Olaf Lies: Niedersächsischer Ministerpräsident of Lower Saxony
Olaf Lies is the Niedersächsischer Ministerpräsident of Lower Saxony, Germany, according to Bundesrat.
Posts held
- Niedersächsischer Ministerpräsident, Lower Saxony, Germany. Part of level 5: Devolved and state governments.
Source: Mitglieder des Bundesrates, read 2 November 2026 (saved copy). The page says: “Olaf Lies Niedersächsischer Ministerpräsident”
Where Olaf Lies sits in the ladder of power
As Niedersächsischer Ministerpräsident of Lower Saxony, Olaf Lies works at level 5: Devolved and state governments, below the national government of Germany. The full ladder of power over Lower Saxony is on its page.
Above that, Germany is a member of:
- European Union (incl. Parliament, Commission, Council) level 7
- NATO level 8
- G7 level 10
- G20 level 10
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
- International Monetary Fund level 9
- World Bank Group level 9
Who else holds power in Germany
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany
- Friedrich Merz Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany
- Johann Wadephul Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany
Where these facts come from
Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.
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