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09.05.2025 - Article

Germany

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: Anke Rehlinger, Minister-President of Saarland (SPD)

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

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

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