Chancellors of Germany since 1871

Enjoy! Constructive criticism welcome. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – — IMPORTANT INFORMATION — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Be aware that: • heads of government in the GDR (DDR) are not included since they weren’t chancellors; furthermore:

both the full name (including titles) and just the surname are accepted as valid answers (I have also included some nicknames)

all names follow the German notation (you can use a, o & u as substitutes for the umlauts)

roman numerals refer to the months in the respective year

Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk is excluded given that he was never actually named Reich Chancellor; whereas Philipp Scheidemann is included for historical significance

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Tenure	Party	Name
1871 – 1890	non-partisan	Otto Fürst von Bismarck
1890 – 1894	non-partisan	Leo Graf von Caprivi
1894 – 1900	non-partisan	Chlodwig Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
1900 – 1909	non-partisan	Bernhard Fürst von Bülow
1909 – 1917	non-partisan	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
1917 (VII – XI)	non-partisan	Georg Michaelis
1917 – 1918	Das Zentrum	Georg Graf von Hertling
1918 (X – XI)	non-partisan	Prinz Max von Baden

Tenure	Party	Name
1918 – 1919	SPD	Friedrich Ebert
1919 (II – VI)	SPD	Philipp Scheidemann
1919 – 1920	SPD	Gustav Bauer
1920 (III – VI)	SPD	Hermann Müller
1920 – 1921	Das Zentrum	Constantin Fehrenbach
1921 (V – X); 1921 – 1922	Das Zentrum	Joseph Wirth
1922 – 1923	non-partisan	Wilhelm Cuno
1923 (VIII – X); (X – XI)	DVP	Gustav Stresemann
1923 – 1924; 1924 – 1925	Das Zentrum	Wilhelm Marx
1925 (I – XII); 1926 (I – V)	non-partisan	Hans Luther
1926 (V; provisional)	DDP	Otto Geßler
1926 (V – XII); 1927 – 1928	Das Zentrum	Wilhelm Marx
1928 – 1930	SPD	Hermann Müller
1930 – 1931; 1931 – 1932	Das Zentrum	Heinrich Brüning
1932 (VI – XI)	Das Zentrum / non-partisan	Franz von Papen
1932 – 1933	non-partisan	Kurt von Schleicher

Tenure	Party	Name
1933 – 1945	NSDAP	Adolf Hitler
1945 (IV – V)	NSDAP	Joseph Goebbels

Tenure	Party	Name
1949 – 1963	CDU	Konrad Adenauer
1963 – 1966	CDU (non-partisan)	Ludwig Erhard
1966 – 1969	CDU	Kurt Georg Kiesinger
1969 – 1974	SPD	Willy Brandt
1974 (V; provisional)	FDP	Walter Scheel
1974 – 1982	SPD	Helmut Schmidt
1982 – 1998	CDU	Helmut Kohl
1998 – 2005	SPD	Gerhard Schröder
2005 – 2021	CDU	Angela Merkel
2021 – 2025	SPD	Olaf Scholz
2025 – ?	CDU	Friedrich Merz