In 1925, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg became the second president of Germany's postwar Weimar Republic.
Hans Tietmeyer, president of Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank, is standing by his view that unnecessary interest-rate cuts could be dangerous.
The drafters have ten months to venture where they will, under the chairmanship of a former president of Germany, Roman Herzog.
In November the president of Germany's federal police complained that the encryption technology used by Skype makes it impossible for his officers to listen in on conversations.
Michael Thamm, now the president of Germany-based AIDA Cruises, has been appointed CEO of the Costa group, which includes Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises and Spanish operator Ibero Cruises.
Mr Weber, the UBS chairman and former president of Germany's central bank, called for a global regulatory standard that would allow banks to avoid fine-tuning their risk operations in individual countries.
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The pope's response to this and other cases is attracting criticism, including from prominent laymen such as Wolfgang Thierse, a former Social Democrat president of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag.
The Forum saw the participation also of the Qatari Deputy Prime Minister, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Atiya, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister, Manuel Chavez, President of Austria, Heinz Fischer, President of Germany, Christian Wulff and a representative of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"Ladies and gentlemen, an eventful day has ended and Christian Wulff is the president of the Federal Republic of Germany, " she said.
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Meanwhile, the cost of airbags has fallen by more than 90% over the past decade, notes Franz Wressnigg, who is president of the Automotive Systems Group of Germany's Siemens, one of the world's largest airbag suppliers.
It now awaits the signature of Germany's president, Johannes Rau, also a Social Democrat, before becoming law.
President Bush today hosts the leader of Germany at his Texas ranch.
Second, the agreement between President Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Merkel of Germany to demand tougher sanctions on eurozone governments that borrow more than 3% of GDP may at last persuade the European Central Bank that it's safe for it make heavier purchases of - for example - Italian government bonds, as and when Italy is being shunned by investors.
Although Mr Wulff apologised last month for not disclosing the details of the loan before becoming president, the details of his threatening phone calls have caused alarm in Germany.
The leader of the new and unified Germany, Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev will sign new treaties of friendship and cooperation.
Mr Barroso himself lacked the support of France or Germany when he was chosen as president.
But it concluded: "No matter how you might feel about this: A President Obama would be Germany's friend -- and a fan of Berlin!"
Speaking during a visit to Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that as a neighbour of North Korea his country was "worried about the escalation" of tensions.
Within a year Germany was reunited, the dissident playwright Vaclav Havel was president of Czechoslovakia and a union activist named Lech Walesa was Poland's head of state.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and a number of other senior politicians in the EU want Turkey to have a partnership deal with the EU, rather than full membership.
As I just mentioned, in recent days he has spoken with the Chancellor of Germany, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, the President of France, the President of Spain, the Prime Minister of Italy.
She spoke during a visit to Germany by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has backed a series of investigations into foreign-funded NGOs.
Peter Wittig, Germany's U.N. ambassador and the current president of the U.N.
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Despite French president Nicolas Sarkozy's mini-summit over the weekend with the leaders of Germany, Britain and Italy, it was every government for itself on Monday.
And with the rest of the G20 not in a position to play the kind of hard ball with France and Germany that Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy played with the Greek prime minister on Wednesday night.
On a visit to Germany, Iran's president, Muhammad Khatami, was greeted by thousands of protesters, urging faster reform.
President Lech Kaczynski said Jewish life flourished in Poland before millions of Jews were killed by Nazi Germany in the Holocaust.
He said that if elected president, his goal would be to rebalance the relationship with Germany, accusing Mr. Sarkozy of having bowed to Berlin throughout the crisis.
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In addition, he demanded the right to call scores of high-level witnesses in his defence, including former American president Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Britain's prime minister, Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany, Kofi Annan, the UN General Secretary, and Madeleine Albright, the former American secretary of state.
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