National
Federal President
- German: Bundespräsident
Office of the Federal President · Germany
Voters do not take part; the Federal Convention chooses.
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the Federal Convention, not by voters
- Exact method
- Elected for five years (one re-election) by the Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung): all Bundestag members plus an equal number of delegates chosen by the state parliaments (Art. 54 Basic Law). The next election is at the 18th Federal Convention on 30 January 2027.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Frank-Walter Steinmeier since March 2022
Report Source: bundespraesident.de,
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Coming up
Sources
- gesetze-im-internet.de · checked indirect / chosen_by_college "Federal Convention": from the selection_detail, which rests on this source ([world:de-national] Federal Ministry of Justice, Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Basic Law), current con); migration 054, ticket 2207, reviewed by improvements:schema-indirect-dissolved 2026-10-12 For: Federal President
- 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: Federal President, Federal President in German
- 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, current term
- 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