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Comparison
Ryan Kemerer
Comparison of Leaders
Joachim Gauck
President of Germany.
Joachim Gauck.
Elected Official.
5 year term/Renewable Once.
Open to all Germans who are entitled to vote in
Comparison of Leaders
Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany.
Angela Merkel.
Appointed Official.
4 year term/Does not have a term limit
German Citizenship, may not hold other offices
Comparison of Leaders
President Obama
President of The United States.
Barack Obama.
Elected Official.
4 year term/Can only be in office for 8 years. 2
terms
Must be a natural born citizen, at least 35 years of
age, must have lived in the United States for 14
years.
Comparison to Congress
Germany has a bicameral parliament.
The two chambers are the Bundestag and the
Rights Comparison
Germany has freedom of speech, like the United States.
Germany has freedom of religion, like the United States.
Germany does not have the right to bear arms, unlike the
United States.
Germany has a very strict restriction on guns unlike the
United States where we are allowed to own guns.
Germany.
Resident for at least three months in Germany are legally entitled
to vote and stand for election in certain German elections.
For the United States you have to be 18 years old and you have
to be a citizen of the United States either natural born or the
naturalization process.
Work Cited
http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/
http://www.bundesrat.de/static/Web/EN/Home/homepage_
_node___nnn-true.html
http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/politicalsystem/main-content-04/the-bundesrat.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/84643/Bundes
rat