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List of Chancellors of Germany

by Vishul Malik

Know about all the Chancellors of Germany. The list of Chancellors of Germany shows all the Chancellors of Germany from beginning to present with their tenure and their respective political party.


List of Chancellors of Germany
S. No Name Birth Place Tenure Party
1 Olaf Scholz Osnabrück, Germany 8 December 2021 – Incumbent Social Democratic Party (SPD)
2 Angela Merkel Hamburg, West Germany 22 November 2005- 8 December 2021 Christian Democratic Union
3 Gerhard Schröder Mossenberg, Lippe Germany 27 October 1998 -22 November 2005 Social Democratic Party of Germany
4 Helmut Kohl Ludwigshafen, Germany 1 October 1982- 27 October 1998 Christian Democratic Union
5 Helmut Schmidt Hamburg, Germany 16 May 1974- 1 October 1982 Social Democratic Party of Germany
6 Walter Scheel Solingen, Germany 7 May 1974- 16 May 1974 Free Democratic Party
7 Willy Brandt Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck, German Empire 22 October 1969 -7 May 1974 Social Democratic Party of Germany
8 Kurt Georg Kiesinger Ebingen, German Empire 1 December 1966- 21 October 1969 Christian Democratic Union
9 Ludwig Erhard Fürth, German Empire 17 October 1963- 30 November 1966 Christian Democratic Union
10 Konrad Adenauer Cologne, German Empire 20 September 1949- 11 October 1963 Christian Democratic Union
11 Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk ((leading minister at Flensburg)) Rathmannsdorf, Anhalt, Germany 2 May 1945 -23 May 1945 None
12 Joseph Goebbels Rheydt, Prussia, Germany 30 April 1945 -1 May 1945 National Socialist German Workers’ Party
13 Adolf Hitler Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary 30 January 1933 -30 April 1945 National Socialist German Workers’ Party
14 Kurt von Schleicher Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, German Empire 3 December 1932 -28 January 1933 Non-partisan
15 Franz von Papen Werl, Germany 1 June 1932 -17 November 1932 Centre
16 Heinrich Brüning Münster, Westphalia 30 March 1930 – 30 May 1932 Centre
17 Hermann Müller Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire 28 June 1928 -27 March 1930 Social Democrats
18 Wilhelm Marx Cologne, Germany 17 May 1926 -12 June 1928 Centre
19 Hans Luther Berlin 15 January 1925 -12 May 1926 Non-partisan
20 Wilhelm Marx Cologne, Germany 30 November 1923 -15 January 1925 Centre
21 Gustav Stresemann Berlin 13 August 1923 -30 November 1923 German People’s Party
22 Wilhelm Cuno Suhl 22 November 1922 -12 August 1923 Non-partisan
23 Joseph Wirth Freiburg/Breisgau 10 May 1921 -14 November 1922 Centre
24 Constantin Fehrenbach Wellendingen near Bonndorf 25 June 1920 – 4 May 1921 Centre
25 Hermann Müller Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire 27 March 1920 -8 June 1920 Social Democrats
26 Gustav Bauer Darkehmen, Prussia 21 June 1919 -26 March 1920 Social Democrats
27 Philipp Scheidemann Kassel, Hesse 13 February 1919 -20 June 1919 Social Democrats
28 Friedrich Ebert Heidelberg 9 November 1918 -13 February 1919 Social Democrats
29 Max von Baden Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden 3 October 1918 -9 November 1918 Non-partisan
30 Georg von Hertling Darmstadt 1 November 1917 -30 September 1918 Centre
31 Georg Michaelis Haynau 14 July 1917 -1 November 1917 Non-partisan
32 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Hohenfinow, Brandenburg 14 July 1909 -13 July 1917 Non-partisan
33 Bernhard von Bülow Klein-Flottbeck, Holstein 17 October 1900 -14 July 1909 Non-partisan
34 Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hesse 29 October 1894 -17 October 1900 Non-partisan
35 Leo von Caprivi Berlin, Prussia 20 March 1890 -26 October 1894 Non-partisan
36 Otto von Bismarck Schönhausen, Prussia 21 March 1871 -20 March 1890 Non-partisan

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