A referendum on merging the posts of Chancellor and President was held in Nazi Germany on 19 August 1934, seventeen days after the death of President...

the Head of State of the German Reich (German: Gesetz über das Staatsoberhaupt des Deutschen Reichs) was a statute enacted by the government of Nazi...

viewed itself as part of the Federal Republic and was largely integrated and considered a de facto state. In 1952, following a referendum, Baden, Württemberg-Baden...

has been the head of state for all of Germany. The East German constitution of October 1949 created the office of President of the German Democratic Republic...

German reunification. As of 2024, the 1938 German referendum is the last Federal referendum held in Germany. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections...

A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state. The name given to the office of head of state depends on the country's form of government and...

The president of Germany (German: Reichspräsident, lit. 'president of the Reich') was the head of state under the Weimar Constitution, which was officially...

were held on the same day as a separate referendum on Hitler's decision to pull Germany out of the League of Nations, which passed with similar numbers...

The Federal State of Austria (Austrian German: Bundesstaat Österreich; colloquially known as the "Ständestaat") was a continuation of the First Austrian...

number of variations of parliamentary republics. Most have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the head of state, with the head of government...

(German: Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is the head of state of Germany. The current officeholder is Frank-Walter Steinmeier who was elected...

Events in the year 1934 in Germany. Head of State President: Paul von Hindenburg (until 2 August 1934) Adolf Hitler (from 2 August 1934; as Führer and Chancellor)...

1929 German Referendum was an attempt during the Weimar Republic to use popular legislation to annul the agreement in the Young Plan between the German government...

clearly, although for different reasons, favoured a union of German Austria with the German state, which was also a republic by that time (Weimar Republic)...

referendum (Italian: referendum istituzionale, or referendum sulla forma istituzionale dello Stato) was held by universal suffrage in the Kingdom of Italy...

binding. There were four referendums in Luxembourg since 1919: the referendum on head of state and economic union in 1919 the referendum on banning the Communist...

The German government announced that a referendum would be held on August 19 for voters to approve the Law on the Head of State of the German Reich...

With the unification of Germany and establishment of the German Empire in 1871, the Confederation evolved into a German nation-state and its leader became...

President Hindenburg died in August 1934, the Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich merged the offices of Reich President and Chancellor and...

died on 2 August 1934, and Hitler became dictator by merging the powers of the chancellery and presidency. A 1934 German referendum confirmed Hitler as...

annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. The idea of an Anschluss (a united Austria and Germany that would form...

The Free State of Prussia (German: Freistaat Preußen, pronounced [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈpʁɔʏsn̩] ) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1947...

chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief...

or most lands inhabited by Germans. From 1815 to 1866, about 37 independent German-speaking states existed within the German Confederation. The Großdeutsche...

the heads of state of Yugoslavia from the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) in 1918 until the breakup of the...

President of France. Below is a list of all French heads of state. It includes the kings of the Franks, the monarchs of the Kingdom of France, emperors of the...

elected by the German people. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Grundgesetz, pronounced...

A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland...

possible through a referendum. Under the 1934 Constitution passed by plebiscite, the position of Prime Minister was recreated as head of government in a...

A referendum on becoming a republic was held in South Africa on 5 October 1960. The Afrikaner-dominated right-wing National Party, which had come to power...