President of Germany them to the President of the Bundesrat. If the president dies, resigns or is otherwise removed from office, a successor is to be elected within thirty days. Horst Köhler, upon his resignation on May 31, 2010, became the first president to trigger this re-election process. Jens Böhrnsen, President of the Senate and Mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and at the time President of the Bundesrat, assumed the powers and duties of head of state. Similarly, when Christian Wulff resigned in 2012, it was Horst Seehofer, Minister-President of Bavaria, as President of the Bundesrat, who assumed the powers
USS S-51 (SS-162) rammed her at the position . Only three, (Dewey G. Kile, Michael E. Lira, and Alfred Geier) of the 36 men in the submarine were able to abandon ship before she sank. The courts found "City of Rome" at fault for not reducing her speed when in doubt as to the movement of "S-51", and for not signaling her change of course. However, both the district court and the Circuit Court of Appeals found "S-51" at fault for having improper lights. The United States Navy argued that it was not practicable to have submarines of this class comply with the