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The President of the German Bundesrat (German: Bundesratspräsident) is the German Bundesrat's chairperson or speaker.
The office rotates among the ministers president of each of the federal Länder annually. The new Bundesratspräsident is elected during October and takes office on 1 November. In 1950 the Ministers President of the Länder agreed to elect the Bundesratspräsident on a rota, so that every state had a chance to preside over the Bundesrat and to show that the Bundesrat represents all of Germany, rather than the most successful political party.
The rota is based on the state's population.
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[change | change source]- "Präsidenten des Bundesrates seit 1949" Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- Official Bundesrat website Archived 2014-02-13 at the Wayback Machine (English).