DE
Germany
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Federal Republic of Germany
Official addresses
The association has no official government address for this country yet. It will be added when one can be taken from a publisher that permits it.
- Form of government
- federal parliamentary republic
- Capital
- Berlin
- Head of state
- President Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (since 19 March 2017)
- Head of government
- Chancellor Friedrich MERZ (since 6 May 2025)
- Cabinet
- Cabinet or Bundesminister (Federal Ministers) recommended by the chancellor, appointed by the president
- Highest court
- Federal Court of Justice (court consists of 127 judges, including the court president, vice presidents, presiding judges, other judges; organized into 25 Senates subdivided into 12 civil panels, 5 criminal panels, and 8 special panels); Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (consists of 2 Senates each subdivided into 3 chambers, each with a chairman and 8 members)
- Independence
- 18 January 1871 (establishment of the German Empire); divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and France) in 1945 after World War II; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) proclaimed on 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones; German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) proclaimed on 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone; West Germany and East Germany unified on 3 October 1990, with all four powers formally relinquishing rights on 15 March 1991; notable earlier dates: 10 August 843 (Eastern Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire); 2 February 962 (crowning of OTTO I, recognized as the first Holy Roman Emperor)
- National day
- German Unity Day, 3 October (1990)
This directory was compiled on 12 October 2026.
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