Name: Federal Republic of Germany

System of government: Democratic parliamentary federal state

Head of State: Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, since March 2017

Representative of the Head of State: President of the Bundesrat, rotating annually on 1 November. Currently: Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD), President of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

Head of Government: Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), since Mai 2025

Foreign Minister: Federal Foreign Minister Dr Johann Wadephul (CDU), since Mai 2025