Reich presidency

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The Reich presidency was the office of the head of state in Germany during the Weimar Republic and early Nazi era, holding significant constitutional and executive powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 41 of the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Article 53 of the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
Article 54 of the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
createdBy Weimar Constitution ⓘ
deFactoMergedWith office of Reich Chancellor ⓘ
deFactoMergerTime 1934 ⓘ
electionMethod direct popular vote ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Friedrich Ebert ⓘ
firstOfficeHolderStartTime 1919 ⓘ
hasPower appointment of the Reich Chancellor ⓘ
dismissal of the Reich Chancellor ⓘ
dissolution of the Reichstag ⓘ
emergency decree powers ⓘ
pardon power ⓘ
promulgation of laws ⓘ
representation of the Reich in international law ⓘ
supreme command of the armed forces ⓘ
headOfStateFor German Reich ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany
lastOfficeHolder Karl Dönitz ⓘ
lastOfficeHolderStartTime 1945 ⓘ
locationOfOffice Berlin ⓘ
mergedOfficeTitle Führer und Reichskanzler ⓘ
mergedOfficeTitleUsedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
officeAbolishedBy Allied Control Council ⓘ
officeAbolishedContext German defeat in World War II ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Reich President ⓘ
officialName Reichspräsidentschaft ⓘ
positionInGovernment head of state ⓘ
relatedEvent Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
Machtergreifung ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
death of Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
residence Reich President's Palace, Berlin ⓘ
significantOfficeHolder Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
significantOfficeHolderStartTime 1925 ⓘ
startTime 1919 ⓘ
succeededByOffice Federal Presidency of Germany ⓘ
termLength 7 years ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ

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