Quick Answer. Germany's government is a parliamentary system with a democratic constitution based on a division of powers within a federal structure and protection of individual liberty. Executive power is exercised by the chancellor, while the duties of the president are mostly ceremonial.
For other people with the same name, see John Reed (disambiguation). John Silas Jack Reed (October 22, 1887 â October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and socialist activist, best remembered for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days That Shook the World. He was married to writer and feminist Louise Bryant.
John William Reed was born during the late summer of 1843, in Manchester, England. His father, William, was a Wesley Methodist minister. The Reeds evidently moved frequently, presumably due to father Williamâs ministering circuit. Johnâs sister Ellen, 3 years his junior, was born in Helstone, Cornwall.