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This contains list of 11 German presidents.
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A number of presidential offices have existed in Germany since the fall of the monarchies in 1918. During the 1919-1933 Weimar Republic the head of state was the President of Germany (German: 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 und Reichskanzler. In 1945, Karl Dönitz briefly became President. The West German constitution (Grundgesetz, Basic Law) of May 1949 created the office of President of Germany (German: Bundespräsident). Since Germany was reunited in 1990 the President has been the head of state for all of Germany. The East German constitution of October 1949 created the office of Präsident der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) ("President of the German Democratic Republic"). Upon the death of Wilhelm Pieck in 1960, the office of Präsident der DDR was abolished and replaced by a collective head of state, the Staatsrat (State Council). The Staatsrat was abolished by a constitutional amendment of the Volkskammer ("People's Chamber") on 5 April 1990. From then until the GDR joined the Federal Republic on 3 October 1990, the president of the Volkskammer also served as the GDR head of state.
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Weimar Republic (1919-1934),,,,No.,Name,Term of Office,,Political Party,(BirthDeath),Took Office,Left Office,President of the Reich (Reichsprsident),,,,1,Friedrich Ebert,11-Feb-19,28-Feb-25,SPD,(18711925),,(died in office),,Hans Luther,28-Feb-25,12-Mar-25,Non-partisan,(18791962),,,,Walter Simons,12-Mar-25,12-May-25,Non-partisan,(18611937),,,2,General Field Marshal,12-May-25,02-Aug-34,Non-partisan,Paul von Hindenburg,,(died in office),,(18471934),,,,,,,Nazi Germany (1934-1945),,,,,,,,No.,Name,Term of Office,,Political Party,(BirthDeath),Took Office,Left Office,,Fhrer und Reichskanzler,02-Aug-34,30-Apr-45,NSDAP,Adolf Hitler,,(committed suicide),,(18891945),,,,Reichsprsident,01-May-45,23-May-45,NSDAP,Grand Admiral,,(arrested by the Allies),,Karl Dnitz,,,,(18911980),,,,,,,Partitioned Germany (1949-1990),,,,,,,,West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany),,,,,,,,No.,Name,Term of Office,,Political Party,(BirthDeath),Took Office,Left Office,Federal President (Bundesprsident),,,,,Karl Arnold,07-Sep-49,12-Sep-49,CDU,(19011958),,,1,Theodor Heuss,13-Sep-49,12-Sep-59,FDP,(18841963),,,2,Heinrich Lbke,13-Sep-59,30-Jun-69,CDU,(18941972),,(resigned),3,Gustav Heinemann,01-Jul-69,30-Jun-74,SPD,(18991976),,,4,Walter Scheel,01-Jul-74,30-Jun-79,FDP,(born 1919),,,5,Karl Carstens,01-Jul-79,30-Jun-84,CDU,(19141992),,,6,Richard von Weizscker,01-Jul-84,until,CDU,(born 1920),,30-Jun-94,,,,,East Germany (German Democratic Republic),,,,,,,,No.,Name,Term of Office,,Political Party,(BirthDeath),Took Office,Left Office,President of the State (Staatsprsident),,,,,Johannes Dieckmann,07-Oct-49,11-Oct-49,LDPD,(18931969),,,1,Wilhelm Pieck,11-Oct-49,07-Sep-60,SED,(18761960),,(died in office),,Johannes Dieckmann,07-Sep-60,12-Sep-60,LDPD,(18931969),,,Chairman of the State Council (Vorsitzender des Staatsrats),,,,1,Walter Ulbricht,12-Sep-60,01-Aug-73,SED,(18931973),,(died in office),,"Friedrich Ebert, Jr.",01-Aug-73,03-Oct-73,SED,(18941979),,,2,Willi Stoph,03-Oct-73,29-Oct-76,SED,(19141999),,,3,Erich Honecker,29-Oct-76,18-Oct-89,SED,(19121994),,(resigned),4,Egon Krenz,18-Oct-89,06-Dec-89,SED,(born 1937),,(resigned),5,Manfred Gerlach,06-Dec-89,05-Apr-90,LDPD,(19282011),,(office abolished),,Sabine Bergmann-Pohl,05-Apr-90,02-Oct-90,CDU,(born 1946),,(office abolished),,,,,Reunified Germany (since 1990),,,,,,,,No.,Name,Term of Office,,Political Party,(BirthDeath),Took Office,Left Office,Federal President (Bundesprsident),,,,6,Richard von Weizscker,since,30-Jun-94,CDU,(born 1920),01-Jul-84,,7,Roman Herzog,01-Jul-94,30-Jun-99,CDU,(born 1934),,,8,Johannes Rau,01-Jul-99,30-Jun-04,SPD,(19312006),,,9,Horst Khler,01-Jul-04,31-May-10,CDU,(born 1943),,(resigned),,Jens Bhrnsen,31-May-10,30-Jun-10,SPD,(born 1949),,,10,Christian Wulff,30-Jun-10,17-Feb-12,CDU,(born 1959),,(resigned),,Horst Seehofer,17-Feb-12,18-Mar-12,CSU,(born 1949),,,11,Joachim Gauck,18-Mar-12,Incumbent,Independent,(born 1940),,,,,,,For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_presidents,,,,