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After the end of [[Imperial Germany]], [[Weimar Germany]] decided to install a president instead of the kaiser. (In fact, the term ''[[Captain Ersatz|Ersatzkaiser]]'' was often used.) While [[Our Presidents Are Different|not carrying as much power as the American presidents]] (the Weimar presidents didn't do the actual government work, that's what [[The Chancellors of Germany]] had to do), as the supreme commander of the armed forces and the man who could appoint and fire governments at will, they were still pretty powerful. After the bad experiences with strong presidents, the constitution of [[West Germany]] gave most power to the chancellor and made the president a purely ceremonial head of state. Still, some presidents could take a bit of influence thanks to personal charisma.
* Friedrich
* Paul von Hindenburg, former [[World War
* [[Adolf Hitler]]. Nuff said. Wait, just one fun fact: Being born Austrian, he got the German citizenship relatively late, otherwise he wouldn't have been electable at all.
* Karl
* Theodor
* Heinrich
* Gustav
* Walter
* Karl
* Richard von
* Roman
* Johannes
* Horst
* Christian
* Joachim
* Frank-Walter Steinmeier—Social Democrat. Formerly Germany's Foreign Minister. Often accused of putting (german) money over human rights concerns. Firm opponent of the death penalty. Refused to meet the Dalai Lama to not upset the Chinese Communist Party. Was the firmest opponent of the recognition of Armenian Genocide by the German government, on top of it saying it "downplayed the Holocaust"(Hitler himself had admitted similarities to what he was going to do to what happened to the Armenians in 1939).
[[East Germany]] had a president until 1960 (only one office-holder, Wilhelm Pieck), then replaced that office with a collective council of state, which had a chairman.
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