What is President of Germany?
{{Infobox official post |post = Federal President |body = the Federal Republic of Germany |native_name = ''Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'' |flag = Standard of the President of Germany.svg |flagsize = 125px |flagcaption = [[#Presidential standard|Standard of the President]] |insignia = Bundespräsident (Deutschland) Logo.svg |insigniasize = 250px |insigniacaption = Logo |image = Frank-Walter Steinmeier - 2018 (cropped) 2.jpg |incumbent = [[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]] |incumbentsince = 19 March 2017 |style = Mr. President<br>{{small|(informal)}} <br> [[The Honourable]]<br>{{small|(formal)}} <br>[[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br>{{small|(diplomatic)}} |residence = [[Bellevue Palace (Germany)|Schloss Bellevue]] ([[Berlin]])<br>[[Villa Hammerschmidt]] ([[Bonn]]) |appointer = [[Federal Convention (Germany)|Federal Convention]] |termlength = Five years |termlength_qualified = Renewable once, consecutively |constituting_instrument = [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]] |precursor = The [[President of Germany (1919–1945)|Reichspräsident]] |formation = 24 May 1949 |first = [[Theodor Heuss]] |website = {{URL|www.bundespraesident.de}} }} {{Politics of Germany}} The '''President of Germany''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Bundespräsident'', literally: ''federal president'') is the head of state of the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. His functions are mostly supervising and representative, because of the negative experiences with the office of its predecessor the [[Reich President]] (''Reichskanzler''), who had more power than the current Federal President. The president is elected every five years by the [[Bundesversammlung]]. The president is elected every five years by the [[Bundesversammlung]]. == List