President of the Reichstag (Germany)
The President of the Reichstag , also President of the Reichstag , was the chairman of the Reichstag in the North German Confederation , in the German Empire and in the Weimar Republic .
North German Confederation and German Empire
The election and powers of the President of the Reichstag were not regulated in the constitution (see Articles 20 to 31 of the Reich constitution ).
Presidents of the Reichstag in the North German Confederation and in the German Empire were:
- Eduard von Simson , 1867–1871 and 1871–1874
- Max von Forckenbeck , 1874–1879
- Otto Theodor von Seydewitz , 1879–1880
- Adolf von Arnim-Boitzenburg , 1880–1881
- Gustav Konrad Heinrich von Goßler , 1881
- Albert von Levetzow , 1881–1884
- Wilhelm von Wedel-Piesdorf , 1884–1888
- Albert von Levetzow, 1888–1895
- Rudolf von Buol-Berenberg , 1895–1898
- Franz von Ballestrem , 1898–1907
- Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode , 1907–1910
- Hans von Schwerin-Löwitz , 1910–1912
- Johannes Kaempf , 1912-1918
- Constantin Fehrenbach in 1918
Weimar Republic and the time of National Socialism
During the Weimar Republic , the President of the Reichstag was elected by the Reichstag in accordance with Art. 26 of the Weimar Constitution (WRV). According to Art. 28 WRV he exercised domiciliary rights and police powers in the Reichstag building. He was responsible for the administration and the budget of the Reichstag and also represented the Reich externally in these matters.
While the aforementioned articles only dealt with the President , Art. 40a WRV spoke of the President of the Reichstag . Here the regulations on immunity , indemnity and the right to refuse to testify were declared applicable to the President of the Reichstag.
The presidents of the Reichstag at that time were:
- Paul Löbe , 1920–1924
- Max Wallraf , 1924-1925
- Paul Löbe, 1925–1932
- Hermann Göring 1932–1945
Most of Göring's tenure fell during the Nazi era (1933–1945). The election of March 1933 was only partially free, and certainly not that of November of the same year .
See also
- President of the German Bundestag
- People's Chamber # Presidents of the People's Chamber
- President of the Landtag (Germany)