Governing Mayor of Berlin

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The Governing Mayor of Berlin (German: Regierender Bürgermeister von Berlin) is the mayor, head of state, and head of government of Berlin, presiding over the Berlin Senate. As Berlin is an independent city as well as one of the constituent states of Germany (Bundesländer), the office is the equivalent of the ministers-president of the other German states (except those of the other two city-states, Hamburg and Bremen, where the heads of government are called "First Mayor" and "President of the Senate and Mayor", respectively). The official title Governing Mayor was introduced in Berlin's 1948 constitution to distinguish the governing mayor from their two deputies, who are simply called "Mayor" (Bürgermeister) in German, as well as the borough mayors. According to the Berlin Constitution, the governing mayor is member and head of the executive branch, the Senate. The Senate consists of ten senators appointed by the governing mayor, with two of them designated as deputy governing mayors...

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