An indirect presidential election (officially the 10th Federal Convention) was held in Germany on 23 May 1994 and the first after the reunification. Incumbent president Richard von Weizsäcker was term-limited and could therefore not stand for reelection. Roman Herzog, candidate for the Christian Democratic Union, was elected in three rounds of voting.[1]
The president is elected by the Federal Convention consisting of all the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates representing the states. These are divided proportionally by population to each state, and each state's delegation is divided among the political parties represented in its parliament so as to reflect the partisan proportions in the parliament.
^Billing, Werner (1995). The struggle to fill the highest state office: Selection and election of the Federal President 1994. Journal for Parliamentary Questions. pp. 595–620.
^ abEine Dokumentation aus Anlass der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten from 18 March 2012
