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 |
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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 | 91 years, 328 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 | 86 years, 34 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 | 85 years, 173 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 | 83 years, 259 days | Hamburg | |
32 | Heinrich Hellwege | 18 August 1908 | 4 October 1991 | 83 years, 47 days | Lower Saxony |
33 | Werner Klumpp | 12 November 1928 | 83 years, 117 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 | 82 years, 341 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 | 82 years, 59 days | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
41 | Kurt Biedenkopf | 28 January 1930 | 82 years, 40 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 | 81 years, 340 days | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
45 | Peter Schulz | 25 April 1930 | 81 years, 318 days | Hamburg | |
46 | Ernst Albrecht | 29 June 1930 | 81 years, 253 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 | 79 years, 166 days | Hesse |