The current (2013) federal chancellor of Germany is Angela Merkel. As Ms Merkel is female, her title in German is 'Bundeskanzlerin' (Bundeskanzler is the male form).
He or she is called the "Bundeskanzler" (chancellor).The Prime Minister is called the Chancellor of Germany or the Bundeskanzler.
Angela Merkel is the German Bundeskanzler (Chancellor)
No. Horst Köhler is the President (Bundespräsident). Angela Merkel is the chancellor (Bundeskanzler) .
Germany doesn't have a Prime Minister. It has a Chancellor (Bundeskanzler for a man and Bundeskanzlerin for a woman) and a President.It's current Chancellor is Angela Merkel.
The head of government is the chancellor(Bundeskanzler or Bundeskanzlerin for a female chancellor), roughly equivalent to a prime minister. Germany has a separate head of state, who is the president(Bundespräsident).
He became Reichskanzler ("Chancellor of the Reich") on January 30th, 1933. That was Weimar Germany's equivalent to Prime Minister; the position is now called "Bundeskanzler" ("Federal Chancellor").
It was January 30 1933 and the term is Fuhrer und Reichskanzler which means Leader and Reich Chancellor. Although today the term for office is just Bundeskanzler(Federal Chancellor).
Joachim Gauck is the Bundespräsident ("federal president"), the head of state of Germany in 2013. He was elected as president on 2012 March 18 after the resignation of Christian Wulff.The de facto most powerful office in Germany is the office of Bundeskanzler ("federal chancellor") which is currently held by Angela Merkel.
The head of the German government is called the Bundeskanzler (female Bundeskanzlerin) - Federal Chancellor. The current Chancellor is Angela Merkel.The German head of state is called the Bundespräsident - Federal President. The current President is Horst Köhler.
The head of government in Germany is called the Chancellor, or "Bundeskanzler" in German for a male Chancellor and "Bundeskanzlerin" for a female Chancellor. These titles are often shortened to "Kanzler" and "Kanzlerin" respectively. The present incumbent is Angela Merkel, elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. She was the first female Chancellor in Germany.
Angela Merkel
Christian Wulff was the President of Germany at the start of 2012. However, Wulff resigned on February 17, leaving Horst Seehofer as Acting President. The German people elected Joachim Gauck as the President, and he took office on March 18.The Bundespräsident ("federal president") is the head of state of Germany.The de facto most powerful office in Germany is the office of Bundeskanzler ("federal chancellor") which is currently held by Angela Merkel.