List of German Ministers-Presidents by longevity

This is a list of the 50 oldest Ministers-President of Germany since 1945 by longevity. The oldest actually governing Ministers-President is the one from Schleswig-Holstein: Peter Harry Carstensen (born 12. March 1947). Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 16 February 2012.

Rank Ministerpräsident Date of Birth Date of Death Age States of Germany
1 Werner Bruschke 18 August 1898 17 February 1995 96 years, 185 days Saxony-Anhalt
2 Bernhard Quandt 14 April 1903 6 August 1999 96 years, 114 days Mecklenburg
3 Bruno Diekmann 19 April 1897 11 January 1992 94 years, 267 days Schleswig-Holstein
4 Max Seydewitz 19 December 1892 8 February 1987 94 years, 51 days Saxony
5 Hans Filbinger 15 September 1913 1 April 2007 93 years, 198 days Baden-Württemberg
6 Franz Meyers 31 July 1908 27 January 2002 93 years, 180 days North Rhine-Westphalia
7 Hans Ehard 10 November 1887 18 October 1980 92 years, 342 days Bavaria
8 Wilhelm Kaisen 22 May 1887 19 December 1979 92 years, 211 days Bremen
9 Wilhelm Hoegner 23 September 1887 5 March 1980 92 years, 163 days Bavaria
10 Richard von Weizsäcker 15 April 1920 &1000000000000009100000091 years, &10000000000000328000000328 days West Berlin
11 Hubert Ney 12 October 1892 3 February 1984 91 years, 114 days Saarland
12 Gebhard Müller 17 April 1900 7 August 1990 90 years, 112 days Württemberg-Hohenzollern; Baden-Württemberg
13 Arthur Werner 15 April 1877 27 July 1967 90 years, 103 days Greater Berlin
14 Alfred Kubel 25 May 1909 22 May 1999 89 years, 362 days Brunswick; Lower Saxony
15 Karl Steinhoff 24 November 1892 19 July 1981 88 years, 237 days Brandenburg
16 Heinrich Drake 20 December 1881 12 June 1970 88 years, 174 days Schaumburg-Lippe
17 Kurt Sieveking 21 December 1897 22 March 1986 88 years, 91 days Hamburg
18 Heinrich Welsch 13 October 1888 23 November 1976 88 years, 41 days Saarland
19 Herbert Weichmann 23 February 1896 9 October 1983 87 years, 228 days Hamburg
20 Alfons Goppel 1 October 1905 24 December 1991 86 years, 84 days Bavaria
21 Hans-Jochen Vogel 3 February 1926 &1000000000000008600000086 years, &1000000000000003400000034 days West Berlin
22 Max Brauer 3 September 1887 2 February 1973 85 years, 152 days Hamburg
23 Ferdinand Friedensburg 17 November 1886 11 March 1972 85 years, 115 days Greater Berlin (interim)
24 Klaus Schütz 17 September 1926 &1000000000000008500000085 years, &10000000000000173000000173 days West Berlin
25 Rudolf Paul 30 July 1893 28 February 1978 84 years, 213 days Thuringia
26 Kai-Uwe von Hassel 21 April 1913 8 May 1997 84 years, 17 days Schleswig-Holstein
27 Erich Vagts 9 February 1896 20 February 1980 84 years, 11 days Bremen
28 Kurt Georg Kiesinger 6 April 1904 9 March 1988 83 years, 332 days Baden-Württemberg
29 Rudolf Jahn 4 November 1906 30 September 1990 83 years, 330 days Brandenburg
30 Rudolf Petersen 30 December 1878 10 September 1962 83 years, 282 days Hamburg
31 Klaus von Dohnanyi 23 June 1928 &1000000000000008300000083 years, &10000000000000259000000259 days Hamburg
32 Heinrich Hellwege 18 August 1908 4 October 1991 83 years, 47 days Lower Saxony
33 Werner Klumpp 12 November 1928 &1000000000000008300000083 years, &10000000000000117000000117 days Saarland (interim)
34 Carlo Schmid 3 December 1896 11 December 1979 83 years, 8 days Württemberg-Hohenzollern (interim)
35 Georg Diederichs 2 September 1900 19 June 1983 82 years, 290 days Lower Saxony
36 Hans Koschnick 2 April 1929 &1000000000000008200000082 years, &10000000000000341000000341 days Bremen
37 Christian Stock 28 August 1884 13 April 1967 82 years, 228 days Hesse
38 Helmut Lemke 29 September 1907 15 April 1990 82 years, 198 days Schleswig-Holstein
39 Willy Dehnkamp 22 July 1903 12 November 1985 82 years, 113 days Bremen
40 Carl-Ludwig Wagner 9 January 1930 &1000000000000008200000082 years, &1000000000000005900000059 days Rhineland-Palatinate
41 Kurt Biedenkopf 28 January 1930 &1000000000000008200000082 years, &1000000000000004000000040 days Saxony
42 Theodor Steltzer 17 December 1885 27 October 1967 81 years, 314 days Schleswig-Holstein
43 Reinhold Maier 16 October 1889 19 August 1971 81 years, 307 days Württemberg-Baden; Baden-Württemberg
44 Helmut Kohl 3 April 1930 &1000000000000008100000081 years, &10000000000000340000000340 days Rhineland-Palatinate
45 Peter Schulz 25 April 1930 &1000000000000008100000081 years, &10000000000000318000000318 days Hamburg
46 Ernst Albrecht 29 June 1930 &1000000000000008100000081 years, &10000000000000253000000253 days Lower Saxony
47 Rudolf Amelunxen 30 June 1888 21 April 1969 80 years, 295 days North Rhine-Westphalia
48 Otto Ostrowski 28 January 1883 16 June 1963 80 years, 139 days Greater Berlin
49 Heinz Kühn 18 February 1912 12 March 1992 80 years, 23 days North Rhine-Westphalia
50 Walter Wallmann 24 September 1932 &1000000000000007900000079 years, &10000000000000166000000166 days Hesse

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