German president canceled a planned trip to the country.
Under the constitution, the German president nominates the chancellor, or head of federal government.
Spiekeroog was a frequent vacation destination for various German presidents.
Typically, German presidents accede to these requests.
He is quite a good president as German presidents go.
To me, any German president looks silly, as Germany is - in my world - one of the last western monarchies effectively unlimited.
Other than the German president, only a foreign head of state can be awarded with this highest class.
Like most ex German presidents, Scheel retired from political life term ended.
Examples are the farewell ceremony for a German federal president, or at the conclusion of large military exercises.
He is currently the oldest former German president alive and the longest-lived German head of state.