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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 June 14, 2008.
| 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 |
Helmut Schmidt |
December 23, 1918 |
|
89y 174d |
| 4 |
Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk |
August 22, 1887 |
March 4, 1977 |
89y 167d |
| 5 |
Walter Scheel (interim) |
July 8, 1919 |
|
88y 342d |
| 6 |
Heinrich Brüning |
November 26, 1885 |
March 30, 1970 |
84y 124d |
| 7 |
Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
April 6, 1904 |
March 9, 1988 |
83y 338d |
| 8 |
Wilhelm Marx |
January 15, 1863 |
August 5, 1946 |
83y 202d |
| 9 |
Otto von Bismarck |
April 1, 1815 |
July 30, 1898 |
83y 120d |
| 10 |
Hans Luther |
10 March 1879 |
11 May 1962 |
83y 62d |
| 11 |
Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
31 March 1819 |
6 July 1901 |
82y 97d |
| 12 |
Bernhard von Bülow |
May 3, 1849 |
October 28, 1929 |
80y 178d |
| 13 |
Ludwig Erhard |
February 4, 1897 |
May 5, 1977 |
80y 90d |
| 14 |
Georg Michaelis |
September 8, 1857 |
July 24, 1936 |
78y 320d |
| 15 |
Willy Brandt |
December 18, 1913 |
October 8, 1992 |
78y 295d |
| 16 |
Helmut Kohl |
April 3, 1930 |
|
78y 72d |
| 17 |
Joseph Wirth |
September 6, 1879 |
January 3, 1956 |
76y 119d |
| 18 |
Georg von Hertling |
August 31, 1843 |
January 4, 1919 |
75y 126d |
| 19 |
Gustav Bauer |
January 6, 1870 |
September 16, 1944 |
74y 254d |
| 20 |
Philipp Scheidemann |
July 26, 1865 |
November 29, 1939 |
74y 126d |
| 21 |
Konstantin Fehrenbach |
January 11, 1852 |
March 26, 1926 |
74y 74d |
| 22 |
Leo von Caprivi |
February 24, 1831 |
February 6, 1899 |
67y 347d |
| 23 |
Gerhard Schröder |
April 7, 1944 |
|
64y 68d |
| 24 |
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg |
November 29, 1856 |
January 1, 1921 |
64y 33d |
| 25 |
Maximilian of Baden |
July 10, 1867 |
November 6, 1929 |
62y 119d |
| 26 |
Wilhelm Cuno |
July 2, 1876 |
January 3, 1933 |
56y 185d |
| 27 |
Adolf Hitler |
April 20, 1889 |
April 30, 1945 |
56y 10d |
| 28 |
Hermann Müller |
May 18, 1876 |
March 20, 1931 |
54y 306d |
| 29 |
Friedrich Ebert |
February 4, 1871 |
February 28, 1925 |
54y 24d |
| 30 |
Angela Merkel |
July 17, 1954 |
|
53y 333d |
| 31 |
Kurt von Schleicher |
7 April 1882 |
30 June 1934 |
52y 84d |
| 32 |
Gustav Stresemann |
May 10, 1878 |
October 3, 1929 |
51y 146d |
| 33 |
Joseph Goebbels |
October 29, 1897 |
May 1, 1945 |
47y 184d |
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