The New Berlin Republic

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Following the reunification of Germany, the German Bundestag resolved on June 20, 1991 by 337 to 320 votes to move the seat of government from Bonn to Berlin.

The “core of government functions” was established in Berlin, and on January 31, 1994, President von Weizsäcker moved his primary seat of residence to that city. In 1996, the Bundesrat likewise decided to move there. Extensive alterations to existing buildings and the construction of a host of new ones to accommodate the Bundestag, Bundesrat and governmental buildings, allowed the final relocation to take place in the summer of 1999.

On May 2, 2001 the German Chancellor was presented with the keys to the newly constructed Federal Chancellor’s Office on the Spreebogen opposite the Reichstag. The move to Berlin by parliament and government has continued to inject new life into the German capital.

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