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class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: normal;"><i>Präsidentin des Deutschen Bundestages</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Deutscher_Bundestag_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Deutscher_Bundestag_logo.svg/120px-Deutscher_Bundestag_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Deutscher_Bundestag_logo.svg/180px-Deutscher_Bundestag_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Deutscher_Bundestag_logo.svg/240px-Deutscher_Bundestag_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="348" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Bundestag" title="Bundestag">Seal of the Bundestag</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Presiding officer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Reichstag_building" title="Reichstag building">Reichstag building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Germany" title="List of political parties in Germany">Political parties</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bundestag" title="Bundestag">Bundestag</a><br />traditionally appointing nominee of the largest party</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Contemporaneous to legislative period</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany" title="Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany">German Basic Law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Reichstag" title="List of presidents of the Reichstag">President of the Reichstag</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">7 September 1949</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Erich_K%C3%B6hler" title="Erich Köhler">Erich Köhler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#Vice_Presidents">Vice Presidents of the Bundestag</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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style="color:#000;">Constitution <span style="font-size:85%;">(Basic Law)</span></span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Constitutional_Court_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Constitutional Court of Germany">Federal Constitutional Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Germany" title="Human rights in Germany">Human rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCC00; color:black; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)">Head of State</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">President of Germany</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:#FFCC00; color:black; border: 1px double #8C959A;;color: var(--color-base)">Executive</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany_(1949%E2%80%93)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chancellor of Germany (1949–)">Chancellor of Germany</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_chancellors_of_Germany" title="List of chancellors of Germany">list</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olaf_Scholz" title="Olaf Scholz">Olaf Scholz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><b><a 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(page does not exist)">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_East_German_presidential_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 East German presidential election (page does not exist)">1957</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)</a></li></ul> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1949_West_German_presidential_election" title="1949 West German presidential election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_West_German_presidential_election" title="1954 West German presidential election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_West_German_presidential_election" title="1959 West German presidential election">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_West_German_presidential_election" title="1964 West German presidential election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_West_German_presidential_election" title="1969 West German presidential election">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_West_German_presidential_election" title="1974 West German presidential election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_West_German_presidential_election" title="1979 West German presidential election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_West_German_presidential_election" title="1984 West German presidential election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_West_German_presidential_election" title="1989 West German presidential election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_German_presidential_election" title="1994 German presidential election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_German_presidential_election" title="1999 German presidential election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_German_presidential_election" title="2004 German presidential election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_German_presidential_election" title="2009 German presidential election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_German_presidential_election" title="2010 German 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title="1874 German federal election">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_German_federal_election" title="1877 German federal election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_German_federal_election" title="1878 German federal election">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_German_federal_election" title="1881 German federal election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_German_federal_election" title="1884 German federal election">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_German_federal_election" title="1887 German federal election">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_German_federal_election" title="1890 German federal election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_German_federal_election" title="1893 German federal election">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_German_federal_election" title="1898 German federal election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_German_federal_election" title="1903 German federal election">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_German_federal_election" title="1907 German federal election">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_German_federal_election" title="1912 German federal election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_German_federal_election" title="1919 German federal election">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_German_federal_election" title="1920 German federal election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1924_German_federal_election" title="May 1924 German federal election">1924 (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1924_German_federal_election" title="December 1924 German federal election">1924 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_German_federal_election" title="1928 German federal election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_German_federal_election" title="1930 German federal election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_1932_German_federal_election" title="July 1932 German federal election">1932 (July)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1932_German_federal_election" title="November 1932 German federal election">1932 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1933_German_federal_election" title="March 1933 German federal election">1933 (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1933_German_parliamentary_election" title="November 1933 German parliamentary election">1933 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_German_parliamentary_election_and_referendum" title="1936 German parliamentary election and referendum">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_German_parliamentary_election_and_referendum" title="1938 German parliamentary election and referendum">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_West_German_federal_election" title="1949 West German federal election">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_West_German_federal_election" title="1953 West German federal election">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_West_German_federal_election" title="1957 West German federal election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_West_German_federal_election" title="1961 West German federal election">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_West_German_federal_election" title="1965 West German federal election">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_West_German_federal_election" title="1969 West German federal election">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_West_German_federal_election" title="1972 West German federal election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_West_German_federal_election" title="1976 West German federal election">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_West_German_federal_election" title="1980 West German federal election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_West_German_federal_election" title="1983 West German federal election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_West_German_federal_election" title="1987 West German federal election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_German_federal_election" title="1990 German federal election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_German_federal_election" title="1994 German federal election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_German_federal_election" title="1998 German federal election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_German_federal_election" title="2002 German federal election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_German_federal_election" title="2005 German federal election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_German_federal_election" title="2009 German federal election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_German_federal_election" title="2013 German federal election">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_German_federal_election" title="2017 German federal election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_German_federal_election" title="2021 German federal election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_German_federal_election" title="2025 German federal election"><i>2025</i></a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <ul><li><b>European elections</b></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_West_Germany" title="1979 European Parliament 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a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Germany" title="Template:Politics of Germany"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Germany" title="Template talk:Politics of Germany"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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In the <a href="/wiki/German_order_of_precedence" title="German order of precedence">German order of precedence</a>, the office is ranked second after the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">president</a> and before the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany_(Federal_Republic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)">chancellor</a>. </p><p>The current office-holder is <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_Bas" title="Bärbel Bas">Bärbel Bas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a>), who was elected during the first session of the 20th Bundestag on 26 October 2021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_and_customs">Election and customs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Bundestag&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Election and customs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The president of the Bundestag is elected during the constituent session of each election period after the <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Germany" title="Elections in Germany">federal elections</a> or in a later session, if the office has fallen vacant, by all members of the Bundestag. The president has to be a member of the Bundestag. Until the election of the president, the session is chaired by the <a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_House" title="Father of the House">father of the House</a>, the so-called <i>Alterspräsident</i>. Since 2017, this has been the longest serving member of the Bundestag; in 1949-2017, it was the oldest member of the Bundestag by age.<sup id="cite_ref-bt_cons_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt_cons-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Usually, the president of the Bundestag is a member of the largest parliamentary group. This <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_convention_(political_custom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional convention (political custom)">constitutional convention</a> had emerged already in times of the <a href="/wiki/Weimar_Republic" title="Weimar Republic">Weimar Republic</a>, but this is not required by law. The term ends with the election period, and there is no provision for an early removal. The term of the president can only end prematurely if they resign the position, leaves the Bundestag or dies. They can be reelected in the next election period provided they become a member of the Bundestag again. </p><p>Traditionally, the president of the Bundestag is elected uncontested. The only exception so far has been in 1954 after the unexpected death of <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Ehlers" title="Hermann Ehlers">Hermann Ehlers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Lemmer" title="Ernst Lemmer">Ernst Lemmer</a> competed with the "official" <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a>/<a href="/wiki/Christian_Social_Union_of_Bavaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Social Union of Bavaria">CSU</a> candidate, <a href="/wiki/Eugen_Gerstenmaier" title="Eugen Gerstenmaier">Eugen Gerstenmaier</a>, and lost after three ballots with a difference of 14 votes (204 for Gerstenmaier, 190 for Lemmer, 15 abstentions). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidium_of_the_Bundestag">Presidium of the Bundestag</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Bundestag&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Presidium of the Bundestag"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Vice_Presidents"></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style></p><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Bundestag" title="Presidium of the Bundestag">Presidium of the Bundestag</a></div> <p>The president of the Bundestag has several deputies, the vice presidents of the Bundestag (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Vizepräsident des Deutschen Bundestages</i></span> or <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Bundestagsvizepräsident</i></span>), who are supplied by the other parliamentary groups. The number of vice presidents was not fixed in the Bundestag's <i>Geschäftsordnung</i> (<a href="/wiki/Rules_of_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Rules of order">rules of order</a>) since 1949, when two were elected, representing opposition and minor party FDP. As the reigning Union of CDU/CSU comprises two independent but complementary parties, CDU in all states but Bavaria, CSU only in Bavaria, the CSU got a deputy in 1953. Since 1961, the other large party, the SPD, also got a second deputy. When the Green party joined in 1983, the number was not increased, and their candidates were not elected. Same for the former communist party PDS after reunification in 1990. </p><p>In 1994, things changed when it was decided that each parliamentary group should be represented by at least one vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-bt_cons_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt_cons-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, also Greens and PDS/Left have a deputy. </p><p>However, when the new <a href="/wiki/Alternative_for_Germany" title="Alternative for Germany">AfD</a> entered the parliament in 2017, as leaders of the opposition, none of their six candidates for vice president has ever been elected, and neither of the over 30 candidates in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_20th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 20th Bundestag">20th Bundestag since 2021</a>. There is some controversy over this <a href="/wiki/Cordon_sanitaire_(politics)" title="Cordon sanitaire (politics)">cordon sanitaire</a> imposed against the <a href="/wiki/Far-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Far-right">far-right</a> AfD, but the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Constitutional_Court_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Constitutional Court of Germany">Federal Constitutional Court of Germany</a> has ruled that even though the rules of order of the Bundestag give the AfD the right to a Vice-Presidential post, there is no obligation for any given member of the Bundestag to vote for any given candidate for Vice-President of the Bundestag and the office requires election by a majority vote of the Bundestag. Together, the president and the vice presidents make up the <a href="/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Bundestag" title="Presidium of the Bundestag">Presidium of the Bundestag</a>. </p><p>In the current 20th Bundestag, the vice presidents are:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aydan_%C3%96zo%C4%9Fuz" title="Aydan Özoğuz">Aydan Özoğuz</a> (SPD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Magwas" title="Yvonne Magwas">Yvonne Magwas</a> (CDU/CSU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrin_G%C3%B6ring-Eckardt" title="Katrin Göring-Eckardt">Katrin Göring-Eckardt</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alliance_%2790/The_Greens" class="mw-redirect" title="Alliance '90/The Greens">Bündnis 90/Die Grünen</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Kubicki" title="Wolfgang Kubicki">Wolfgang Kubicki</a> (FDP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petra_Pau" title="Petra Pau">Petra Pau</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Left_(Germany)" title="The Left (Germany)">Die Linke</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_background">Legal background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Bundestag&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legal background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legal foundation for the office is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#GGengl_000P40">Article 40</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany" title="Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany">Basic Law</a> which states that the Bundestag elects a president and vice presidents and is to give itself rules of order. Due to a 1952 <a href="/wiki/Federal_Constitutional_Court_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Constitutional Court of Germany">Federal Constitutional Court</a> decision, the <i>Geschäftsordnung</i> has to be enacted afresh in every election period, but usually the old rules are reenacted without change.<sup id="cite_ref-bt_go_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt_go-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Geschäftsordnung</i> specifies the duties of the president of the Bundestag and his vice presidents as well as their number. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duties">Duties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Bundestag&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The president's most important duty is to chair the sessions of the Bundestag. The president determines the order of speakers and opens and closes the debates, and ensures that debates take place in an orderly fashion.<sup id="cite_ref-bt_debates_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt_debates-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the case of grave disruption, they may exclude a member of parliament for up to 30 session days.<sup id="cite_ref-bt_pr_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt_pr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All draft legislation initiated by the Federal Government, the Bundestag or the <a href="/wiki/Bundesrat_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesrat of Germany">Bundesrat</a> is addressed to the president, as well as all submissions and petitions from within or addressed to the Bundestag. The president of the Bundestag also chairs the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Elders_of_the_Bundestag_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Elders of the Bundestag (Germany)">Council of Elders</a>, which manages the internal affairs of the Bundestag.<sup id="cite_ref-bt_ce_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt_ce-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the election of a new <a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">Federal president</a>, the president of the Bundestag convenes and chairs the <a href="/wiki/Bundesversammlung_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesversammlung (Germany)">Bundesversammlung</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bt_fc_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt_fc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, the president receives the statements of account of the political parties, monitors party financing and regulates campaign cost reimbursement. The president also has police power over the premises of the parliament and oversees its police force, can veto any <a href="/wiki/Search_and_seizure" title="Search and seizure">search and seizure</a> there to protect the independence of the parliament,<sup id="cite_ref-bt_polizei_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt_polizei-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and acts as the employer of the Bundestag's public servants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_presidents">List of presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Bundestag&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: List of presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Political parties</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#151518; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany" title="Christian Democratic Union of Germany">CDU</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E3000F; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"> <tbody><tr> <th width="80px" rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th width="30%" rowspan="2">Name<br /><small>(Born–Died)</small> </th> <th width="35%" colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th width="15%" rowspan="2">Political party/parliamentary group </th> <th width="15%" rowspan="2">Legislative periods </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Days </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>1</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ErichK%C3%B6hlerBundestag.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/ErichK%C3%B6hlerBundestag.png/80px-ErichK%C3%B6hlerBundestag.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/ErichK%C3%B6hlerBundestag.png/120px-ErichK%C3%B6hlerBundestag.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/ErichK%C3%B6hlerBundestag.png/160px-ErichK%C3%B6hlerBundestag.png 2x" data-file-width="164" data-file-height="246" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Erich_K%C3%B6hler" title="Erich Köhler">Erich Köhler</a></b><br /><small>(1892–1958) (aged 66)</small> </td> <td>7 September 1949 </td> <td>18 October 1950 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002406000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 41 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CDU/CSU" title="CDU/CSU">CDU/CSU</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_1st_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 1st Bundestag">1st</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>2</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hermann_Ehlers_Relief.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hermann_Ehlers_Relief.jpg/80px-Hermann_Ehlers_Relief.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hermann_Ehlers_Relief.jpg/120px-Hermann_Ehlers_Relief.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Hermann_Ehlers_Relief.jpg/160px-Hermann_Ehlers_Relief.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1144" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Ehlers" title="Hermann Ehlers">Hermann Ehlers</a></b><br /><small>(1904–1954) (aged 50)</small> </td> <td>19 October 1950 </td> <td>29 October 1954 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003147100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 10 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td>1st, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_2nd_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 2nd Bundestag">2nd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>3</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F007686-0002,_Bonn,_Ordensverleihung_an_Dr._Eugen_Gerstenmaier.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F007686-0002%2C_Bonn%2C_Ordensverleihung_an_Dr._Eugen_Gerstenmaier.png/80px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F007686-0002%2C_Bonn%2C_Ordensverleihung_an_Dr._Eugen_Gerstenmaier.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F007686-0002%2C_Bonn%2C_Ordensverleihung_an_Dr._Eugen_Gerstenmaier.png/120px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F007686-0002%2C_Bonn%2C_Ordensverleihung_an_Dr._Eugen_Gerstenmaier.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F007686-0002%2C_Bonn%2C_Ordensverleihung_an_Dr._Eugen_Gerstenmaier.png/160px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F007686-0002%2C_Bonn%2C_Ordensverleihung_an_Dr._Eugen_Gerstenmaier.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="386" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eugen_Gerstenmaier" title="Eugen Gerstenmaier">Eugen Gerstenmaier</a></b><br /><small>(1906–1986) (aged 79)</small> </td> <td>16 November 1954 </td> <td>31 January 1969 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003519000000000000♠"></span>14 years, 76 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td>2nd, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_3rd_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 3rd Bundestag">3rd</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_4th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 4th Bundestag">4th</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_5th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 5th Bundestag">5th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>4</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Verteidigungsminister_Kai_Uwe_von_Hassel_(4909218489).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Verteidigungsminister_Kai_Uwe_von_Hassel_%284909218489%29.jpg/80px-Verteidigungsminister_Kai_Uwe_von_Hassel_%284909218489%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Verteidigungsminister_Kai_Uwe_von_Hassel_%284909218489%29.jpg/120px-Verteidigungsminister_Kai_Uwe_von_Hassel_%284909218489%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Verteidigungsminister_Kai_Uwe_von_Hassel_%284909218489%29.jpg/160px-Verteidigungsminister_Kai_Uwe_von_Hassel_%284909218489%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4718" data-file-height="6339" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kai-Uwe_von_Hassel" title="Kai-Uwe von Hassel">Kai-Uwe von Hassel</a></b><br /><small>(1913–1997) (aged 84)</small> </td> <td>5 February 1969 </td> <td>13 December 1972 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003140700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 312 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_6th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 6th Bundestag">6th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;"><b>5</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039419-0012,_Hannover,_SPD-Bundesparteitag,_Renger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039419-0012%2C_Hannover%2C_SPD-Bundesparteitag%2C_Renger.jpg/80px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039419-0012%2C_Hannover%2C_SPD-Bundesparteitag%2C_Renger.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039419-0012%2C_Hannover%2C_SPD-Bundesparteitag%2C_Renger.jpg/120px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039419-0012%2C_Hannover%2C_SPD-Bundesparteitag%2C_Renger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039419-0012%2C_Hannover%2C_SPD-Bundesparteitag%2C_Renger.jpg/160px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039419-0012%2C_Hannover%2C_SPD-Bundesparteitag%2C_Renger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Annemarie_Renger" title="Annemarie Renger">Annemarie Renger</a></b><br /><small>(1919–2008) (aged 88)</small> </td> <td>13 December 1972 </td> <td>14 December 1976 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003146200000000000♠"></span>4 years, 1 day </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany" title="Social Democratic Party of Germany">SPD</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_7th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 7th Bundestag">7th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>6</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020,_Ludwigshafen,_CDU-Bundesparteitag,_Carstens_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020%2C_Ludwigshafen%2C_CDU-Bundesparteitag%2C_Carstens_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020%2C_Ludwigshafen%2C_CDU-Bundesparteitag%2C_Carstens_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020%2C_Ludwigshafen%2C_CDU-Bundesparteitag%2C_Carstens_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020%2C_Ludwigshafen%2C_CDU-Bundesparteitag%2C_Carstens_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020%2C_Ludwigshafen%2C_CDU-Bundesparteitag%2C_Carstens_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020%2C_Ludwigshafen%2C_CDU-Bundesparteitag%2C_Carstens_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="517" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Karl_Carstens" title="Karl Carstens">Karl Carstens</a></b><br /><small>(1914–1992) (aged 77)</small> </td> <td>14 December 1976 </td> <td>31 May 1979 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002898000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 168 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_8th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 8th Bundestag">8th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>7</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KAS-St%C3%BCcklen,_Richard-Bild-630-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/KAS-St%C3%BCcklen%2C_Richard-Bild-630-1.jpg/80px-KAS-St%C3%BCcklen%2C_Richard-Bild-630-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/KAS-St%C3%BCcklen%2C_Richard-Bild-630-1.jpg/120px-KAS-St%C3%BCcklen%2C_Richard-Bild-630-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/KAS-St%C3%BCcklen%2C_Richard-Bild-630-1.jpg/160px-KAS-St%C3%BCcklen%2C_Richard-Bild-630-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="795" data-file-height="1138" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_St%C3%BCcklen" title="Richard Stücklen">Richard Stücklen</a></b><br /><small>(1916–2002) (aged 85)</small> </td> <td>31 May 1979 </td> <td>29 March 1983 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003139800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 302 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td>8th, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_9th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 9th Bundestag">9th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>8</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KAS-Barzel,_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/KAS-Barzel%2C_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg/80px-KAS-Barzel%2C_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/KAS-Barzel%2C_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg/120px-KAS-Barzel%2C_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/KAS-Barzel%2C_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg/160px-KAS-Barzel%2C_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="1151" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rainer_Barzel" title="Rainer Barzel">Rainer Barzel</a></b><br /><small>(1924–2006) (aged 82)</small> </td> <td>29 March 1983 </td> <td>25 October 1984 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002576000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_10th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 10th Bundestag">10th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>9</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KAS-Wirges-Bild-7185-1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/KAS-Wirges-Bild-7185-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-KAS-Wirges-Bild-7185-1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/KAS-Wirges-Bild-7185-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-KAS-Wirges-Bild-7185-1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/KAS-Wirges-Bild-7185-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-KAS-Wirges-Bild-7185-1_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="611" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Philipp_Jenninger" title="Philipp Jenninger">Philipp Jenninger</a></b><br /><small>(1932–2018) (aged 85)</small> </td> <td>5 November 1984 </td> <td>11 November 1988 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003146700000000000♠"></span>4 years, 6 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td>10th, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_11th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 11th Bundestag">11th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>10</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KAS-Sozialpolitik-Bild-5840-1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/KAS-Sozialpolitik-Bild-5840-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-KAS-Sozialpolitik-Bild-5840-1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/KAS-Sozialpolitik-Bild-5840-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-KAS-Sozialpolitik-Bild-5840-1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/KAS-Sozialpolitik-Bild-5840-1_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-KAS-Sozialpolitik-Bild-5840-1_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="453" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rita_S%C3%BCssmuth" title="Rita Süssmuth">Rita Süssmuth</a></b><br /><small>(born 1937)</small> </td> <td>25 November 1988 </td> <td>26 October 1998 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003362200000000000♠"></span>9 years, 335 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td>11th, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_12th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 12th Bundestag">12th</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 13th Bundestag">13th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;"><b>11</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Festakt_Freiheitspreis_5-10-05_021_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Festakt_Freiheitspreis_5-10-05_021_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Festakt_Freiheitspreis_5-10-05_021_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Festakt_Freiheitspreis_5-10-05_021_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Festakt_Freiheitspreis_5-10-05_021_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Festakt_Freiheitspreis_5-10-05_021_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Festakt_Freiheitspreis_5-10-05_021_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="947" data-file-height="1283" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Thierse" title="Wolfgang Thierse">Wolfgang Thierse</a></b><br /><small>(born 1943)</small> </td> <td>26 October 1998 </td> <td>18 October 2005 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003254900000000000♠"></span>6 years, 357 days </td> <td>SPD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_14th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 14th Bundestag">14th</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_15th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 15th Bundestag">15th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>12</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lammert,_Norbert-0829.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Lammert%2C_Norbert-0829.jpg/80px-Lammert%2C_Norbert-0829.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Lammert%2C_Norbert-0829.jpg/120px-Lammert%2C_Norbert-0829.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Lammert%2C_Norbert-0829.jpg/160px-Lammert%2C_Norbert-0829.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Norbert_Lammert" title="Norbert Lammert">Norbert Lammert</a></b><br /><small>(born 1948)</small> </td> <td>18 October 2005 </td> <td>24 October 2017 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003438900000000000♠"></span>12 years, 6 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_16th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 16th Bundestag">16th</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_17th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 17th Bundestag">17th</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_18th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 18th Bundestag">18th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#151518; color:white;"><b>13</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:4th_EPP_St_G%C3%A9ry_Dialogue;_Jan._2014_(12189287345)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/4th_EPP_St_G%C3%A9ry_Dialogue%3B_Jan._2014_%2812189287345%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-4th_EPP_St_G%C3%A9ry_Dialogue%3B_Jan._2014_%2812189287345%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/4th_EPP_St_G%C3%A9ry_Dialogue%3B_Jan._2014_%2812189287345%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-4th_EPP_St_G%C3%A9ry_Dialogue%3B_Jan._2014_%2812189287345%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/4th_EPP_St_G%C3%A9ry_Dialogue%3B_Jan._2014_%2812189287345%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-4th_EPP_St_G%C3%A9ry_Dialogue%3B_Jan._2014_%2812189287345%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="497" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4uble" title="Wolfgang Schäuble">Wolfgang Schäuble</a></b><br /><small>(1942–2023) (aged 81)</small> </td> <td>24 October 2017 </td> <td>26 October 2021 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003146300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 2 days </td> <td>CDU/CSU </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_19th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 19th Bundestag">19th</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3000F; color:white;"><b>14</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Empfang_f%C3%BCr_Bundestagspr%C3%A4sidentin_B%C3%A4rbel_Bas_im_K%C3%B6lner_Rathaus-5456.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Empfang_f%C3%BCr_Bundestagspr%C3%A4sidentin_B%C3%A4rbel_Bas_im_K%C3%B6lner_Rathaus-5456.jpg/80px-Empfang_f%C3%BCr_Bundestagspr%C3%A4sidentin_B%C3%A4rbel_Bas_im_K%C3%B6lner_Rathaus-5456.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Empfang_f%C3%BCr_Bundestagspr%C3%A4sidentin_B%C3%A4rbel_Bas_im_K%C3%B6lner_Rathaus-5456.jpg/120px-Empfang_f%C3%BCr_Bundestagspr%C3%A4sidentin_B%C3%A4rbel_Bas_im_K%C3%B6lner_Rathaus-5456.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Empfang_f%C3%BCr_Bundestagspr%C3%A4sidentin_B%C3%A4rbel_Bas_im_K%C3%B6lner_Rathaus-5456.jpg/160px-Empfang_f%C3%BCr_Bundestagspr%C3%A4sidentin_B%C3%A4rbel_Bas_im_K%C3%B6lner_Rathaus-5456.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3333" data-file-height="3333" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A4rbel_Bas" title="Bärbel Bas">Bärbel Bas</a></b><br /><small>(born 1968)</small> </td> <td>26 October 2021 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003112900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 33 days </td> <td>SPD </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_20th_Bundestag" title="List of members of the 20th Bundestag">20th</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_Bundestag&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Michael_F._Feldkamp" title="Michael F. Feldkamp">Michael F. Feldkamp</a> (ed.), <i>Der Bundestagspräsident. Amt - Funktion - Person.</i> 16. 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