List Of Chancellors Of Germany

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Here is the list of chancellors of Germany.

The Chancellor of Germany is the political leader and head of the federal government of Germany. The office holder is responsible for selecting all other members of the government and presiding over cabinet meetings.

Check out the full list below.

List of chancellors of Germany

#	Name(birth–death)	Took office	Left office	Political party	Cabinet
North German Confederation (1867–1871)
-	Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898)	1 July 1867	21 March 1871	Non-partisan
German Reich (1871–1945)
1.-	Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898)	21 March 1871	20 March 1890	Non-partisan	Bismarck
2.-	Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899)	20 March 1890	26 October 1894	Non-partisan	Caprivi
3.-	Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819–1901)	29 October 1894	17 October 1900	Non-partisan	Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
4.-	Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929)	17 October 1900	14 July 1909	Non-partisan	Bülow
5.-	Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856–1921)	14 July 1909	13 July 1917	Non-partisan	Bethmann-Hollweg
6.-	Georg Michaelis (1857–1936)	14 July 1917	1 November 1917	Non-partisan	Michaelis
7.-	Georg von Hertling (1843–1919)	1 November1917	30 September 1918	Centre Party	Hertling
8.-	Max von Baden (1867–1929)	3 October 1918	9 November 1918	Non-partisan	Baden
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)
9.-	Friedrich Ebert (1871–1925)	13 February 1919	13 February 1919	Social Democratic Party	Council of the People's Deputies SPD–USPD
10.-	Philipp Scheidemann (1865–1939)	13 February 1919	20 June 1919	Social Democratic Party	Scheidemann SPD–DDP–Z
11.-	Gustav Bauer (1870–1944)	14 August 1919	26 March 1920	Social Democratic Party	Bauer SPD–DDP–Z
12.-	Hermann Müller (1876–1931)	27 March 1920	21 June 1920	Social Democratic Party	Müller I SPD–DDP–Z
13.-	Constantin Fehrenbach	25 June 1920	4 May 1921	Centre Party	Fehrenbach Z–DDP–DVP
14.-	Joseph Wirth (1879–1956)	10 May 1921	14 November 1922	Centre Party	Wirth I Z–SPD–DDP
15.-	Wilhelm Cuno (1876–1933)	22 November 1922	12 August 1923	Non-partisan	Cuno Ind.–DVP–DDP–Z–BVP
16.-	Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929)	13 August 1923	30 November 1923	German People's Party	Stresemann I DVP–SPD–Z–DDP
17.-	Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946)	30 November 1923	15 January 1925	Centre Party	Marx I Z–DVP–BVP–DDP
18.-	Hans Luther (1879–1962)	15 January 1925	12 May 1926	Non-partisan	Luther I DVP–DNVP–Z–DDP–BVP
19.-	Heinrich Brüning (1885–1970)	30 March 1930	30 May 1932	Centre Party	Brüning I Z–DDP–DVP–WF–BVP–KVP
20.-	Franz von Papen (1879–1969)	1 June 1932	17 November 1932	Non-partisan	Papen Ind.–DNVP
21.-	Kurt von Schleicher (1882–1934)	3 December 1932	28 January 1933	Non-partisan	Schleicher Ind.–DNVP
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
22.-	Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)	30 January 1933	30 April 1945	National Socialist German Workers' Party	Hitler NSDAP – DNVP
23.-	Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945)	30 April 1945	1 May 1945	National Socialist German Workers' Party	NSDAP
24.-	Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887–1977)	2 May 1945	23 May 1945	National Socialist German Workers' Party	Schwerin von Krosigk NSDAP
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
25.-	Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967)	15 September 1949/20 October 1953/29 October 1957/14 November 1961	20 October 1953/29 October 1957/14 November 1961/15 October 1963	Christian Democratic Union	Adenauer I CDU/CSU–FDP–DP
26.-	Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977)	16 October 1963/26 October 1965	26 October 1965/30 November 1966	Independent	Erhard ICDU/CSU–FDP
27.-	Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988)	1 December 1966	21 October 1969	Christian Democratic Union	Kiesinger CDU/CSU–SPD
28.-	Willy Brandt (1913–1992)	22 October 1969/15 December 1972	15 December 1972/7 May 1974	Social Democratic Party	Brandt I SPD–FDP
29.-	Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015)	16 May 1974/16 December 1976/6 November 1980	14 December 1976/4 November 1980//1 October 1982	Social Democratic Party	Schmidt I SPD–FDP
30.-	Helmut Kohl (1930–2017)	1 October 1982/30 March 1983/12 March 1987/18 January 1991/17 November 1994	29 March 1983/11 March 1987/18 January 1991/17 November 1994/27 October 1998	Christian Democratic Union	Kohl I CDU/CSU–FDP
31.-	Gerhard Schröder (born 1944)	27 October 1998/22 October 2002	22 October 2002/22 November 2005	Social Democratic Party	Schröder I SPD–Green
32.-	Angela Merkel (born 1954)	22 November 2005/28 October 2009/17 December 2013/14 March 2018	28 October 2009/17 December 2013/14 March 2018/8 December 2021	Christian Democratic Union	Merkel I CDU/CSU–SPD
33.-	Olaf Scholz (born 1958)	8 December 2021	Incumbent	Social Democratic Party	Scholz SPD–Green–FDP