In 1987 then-prime minister Mugabe revised the constitution, abolishing the ceremonial presidency and the prime ministerial posts to form an executive president, a Presidential system.

This was a ceremonial presidency as executive power was held by the prime minister, Dr. Busia.

July 1985: Gorbachev removes Andrei A. Gromyko, the veteran Foreign Minister, naming him to the largely ceremonial presidency.

Its rivals had wanted a more ceremonial presidency and two houses of Parliament.

Heinz Fischer, a centrist politician committed to the welfare state and Austrian neutrality, was elected to the largely ceremonial presidency in April 2004 and again 2010.

Now, even in the ceremonial presidency, it is Ozal who runs the Government, not the Prime Minister he installed, Yildirim Akbulut.

The following year the position of Governor-General was replaced by a ceremonial presidency to be elected by the parliament.

Mr. Ahmed, who will retain the largely ceremonial presidency, said he would appoint an advisory council to conduct the elections at an unspecified date.

The largely ceremonial presidency would rotate among major groups.

Germany: The official capital Berlin is home to the parliament and the highest bodies of the executive branch (consisting of the ceremonial presidency and effective chancellery).