Chancellor of Germany Chancellor of Germany The title Chancellor has designated different offices in the history of Germany. It is currently used for the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (), the head of government of Germany. The term, dating from the Early Middle Ages, is derived from the Latin term "cancellarius". The modern office of chancellor evolved from the position created for Otto von Bismarck in the North German Confederation in 1867; this federal state evolved into a German nation-state with the 1871 Unification of Germany. The role of the chancellor has varied greatly throughout Germany's modern history. Today, the chancellor
Statesman Journal Statesman Journal The Statesman Journal is the major daily newspaper published in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1851 as the "Oregon Statesman", it later merged with the "Capital Journal" to form the current newspaper, the second-oldest in Oregon. The "Statesman Journal" is distributed in Salem, Keizer, and portions of the mid-Willamette Valley. The average weekday circulation is 27,859, with Sunday's readership listed at 36,323. It is owned, along with the neighboring "Stayton Mail" and "Silverton Appeal Tribune", by the national Gannett Company. The "Oregon Statesman" was founded on March 28, 1851, by Asahel Bush, a Democrat, in response to