List of Chancellors of Germany

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[edit] Chancellor of the North German Confederation (1867–1871)

# Picture Name Took Office Left Office Political Party
1. Otto von Bismarck 1867 1871 No Party

[edit] Chancellors of the German Empire (1871–1919)

# Picture Name Took Office Left Office Political Party
1. Otto von Bismarck March 21, 1871 March 20, 1890 No Party
2. Leo von Caprivi March 20, 1890 October 26, 1894 No Party
3. Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst October 29, 1894 October 17, 1900 No Party
4. Bernhard von Bülow October 17, 1900 July 14, 1909 No Party
5. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg July 14, 1909 July 13, 1917 No Party
6. Georg Michaelis July 14, 1917 November 1, 1917 No Party
7. Georg von Hertling November 1, 1917 September 30, 1918 No Party
8. Maximilian of Baden October 3, 1918 November 9, 1918 No Party
9. Friedrich Ebert November 9, 1918 November 11, 1918 Social Democrats

[edit] German Revolution (1918-1919)

On November 9, 1918, Chancellor Max von Baden handed over his office to Friedrich Ebert. Ebert continued to serve as Head of Government during the three months between the end of the German Empire in November 1918 and the first gathering of the National Assembly in February 1919, but did not use the title of Chancellor.

During that time, Ebert also served as Chairman of the Council of the People's Delegates, until December 29, 1918 together with the Independent Social Democrat Hugo Haase.

[edit] Chancellors of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)

# Picture Name Took Office Left Office Political Party
1. Philipp Scheidemann (Reichsministerpräsident) February 13, 1919 June 20, 1919 Social Democrats
2. Gustav Bauer (Reichskanzler since August 14) June 21, 1919 March 26, 1920 Social Democrats
3. Hermann Müller (1st term) March 27, 1920 June 8, 1920 Social Democrats
4. Konstantin Fehrenbach June 25, 1920 May 4, 1921 Centre
5. Joseph Wirth May 10, 1921 November 14, 1922 Centre
6. Wilhelm Cuno November 22, 1922 August 12, 1923 No Party
7. Gustav Stresemann August 13, 1923 November 30, 1923 People's Party
8. Wilhelm Marx (1st term) November 30, 1923 January 15, 1925 Centre
9. Hans Luther January 15, 1925 May 12, 1926 No Party
10. Wilhelm Marx (2nd term) May 17, 1926 June 12, 1928 Centre
11. Hermann Müller (2nd term) June 28, 1928 March 27, 1930 Social Democrats
12. Heinrich Brüning March 30, 1930 May 30, 1932 Centre
13. Franz von Papen June 1, 1932 November 17, 1932 No Party
14. Kurt von Schleicher December 2, 1932 January 28, 1933 No Party

[edit] Chancellors of the Third Reich (1933–1945)

# Picture Name Took Office Left Office Political Party
1. Adolf Hitler (Führer and Reich Chancellor from 1934) January 30, 1933 April 30, 1945 National Socialists
2. Joseph Goebbels April 30, 1945 May 1, 1945 National Socialists
3. Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk May 2, 1945 May 23, 1945 No Party

[edit] Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-Present)

# Picture Name Took Office Left Office Political Party
1. Konrad Adenauer September 15, 1949 October 16, 1963 Christian Democrats
2. Ludwig Erhard October 16, 1963 December 1, 1966 Christian Democrats
3. Kurt Georg Kiesinger December 1, 1966 October 21, 1969 Christian Democrats
4. Willy Brandt October 21, 1969 May 7, 1974 Social Democrats
Walter Scheel1 May 7, 1974 May 16, 1974 Free Democrats
5. Helmut Schmidt May 7, 1974 October 1, 1982 Social Democrats
6. Helmut Kohl October 1, 1982 October 27, 1998 Christian Democrats
7. Gerhard Schröder October 27, 1998 November 22, 2005 Social Democrats
8. Angela Merkel November 22, 2005 Present Christian Democrats

1: Willy Brandt requested the Federal President to not appoint him as acting chancellor after his resignation, thus the vice chancellor (Walter Scheel) was acting chancellor until Helmut Schmidt's election.

[edit] See also


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