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57. Who is usually elected President of the German Bundestag?

Official German wording

Wer wird meistens zum Präsidenten / zur Präsidentin des Deutschen Bundestages gewählt?

  1. der / die älteste Abgeordnete im Parlament
  2. der Ministerpräsident / die Ministerpräsidentin des größten Bundeslandes
  3. ein Abgeordneter / eine Abgeordnete der stärksten Fraktion
  4. ein ehemaliger Bundeskanzler / eine ehemalige Bundeskanzlerin

Answer options

  1. the oldest member of parliament
  2. the Minister-President of the largest federal state (Land)
  3. a member of the strongest parliamentary group
  4. a former Federal Chancellor

Correct answer

a member of the strongest parliamentary group

Explanation

Under Article 40(1) of the Basic Law, the Bundestag elects its President from among its members; details are governed by the Bundestag’s Rules of Procedure (GO-BT), typically at the constitutive sitting chaired by the senior member (Alterspräsident). By established parliamentary convention, the strongest parliamentary group provides the President; the composition of the Presidium reflects the mirror-image principle and safeguards minority rights under the GO-BT. The senior member only presides over the opening session and is not automatically President; by contrast, the President of the Bundesrat is chosen by a rotation among the Länder. The President of the Bundestag represents the chamber, exercises house authority and police powers within the Bundestag, and ranks second in the federal order of precedence after the Federal President.

Official sources

The German questions come from the original BAMF catalog for the Einbürgerungstest and Leben in Deutschland. Translations and explanations are study aids; verify legal details in the official sources.