The president of the Reichstag (German: Präsident des Reichstags) was the presiding officer of the German legislature from 1871 to 1918, under the German Empire and again from 1920 to 1945, under the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.
| President of the Reichstag | |
|---|---|
| Präsident des Reichstags | |
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Hermann Göring 30 August 1932 – 23 April 1945 | |
| Presidium of the Reichstag | |
| Style | Mr. President |
| Type | Presiding officer |
| Seat | Reichstag building, Königsplatz, Berlin |
| Nominator | Political parties |
| Appointer | Reichstag traditionally appointing nominee of the largest party |
| Term length | Contemporaneous to legislative period |
| Constituting instrument | German Constitution |
| Formation | March 1871 |
| First holder | Eduard von Simson |
| Final holder | Hermann Göring |
| Abolished | 23 April 1945 |
| Succession |
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Political party: Independent NLP DKP DRP Zentrum FVP SPD DDP DNVP NSDAP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Time in office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| Presidents of the Reichstag | ||||||
| 1 |
| Simson, EduardEduard von Simson (1810–1899) | March 1871 | February 1874 | 2 years, 11 months | Independent |
| 2 |
| Forckenbeck, MaxMax von Forckenbeck (1821–1892) | February 1874 | May 1879 | 5 years, 3 months | NlP |
| 3 |
| Seydewitz, OttoOtto Theodor von Seydewitz [de] (1818–1898) | May 1879 | February 1880 | 9 months | DKP |
| 4 |
| Arnim, AdolfAdolf von Arnim-Boitzenburg [de] (1832–1887) | February 1880 | February 1881 | 1 year | DRP |
| 5 |
| Gossler, GustavGustav von Goßler [de] (1838–1902) | February 1881 | November 1881 | 9 months | DKP |
| 6 |
| Levetzow, AlbertAlbert von Levetzow (1827–1903) | November 1881 | November 1884 | 3 years | DKP |
| 7 |
| Wedell, WilhelmWilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf (1837–1915) | November 1884 | November 1888 | 4 years | DKP |
| (6) |
| Levetzow, AlbertAlbert von Levetzow (1827–1903) | November 1888 | March 1895 | 6 years, 4 months | DKP |
| 8 |
| Buol, RudolfRudolf von Buol-Berenberg (1842–1902) | March 1895 | December 1898 | 3 years, 9 months | Centre |
| 9 |
| Ballestrem, FranzFranz von Ballestrem (1834–1910) | December 1898 | 20 February 1907 | 8 years, 2 months | Centre |
| 10 |
| Stolberg, UdoUdo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode [de] (1840–1910) | 20 February 1907 | 19 February 1910 † | 2 years, 364 days | DKP |
| 11 |
| Schwerin, HansHans von Schwerin-Löwitz (1847–1918) | 1 March 1910 | 7 February 1912 | 1 year, 343 days | DKP |
| 12 |
| Kaempf, JohannesJohannes Kaempf (1842–1918) | 7 February 1912 | 25 May 1918 † | 6 years, 107 days | FVp |
| 13 |
| Fehrenbach, ConstantinConstantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926) | June 1918 | 9 November 1918 | 5 months | Centre |
| Presidents of the Weimar National Assembly | ||||||
| 1 |
| David, EduardEduard David (1863–1930) | 7 February 1919 | 13 February 1919 | 6 days | SPD |
| – |
| Haussmann, ConradConrad Haußmann (1857–1922) Acting | 13 February 1919 | 14 February 1919 | 1 day | DDP |
| 2 |
| Fehrenbach, ConstantinConstantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926) | 14 February 1919 | 21 June 1920 | 1 year, 128 days | Centre |
| Presidents of the Reichstag | ||||||
| 14 |
| Löbe, PaulPaul Löbe (1875–1967) | 25 June 1920 | 28 May 1924 | 3 years, 338 days | SPD |
| 15 |
| Wallraf, MaxMax Wallraf (1859–1941) | 28 May 1924 | 7 January 1925 | 224 days | DNVP |
| (14) |
| Löbe, PaulPaul Löbe (1875–1967) | 7 January 1925 | 30 August 1932 | 7 years, 236 days | SPD |
| 16 |
| Göring, HermannHermann Göring (1893–1946) | 30 August 1932 | 23 April 1945 | 12 years, 236 days | NSDAP |
![Otto Theodor von Seydewitz [de]](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_Theodor_von_Seydewitz.jpg)
![Adolf von Arnim-Boitzenburg [de]](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:No_image.png)
![Gustav von Goßler [de]](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gustav_von_Gossler.jpg)
![Udo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode [de]](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Udo_Graf_zu_Stolberg-Wernigerode%2C_1907.jpg)
