List of German Chancellors

This is the list of leaders and chancellors of Germany from 1871 (German Empire) until the present-day Federal Republic of Germany.

## Contents

* 1 German Reich (1871–1945)
* 1.1 German Empire (1871–1918)
* 1.2 Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
* 1.3 Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
* 2 Divided Germany (1949–1990)
* 2.1 West Germany (1949–1990)
* 2.2 East Germany (1949–1990)
* 3 Germany (1990–present)
* 4 External links

## German Reich (1871–1945)[edit]

### German Empire (1871–1918)[edit]

Name  |  From  |  To

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Otto von Bismarck |  21 March 1871  |  20 March 1890
Leo von Caprivi  |  20 March 1890  |  26 October 1894
Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst  |  29 October 1894  |  17 October 1900
Bernhard von Bülow  |  17 October 1900  |  14 July 1909
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg  |  14 July 1909  |  13 July 1917
Georg Michaelis  |  14 July 1917  |  1 November 1917
Georg von Hertling  |  1 November 1917  |  30 September 1918
Max von Baden  |  3 October 1918  |  9 November 1918

### Weimar Republic (1918–1933)[edit]

Name  |  From  |  To

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Philipp Scheidemann  |  13 February 1919  |  20 June 1919
Gustav Bauer  |  21 June 1919  |  26 March 1920
Hermann Müller  |  27 March 1920  |  21 June 1920
Constantin Fehrenbach  |  25 June 1920  |  4 May 1921
Joseph Wirth  |  10 May 1921  |  14 November 1922
Wilhelm Cuno  |  22 November 1922  |  12 August 1923
Gustav Stresemann  |  13 August 1923  |  30 November 1923
Wilhelm Marx  |  30 November 1923  |  15 January 1925
Hans Luther  |  15 January 1925  |  12 May 1926
Wilhelm Marx  |  17 May 1926  |  12 June 1928
Hermann Müller  |  28 June 1928  |  27 March 1930
Heinrich Brüning  |  30 March 1930  |  30 May 1932
Franz von Papen  |  1 June 1932  |  17 November 1932
Kurt von Schleicher  |  3 December 1932  |  28 January 1933

### Nazi Germany (1933–1945)[edit]

Name  |  From  |  To

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Adolf Hitler |  30 January 1933  |  30 April 1945
Joseph Goebbels |  30 April 1945  |  1 May 1945
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk  |  1 May 1945  |  23 May 1945

## Divided Germany (1949–1990)[edit]

Germany was occupied by the Allies from 1945 to 1949. In 1949 Germany was divided in two German states.

### West Germany (1949–1990)[edit]

Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)
Name  |  From  |  To

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Konrad Adenauer |  15 September 1949  |  11 October 1963
Ludwig Erhard  |  17 October 1963  |  30 November 1966
Kurt Georg Kiesinger  |  1 December 1966  |  21 October 1969
Willy Brandt |  22 October 1969  |  7 May 1974
Helmut Schmidt |  16 May 1974  |  1 October 1982
Helmut Kohl |  1 October 1982  |  27 October 1998 (continued after reunification between West and East)

### East Germany (1949–1990)[edit]

German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Name  |  From  |  To

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Otto Grotewohl  |  12 October 1949  |  21 September 1964
Willi Stoph  |  21 September 1964  |  3 October 1973
Horst Sindermann  |  3 October 1973  |  29 October 1976
Willi Stoph  |  29 October 1976  |  13 November 1989
Hans Modrow  |  13 November 1989  |  12 April 1990
Lothar de Maizière  |  12 April 1990  |  2 October 1990

## Germany (1990–present)[edit]

Federal Republic of Germany (GER)
Name  |  From  |  To

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Helmut Kohl |  1 October 1982 |  27 October 1998
Gerhard Schröder |  27 October 1998  |  22 November 2005
Angela Merkel |  22 Novemer 2005  |  8 December 2021
Olaf Scholz |  8 December 2021  |  Present'

## External links[edit]

* List of chancellors of Germany. Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany

Konrad Adenauer • Ludwig Erhard • Kurt Georg Kiesinger • Willy Brandt • Helmut Schmidt • Helmut Kohl • Gerhard Schröder • Angela Merkel