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GovernmentGovernment | Federal Republic; democratic, federal, multi-party republic with representatives chosen directly by the people. | Head of state | Federal President
Horst Koehler (since July 2004)
Elected for a five-year-term, may be re-elected only once for a second consecutive term. | Chancellor | Angela Merkel (CDU), since 2005
Elected for a four-year term, no limitation on re-election. | Vice Chancellor | Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD), since 2007.
| Parliament's Upper House | Bundesrat
Consists of 69 members of the 16 state governments or their representatives elected for elected for 4 years (next election 2009). | Lower House | Bundestag
Consists of at least 598 delegates elected for 4 years (next election 2009). | National Elections | Held every four years.
Eligible voters: German citizens 18 years or older. Most recent elections: September, 18, 2005. |
German federal election, 2005
Parties | Total Seats | Total | +/- | % | Christian Democratic Union (Christlich-Demokratische Union) | 180 | -10 | 29.3 | Christian Social Union of Bavaria (Christlich Soziale Union in Bayern) | 46 | -12 | 7.5 | CDU/CSU | 226 | -22 | 36.8 | Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) | 222 | -29 | 36.2 | Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei) | 61 | +14 | 9.9 | The Left Party (Die Linkspartei) | 54 | +52 | 8.8 | Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis '90/Die Grünen) | 51 | -4 | 8.3 | Other | | | - | Totals
| 614 | +11 | 100 |
GeographyArea | - Total: 357,021 km² (137,850 mi²)
- Land: 349,223 km² (134,835 mi²)
- Water: 7,798 km² (3,010 mi²)
(about the size of Montana) | | | Location | Central Europe | | | Neighbors | Denmark to the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France to the West, Switzerland, Austria to the South, Czech Republic, Poland to the East | | | Federal states
(population in millions, capital) | Baden-Wuerttemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Brandeburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hessen
Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia | (10.7, Stuttgart)
(12.4, Munich)
(3.4, city state)
(2.6, Potsdam)
(0.6, city state)
(1.7, city state)
(6.1, Wiesbaden)
(7,9 Hanover)
(1.7,Schwerin)
(18.0, Duesseldorf)
(4.0, Mainz)
(1.0, Saarbruecken)
(4.3, Dresden)
(2.5, Magdeburg)
(2.8, Kiel)
(2.3, Erfurt) | | | Major cities
Figures 2007 | Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
Cologne
Frankfurt
Essen
Dortmund
Stuttgart
Duesseldorf
Bremen
Duisburg
Hanover
Nuremberg
Dresden
Leipzig | 3.415.742, national capital since Oct. 3, 1990
1.766.456
1.351.445
991.395
667.468
582.764
587.137
597.158
578.326
547.765
495.668
518.010
502.984
507.053
510.274 | | | Land use | 54.1% farming, 29.4% forest,11.8% built-up areas, roads and railways, 2.2% water, 2.5% other | | | Natural resources | iron ore, coal, timber, copper, natural gas, salt | | | |
For more information, please visit the website of the German Embassy in Washington D.C., www.germany-info.org. |
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