List of German Chancellors by longevity

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52 years old as of 2006
Angela Merkel
The most recently born Chancellor.

This is a list of German Chancellors since 1871 by longevity. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to November 20, 2006.

Rank	Chancellor	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years/Days)
1	Konrad Adenauer	January 5, 1876	April 19, 1967	91y 104d
2	Franz von Papen	October 29, 1879	May 2, 1969	89y 185d
3	Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk	August 22, 1887	March 4, 1977	89y 167d
4	Helmut Schmidt	December 23, 1918	-	87y +
5	Heinrich Brüning	November 26, 1885	March 30, 1970	84y 124d
6	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	April 6, 1904	March 9, 1988	83y 338d
7	Wilhelm Marx	January 15, 1863	August 5, 1946	83y 202d
8	Otto von Bismarck	April 1, 1815	July 30, 1898	83y 120d
9	Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst	31 March 1819	6 July 1901	82y 67d
10	Bernhard von Bülow	May 3, 1849	October 28, 1929	80y 178d
11	Ludwig Erhard	February 4, 1897	May 5, 1977	80y 90d
12	Georg Michaelis	September 8, 1857	July 27, 1936	78y 323d
13	Willy Brandt	December 18, 1913	October 8, 1992	78y 295d
14	Hans Luther	10 March 1885	11 May 1962	77y 62d
15	Helmut Kohl	April 3, 1930	-	76y +
16	Joseph Wirth	September 6, 1879	January 3, 1956	76y 119d
17	Georg von Hertling	August 31, 1843	January 4, 1919	75y 126d
18	Gustav Bauer	January 6, 1870	September 16, 1944	74y 244d
19	Philipp Scheidemann	July 26, 1865	November 29, 1939	74y 126d
20	Konstantin Fehrenbach	January 11, 1852	March 26, 1926	74y 74d
21	Maximilian of Baden	July 10, 1867	November 6, 1929	72y 119d
22	Leo von Caprivi	February 24, 1831	February 6, 1899	67y 347d
23	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg	November 29, 1856	January 1, 1921	64y 33d
24	Gerhard Schröder	April 7, 1944	-	62y +
25	Wilhelm Cuno	July 2, 1876	January 3, 1933	56y 185d
26	Friedrich Ebert	February 4, 1871	February 28, 1925	56y 24d
27	Adolf Hitler	April 20, 1889	April 30, 1945	56y 10d
28	Hermann Müller	May 18, 1876	March 20, 1931	54y 279d
29	Angela Merkel	July 17, 1954	-	52y +
30	Kurt von Schleicher	4 April 1882	30 June 1934	52y 87d
31	Gustav Stresemann	May 10, 1878	October 3, 1929	51y 116d