List of presidents of the Reichstag
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The president of the Reichstag (German: Präsident des Reichstags) was the presiding officer of the German legislature from 1871 to 1918, under the German Empire and again from 1920 to 1945, under the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.
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President of the Reichstag | |
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Präsident des Reichstags | |
Presidium of the Reichstag | |
Style | Mr. President |
Type | Presiding officer |
Seat | Reichstag building, Königsplatz, Berlin |
Nominator | Political parties |
Appointer | Reichstag traditionally appointing nominee of the largest party |
Term length | Contemporaneous to legislative period |
Constituting instrument | German Constitution |
Formation | March 1871 |
First holder | Eduard von Simson |
Final holder | Hermann Göring |
Abolished | 23 April 1945 |
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