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This is a list of the 50 oldest Ministers-President of Germany since 1945 by longevity. The oldest actuelly governing Ministers-President is the one from Sachsen-Anhalt: Wolfgang Böhmer (born 27. January 1936). Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to June 13, 2008.
| Rank |
Ministerpräsident |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Longevity (Years/Days) |
States of Germany |
| 1 |
Werner Bruschke |
August 18, 1898 |
February 17, 1995 |
96y 185d |
Saxony-Anhalt |
| 2 |
Bernhard Quandt |
April 14, 1903 |
August 06, 1999 |
96y 114d |
Mecklenburg |
| 3 |
Bruno Diekmann |
April 19, 1897 |
January 11, 1992 |
94y 267d |
Schleswig-Holstein |
| 4 |
Max Seydewitz |
December 19, 1892 |
February 08, 1987 |
94y 51d |
Saxony |
| 5 |
Hans Filbinger |
September 19, 1913 |
April 01, 2007 |
93y 194d |
Baden-Württemberg |
| 6 |
Franz Meyers |
July 31, 1908 |
January 27, 2002 |
93y 180d |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 7 |
Hans Ehard |
November 10, 1887 |
October 18, 1980 |
92y 342d |
Bavaria |
| 8 |
Wilhelm Kaisen |
May 22, 1887 |
December 19, 1979 |
92y 211d |
Bremen |
| 9 |
Wilhelm Hoegner |
September 23, 1887 |
March 05, 1980 |
92y 163d |
Bavaria |
| 10 |
Hubert Ney |
October 12, 1892 |
February 03, 1984 |
91y 114d |
Saarland |
| 11 |
Gebhard Müller |
April 17, 1900 |
August 07 1990 |
90y 112d |
Württemberg-Hohenzollern; Baden-Württemberg |
| 12 |
Arthur Werner |
April 15, 1877 |
July 27, 1967 |
90y 103d |
Greater Berlin |
| 13 |
Heinz Kühn |
February 18, 1912 |
March 12, 1992 |
90y 23d |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 14 |
Alfred Kubel |
May 25, 1909 |
May 22, 1999 |
89y 362d |
Brunswick; Lower Saxony |
| 15 |
Karl Steinhoff |
November 24, 1892 |
July 19, 1981 |
88y 237d |
Brandenburg |
| 16 |
Heinrich Drake |
December 20, 1881 |
June 12, 1970 |
88y 174d |
Schaumburg-Lippe |
| 17 |
Kurt Sieveking |
December 21, 1897 |
March 22, 1986 |
88y 91d |
Hamburg |
| 18 |
Richard von Weizsäcker |
April 15, 1920 |
|
88y 59d |
West Berlin |
| 19 |
Heinrich Welsch |
October 13, 1888 |
November 23, 1976 |
88y 40d |
Saarland |
| 20 |
Herbert Weichmann |
February 23, 1896 |
October 09, 1983 |
87y 228d |
Hamburg |
| 21 |
Alfons Goppel |
October 01, 1905 |
December 24, 1991 |
86y 84d |
Bavaria |
| 22 |
Max Brauer |
September 03, 1887 |
February 02, 1973 |
85y 152d |
Hamburg |
| 23 |
Ferdinand Friedensburg |
November 17, 1886 |
March 11 1972) |
85y 115d |
Greater Berlin (interim) |
| 24 |
Rudolf Paul |
July 30, 1893 |
February 28, 1978 |
84y 213d |
Thuringia |
| 25 |
Kai-Uwe von Hassel |
April 21, 1913 |
May 08, 1997 |
84y 17d |
Schleswig-Holstein |
| 26 |
Erich Vagts |
February 09, 1896 |
February 20, 1980 |
84y 11d |
Bremen |
| 27 |
Rudolf Jahn |
November 04, 1906 |
September 30, 1990 |
83y 330d |
Brandenburg |
| 28 |
Heinrich Hellwege |
August 18, 1908 |
October 04, 1991 |
83y 318d |
Lower Saxony |
| 29 |
Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
April 06, 1904 |
March 09, 1888 |
83y 332d |
Baden-Württemberg |
| 30 |
Rudolf Petersen |
December 30, 1878 |
September 10, 1962 |
83y 282d |
Hamburg |
| 31 |
Carlo Schmid |
December 03, 1896 |
December 11, 1979 |
83y 8d |
Württemberg-Hohenzollern (interim) |
| 32 |
Georg Diederichs |
September 02, 1900 |
June 19, 1983 |
82y 290d |
Lower Saxony |
| 33 |
Christian Stock |
August 28, 1884 |
April 13, 1967 |
82y 228d |
Hesse |
| 34 |
Helmut Lemke |
September 29, 1907 |
April 15, 1990 |
82y 198d |
Schleswig-Holstein |
| 35 |
Hans-Jochen Vogel |
February 03, 1926 |
|
82y 131d |
West Berlin |
| 36 |
Willy Dehnkamps |
July 22, 1903 |
November 12, 1985 |
82y 113d |
Bremen |
| 37 |
Theodor Steltzer |
December 17, 1885 |
October 27, 1967 |
81y 314 |
Schleswig-Holstein |
| 38 |
Reinhold Maier |
October 16, 1889 |
August 19, 1971 |
81y 307d |
Württemberg-Baden; Baden-Württemberg |
| 39 |
Klaus Schütz |
September 17, 1926 |
|
81y 270d |
West Berlin |
| 40 |
Rudolf Amelunxen |
June 30, 1888 |
April 21, 1969 |
80y 295d |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 41 |
Otto Ostrowski |
January 28, 1883 |
June 16, 1963 |
80y 139d |
Greater Berlin |
| 42 |
Klaus von Dohnanyi |
June 23, 1928 |
|
79y 356d |
Hamburg |
| 43 |
Werner Klumpp |
November 12, 1928 |
|
79y 214d |
Saarland (interim) |
| 44 |
Hans Koschnick |
April 02, 1929 |
|
79y 72d |
Bremen |
| 45 |
Fritz Schäffer |
May 12, 1888 |
March 29, 1967 |
78y 321d |
Bavaria |
| 46 |
Willy Brandt |
December 18, 1913 |
October 8, 1992 |
78y 295d |
West Berlin |
| 47 |
Hermann Lüdemann |
August 05, 1880 |
May 27, 1959 |
78y 195d |
Schleswig-Holstein |
| 48 |
Walter Bartram |
April 21, 1893 |
September 29, 1971 |
78y 161d |
Schleswig Holstein |
| 49 |
Carl-Ludwig Wagner |
January 09, 1930 |
|
78y 156d |
Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 50 |
Kurt Biedenkopf |
January 28, 1930 |
|
78y 137d |
Saxony |
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