The 54-year-old Hörmann, a successful businessman, had been elected last December to complete the term of Thomas Bach, who stepped down following his elevation to President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 

Hörmann, the only candidate, has now been given his own mandate following an election in which he received all of the 456 votes, even more impressive than 12 months ago when he was elected with 94.4 per cent. 

The General Assembly also unanimously a proposal for Germany to bid for the 2024 or 2028 Olympics.

It is widely expected they will bid for 2024 with Berlin and Hamburg both interested and having submitted detailed plans.

The DOSB Executive Board is due to meet on March 16 to make a recommendation as to which city should be chosen, a decision scheduled to be rubber-stamped at an Extraordinary General Assembly on March 21.

There was unanimous support at the DOSB General Assembly for a German bid for the Olympics, probably in 2024 with either Berlin or Hamburg being put forward ©DOSB

The Olympic bid will be overseen by Bernard Schwank, who, as part of a structural reform agreed by the General Assembly, will take over the new position of head of the Olympic bid and international relations.

Schwank, chief executive of the Munich's unsuccessful bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, has been replaced as head of performance sport on the DOSB Board by Dirk Schimmelpfennig, director of the German Table Tennis Association.

"Bernhard Schwank, with his experience from the Munich 2018 bid, has already been working with Berlin and Hamburg to develop their proposals," said Hörmann.

"He is the ideal person for this role."

Germany's Federal Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maizière addressed the General Assembly and promised Angela Merkel's Government were fully behind it.

"The Federal Government supports the aim of the German Olympic Sports Confederation for a Olympic bid with full force," he told delegates.

"I think this is totally right."

Former judoka Ole Bischof, the Beijing 2008 under-81 kilogram gold medallist and London 2012 silver medallist, was elected vice-president of competitive sport on the DOSB Bureau.