Politics of Germany
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Germany is a democratic and federal parliamentary republic, where federal legislative power is vested in the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
Gerhard Schröder in the 2002 elections
Joschka Fischer in the 2005 elections
Angela Merkel of the Christian Democrats, chancellor from 2005 to 2021
Olaf Scholz, chancellor from 2021 to 2025
Free Democratic Party
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The Free Democratic Party is a liberal political party in Germany. The FDP was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties in Germany before World War II, namely the German Democrat
Theodor Heuss, first chairman of the FDP and first President of West Germany
"Schlußstrich drunter!"—FDP election campaign poster reading "Draw a line under it" before the 1949 Bundestag election in Hesse calling for a halt to "denazification, disenfranchisement, disempowerment, second class citizenship" and for "equality of civil rights"
Walter Scheel served as Foreign Minister, Vice Chancellor, Acting Chancellor and President of Germany.
FDP election poster for the 2013 federal election