accredits envoys (Art. 59 Basic Law).
- Appointing the government
Proposes the Chancellor to the Bundestag, appoints and dismisses the Chancellor and federal ministers (Art. 63 and 64 Basic Law).
- Signing laws
Checks and signs federal laws, which take effect on promulgation (Art. 82 Basic Law).
- Dissolving the Bundestag
May dissolve the Bundestag only in the cases set out in Art. 63 and Art. 68 Basic Law.
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Sources for what it can do
- Representing the Federation gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
- Appointing the government gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
- Signing laws gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
- Dissolving the Bundestag gesetze-im-internet.de · checked
Sources
- gesetze-im-internet.de · checked Federal Ministry of Justice, Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Basic Law), current consolidated text, read 2026-10-12: structure, selection methods and competences of the federal bodies (Arts. 38-69, 50-53, 93-94); body names and websites from each body's own site. For: Office of the Federal President, Office of the Federal President in German, Representing the Federation, Appointing the government, Signing laws and 2 more
- bundespraesident.de · checked Office of the Federal President (bundespraesident.de) and Basic Law Art. 54: Steinmeier in office since 2017-03-19, second term from 2022-03-19. Fallback: Wikipedia, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, because dates were not read from the official site. For: Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Federal President
- bundestag.de · checked Deutscher Bundestag, 18. Bundesversammlung, read 2026-10-12: date 30 January 2027 set by Bundestag President on 2026-02-26. For: General election, January 30, 2027