The Federal Convention, also known as the Federal Assembly (German: Bundesversammlung), is, together with the Joint Committee, one of two non-steady constitutional bodies in the political and federal institutional system of the Federal Republic of Germany, convened solely for the purpose of electing the President of Germany, either every five years (no later than 30 days before the expiration of a sitting Presidents term) or within 30 days of the premature termination of a presidential term. The Federal Convention mirrors the aggregated majority situation of the Bundestag and the parliaments of the 16 German federal states.