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This is a list of the 50 oldest Federal Ministers of Germany since 1949 by longevity. The oldest actuel serving Federal Minister in Wolfgang Schäuble (born September 18, 1942) of the CDU. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to June 10, 2008.
| Rank |
Ministerpräsident |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years/Days) |
Political Party |
| 1 |
Hans Leussink |
February 2, 1912 |
February 16, 2008 |
96y 14d |
without Political party |
| 2 |
Ludger Westrick |
October 23, 1894 |
July 31, 1990 |
95y 281d |
CDU |
| 3 |
Heinrich Krone |
December 1, 1895 |
August 15, 1989 |
93y 257d |
CDU |
| 4 |
Alois Niederalt |
April 10, 1911 |
July 16, 2004 |
93y 67d |
CSU |
| 5 |
Theodor Oberländer |
May 1, 1905 |
May 4, 1998 |
93y 4d |
GB/BHE, CDU |
| 6 |
Konrad Adenauer |
January 5, 1876 |
April 19, 1967 |
91y 104d |
CDU |
| 7 |
Heinz Starke |
February 27, 1911 |
January 31, 2001 |
89y 338d |
FDP |
| 8 |
Werner Maihofer |
October 20, 1918 |
|
89y 234d |
FDP |
| 9 |
Helmut Schmidt |
December 23, 1918 |
|
89y 170d |
SPD |
| 10 |
Werner Dollinger |
October 10, 1918 |
January 3, 2008 |
89y 87d |
CSU |
| 11 |
Walter Scheel |
July 8, 1919 |
|
88y 338d |
FDP |
| 12 |
Fritz Neumayer |
July 29, 1884 |
April 12, 1973 |
88y 257d |
FDP, FVP |
| 13 |
Käte Strobel |
July 23, 1907 |
March 26, 1996 |
88y 247d |
SPD |
| 14 |
Georg Leber |
October 7, 1920 |
|
87y 247d |
SPD |
| 15 |
Karl Weber |
March 8, 1898 |
May 21, 1985 |
87y 74d |
CDU |
| 16 |
Heinrich Windelen |
June 25, 1921 |
|
86y 351d |
CDU |
| 17 |
Egon Bahr |
March 18, 1922 |
|
86y 84d |
SPD |
| 18 |
Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt |
January 7, 1901 |
October 30, 1986 |
85y 296d |
CDU |
| 19 |
Richard Stücklen |
August 20, 1916 |
May 2, 2002 |
85y 255d |
CSU |
| 20 |
Katharina Focke |
October 8, 1922 |
|
85y 245d |
SPD |
| 21 |
Franz-Josef Wuermeling |
November 8, 1900 |
March 7, 1986 |
85y 119d |
CDU |
| 22 |
Richard Jaeger |
February 16, 1913 |
May 15, 1998 |
85y 89d |
CDU |
| 23 |
Aenne Brauksiepe |
February 23, 1912 |
January 1, 1997 |
84y 314d |
CSU |
| 24 |
Johann Baptist Gradl |
March 25, 1904 |
July 2, 1988 |
84y 99d |
CDU |
| 25 |
Kai-Uwe von Hassel |
April 21, 1913 |
May 8, 1997 |
84y 17d |
CDU |
| 26 |
Antje Huber |
May 23, 1924 |
|
84y 16d |
SPD |
| 27 |
Karl Schiller |
April 24, 1911 |
December 26, 1994 |
83y 246d |
SPD |
| 28 |
Anton Storch |
April 1, 1892 |
November 26, 1975 |
83y 239d |
CDU |
| 29 |
Herbert Wehner |
July 11, 1906 |
January 19 |
83y 192d |
SPD |
| 30 |
Ernst Benda |
January 15, 1925 |
|
83y 147d |
CDU |
| 31 |
Heinrich Hellwege |
August 18, 1908 |
October 4, 1991 |
83y 47d |
DP |
| 32 |
Carlo Schmid |
December 3, 1896 |
December 11, 1979 |
83y 8d |
SPD |
| 33 |
Friedrich Zimmermann |
July 18, 1925 |
|
82y 328d |
CSU |
| 34 |
Rainer Barzel |
June 20, 1924 |
August 26, 2004 |
82y 298d |
CDU |
| 35 |
Hans Matthöfer |
September 25, 1925 |
|
82y 259d |
SPD |
| 36 |
Werner Schwarz |
January 21, 1900 |
September 2, 1982 |
82y 224d |
CDU |
| 37 |
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski |
July 24, 1922 |
February 24, 2005 |
82y 215d |
SPD |
| 38 |
Helmut Rohde |
November 9, 1925 |
|
82y 214d |
SPD |
| 39 |
Hans-Jochen Vogel |
February 3, 1926 |
|
82y 128d |
SPD |
| 40 |
Egon Franke |
April 11, 1913 |
April 26, 1995 |
82y 15d |
SPD |
| 41 |
Siegfried Balke |
June 1, 1902 |
June 11, 1984 |
82y 10d |
CSU |
| 42 |
Erich Mende |
October 28, 1916 |
May 6, 1998 |
81y 191d |
FDP |
| 43 |
Erhard Eppler |
December 9, 1926 |
|
81y 184d |
SPD |
| 44 |
Otto Graf Lambsdorff |
December 20, 1926 |
|
81y 173d |
FDP |
| 45 |
Herbert Ehrenberg |
December 21, 1926 |
|
81y 172d |
SPD |
| 46 |
Alex Möller |
April 26, 1903 |
October 2, 1985 |
81y 159d |
SPD |
| 47 |
Horst Ehmke |
February 4, 1927 |
|
81y 127d |
SPD |
| 48 |
Hans Dietrich Genscher |
March 21, 1927 |
|
81y 81d |
FDP |
| 49 |
Wolfgang Mischnick |
September 29, 1921 |
October 6, 2002 |
81y 7 d |
FDP |
| 50 |
Oscar Schneider |
June 3, 1927 |
|
81y 7d |
CSU |
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