Presidium of the Bundestag (Germany)
- Presidium of the Bundestag (Germany)
The Presidium of the German Bundestag consists of the President of the Bundestag and a variable number (currently 4) of Vice-Presidents of the Bundestag.
The president is elected by all members the Bundestag during its first meeting; he almost always comes from the largest "Fraktion" in the Bundestag (tradition has made this a sort of unwritten law). His administration ends with the end of a legislature; he can, however, be re-elected, as long as he is also re-elected to the Bundestag.
In 1994 it was decided that every "Fraktion" in the Bundestag should be represented by a vice-president.
The most important role of the president is the direction of the Bundestag sittings. To demonstrate the importance of the parliament in Germany's democracy, the parliament's president receives a higher salary than the Chancellor and the Federal President.
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