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Key facts
- Original title
- Die Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs
- Jurisdiction
- Weimar Republic (1919–1933), Nazi Germany (1933–1945, de jure only), Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949, de jure only)
- Ratified
- 11 August 1919
- Date effective
- 14 August 1919
- System
- Federal semi-presidential republic (1919–1930) de jure until 1945, Federal authoritarian presidential republic under a parliamentary system (1930–1933), Unitary Nazi one-party fascist totalitarian dictatorship (1933–1945) de facto
- Head of state
- President (1919–1934) , Führer (1934–1945)
- Chambers
- Reichsrat (until 1934), Reichstag
- Executive
- Chancellor
- Judiciary
- Reichsgericht
- Federalism
- Yes ( disregarded in 1933)
- Repealed
- West Germany : 23 May 1949, East Germany : 7 October 1949