German president canceled a planned trip to the country.

Under the constitution, the German president nominates the chancellor, or head of federal government.

Spiekeroog was a frequent vacation destination for various German presidents.

Typically, German presidents accede to these requests.

He is quite a good president as German presidents go.

To me, any German president looks silly, as Germany is - in my world - one of the last western monarchies effectively unlimited.

Other than the German president, only a foreign head of state can be awarded with this highest class.

Like most ex German presidents, Scheel retired from political life term ended.

Examples are the farewell ceremony for a German federal president, or at the conclusion of large military exercises.

He is currently the oldest former German president alive and the longest-lived German head of state.