| 1-33 [Link ], retrieved May 30th, 2019• Back in 1949 , at the time Minister President of and President of the Bundesrat, also acted as head of state for a few days: after the Basic Law had come into effect and he himself was elected as President of the Bundesrat, the first President of Germany was not yet elected and the office therefore vacant | Indian Council for Cultural Relations |
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| Similarly, when resigned in 2012, it was , Minister President of , as President of the Bundesrat, who assumed the powers and duties of head of state | If, after two votes, no single candidate has received this level of support, in the third and final vote the candidate who wins a of votes cast is elected |
Eventually Hindenburg stopped trying to appoint cabinets that enjoyed the confidence of the Reichstag and ruled by means of three "presidential cabinets".
25| After a president has declared the state of emergency for the first time, the government has only six months to use the procedure for other law proposals | The president and his wife live in a villa in which is part of the Berlin borough of |
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| If the president dies, resigns or is otherwise removed from office, a successor is to be elected within thirty days | It is unclear, whether the president can refuse to dismiss or appoint a federal minister proposed by the chancellor, as no president has ever done so |
57 GG deputised by the who can perform any of the president's duties, if the president is temporarily unable to do so and delegates these duties to them this frequently happens during state visits , or if the Presidency falls vacant, in which case he becomes acting head of state not " acting President" until a successor is elected, which has to happen within thirty days.
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