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| Office | President |
| Honorific | President - Abbr: President |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | February 12, 1919 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | February 12, 1919 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | February 12, 1919 - 11:00pm Central |
| Term Start | February 12, 1919 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | February 28, 1925 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modified | La Fayette October 26, 2011 04:22pm |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description |
The first President of the German Republic, Friedrich Ebert, the SPD leader, was elected by the National Assembly in February 1919. The Assembly subsequently adopted a Constitution which provided for a directly-elected non-executive President to serve a seven-year term. Ebert died in February 1925.
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