No. |
Image |
Name (Birth–Death) |
Party |
Term of office |
Chancellor |
Took office |
Left office |
Term Length |
1 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/K.Schumacher.jpg/65px-K.Schumacher.jpg) |
Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
7 September 1949 |
20 August 1952 |
2 years, 348 days |
Konrad Adenauer |
2 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-21272-0001%2C_Erich_Ollenhauer.jpg/65px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-21272-0001%2C_Erich_Ollenhauer.jpg) |
Erich Ollenhauer (1901–1963) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
27 September 1952 |
14 December 1963 |
11 years, 78 days |
Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard |
3 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Fritz_Erler_at_Pentagon_1965_%28cropped%29.JPEG/65px-Fritz_Erler_at_Pentagon_1965_%28cropped%29.JPEG) |
Fritz Erler (1913–1967) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
1963 |
1966 |
2 years, 273 days |
Ludwig Erhard |
4 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/K%C3%BChlmann-Stumm.jpg/65px-K%C3%BChlmann-Stumm.jpg) |
Knut Freiherr von Kühlmann-Stumm (1916–1977) |
|
Free Democratic Party (FDP) |
1 December 1966 |
23 January 1968 |
1 year, 53 days |
Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
5 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Wolfgang_Mischnick.jpg/65px-Wolfgang_Mischnick.jpg) |
Wolfgang Mischnick (1921–2002) |
|
Free Democratic Party (FDP) |
23 January 1968 |
22 November 1969 |
1 year, 272 days |
Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
6 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/KAS-Barzel%2C_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg/65px-KAS-Barzel%2C_Rainer-Bild-14702-1.jpg) |
Rainer Barzel (1924–2006) |
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
22 November 1969 |
17 May 1973 |
3 years, 207 days |
Willy Brandt |
7 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020%2C_Ludwigshafen%2C_CDU-Bundesparteitag%2C_Carstens_%28cropped%29.jpg/65px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F054633-0020%2C_Ludwigshafen%2C_CDU-Bundesparteitag%2C_Carstens_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Karl Carstens (1914–1992) |
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
17 May 1973 |
13 September 1976 |
3 years, 119 days |
Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt |
8 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F049284-0036A%2C_Berlin%2C_CDU_Bundestagswahlkampf%2C_Kohl_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/65px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F049284-0036A%2C_Berlin%2C_CDU_Bundestagswahlkampf%2C_Kohl_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) |
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
13 September 1976 |
1 October 1982 |
6 years, 18 days |
Helmut Schmidt |
9 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_175-Z02-00866%2C_Herbert_Wehner.jpg/65px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_175-Z02-00866%2C_Herbert_Wehner.jpg) |
Herbert Wehner (1906–1990) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
1 October 1982 |
8 March 1983 |
1 year, 158 days |
Helmut Kohl |
10 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039421-0018%2C_Hannover%2C_SPD-Bundesparteitag%2C_Vogel.jpg/65px-Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F039421-0018%2C_Hannover%2C_SPD-Bundesparteitag%2C_Vogel.jpg) |
Hans-Jochen Vogel (1926–2020) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
8 March 1983 |
12 November 1991 |
8 years, 249 days |
Helmut Kohl |
11 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/HU_Klose.jpg/65px-HU_Klose.jpg) |
Hans-Ulrich Klose (1937–2023) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
12 November 1991 |
10 November 1994 |
2 years, 363 days |
Helmut Kohl |
12 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Bundeswehr-Foto_BVM012_Rudolf_Scharping.jpg/65px-Bundeswehr-Foto_BVM012_Rudolf_Scharping.jpg) |
Rudolf Scharping (born 1947) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
10 November 1994 |
27 October 1998 |
3 years, 351 days |
Helmut Kohl |
13 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4uble_2004.jpg/65px-Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4uble_2004.jpg) |
Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–2023) |
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
27 October 1998 |
29 February 2000 |
1 year, 125 days |
Gerhard Schröder |
14 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/EPP_Congress_Rotterdam_-_Day_1_%2852112981094%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/65px-EPP_Congress_Rotterdam_-_Day_1_%2852112981094%29_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Friedrich Merz (born 1955) |
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
29 February 2000 |
22 September 2002 |
2 years, 206 days |
Gerhard Schröder |
15 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Angela_Merkel_2019_cropped.jpg/65px-Angela_Merkel_2019_cropped.jpg) |
Angela Merkel (born 1954) |
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
22 September 2002 |
22 November 2005 |
3 years, 61 days |
Gerhard Schröder |
16 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Wolfgang_Gerhardt_%28cropped_3x4%29.jpg/65px-Wolfgang_Gerhardt_%28cropped_3x4%29.jpg) |
Wolfgang Gerhardt (born 1943) |
|
Free Democratic Party (FDP) |
22 November 2005 |
1 May 2006 |
160 days |
Angela Merkel |
17 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Guido_Westerwelle_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/65px-Guido_Westerwelle_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016) |
|
Free Democratic Party (FDP) |
1 May 2006 |
28 October 2009 |
3 years, 180 days |
Angela Merkel |
18 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier_2009.jpg/65px-Frank-Walter_Steinmeier_2009.jpg) |
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (born 1956) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
28 October 2009 |
16 December 2013 |
4 years, 49 days |
Angela Merkel |
19 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Joachim_Po%C3%9F.jpg/65px-Joachim_Po%C3%9F.jpg) |
Joachim Poß[note 1] (born 1948) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
23 August 2010 |
26 October 2010 |
64 days |
Angela Merkel |
20 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Gregor_Gysi_%282013%29.jpg/65px-Gregor_Gysi_%282013%29.jpg) |
Gregor Gysi (born 1948) |
|
The Left |
17 December 2013 |
12 October 2015 |
1 year, 299 days |
Angela Merkel |
21 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Dietmar_Bartsch_%26_Sahra_Wagenknecht.png/65px-Dietmar_Bartsch_%26_Sahra_Wagenknecht.png) |
Dietmar Bartsch (born 1958) Sahra Wagenknecht (born 1969) |
|
The Left |
12 October 2015 |
24 October 2017 |
2 years, 12 days |
Angela Merkel |
22 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Gauland%26Weidel.jpg/65px-Gauland%26Weidel.jpg) |
Alexander Gauland (born 1941) Alice Weidel (born 1979) |
|
Alternative for Germany (AfD) |
24 October 2017 |
26 October 2021[lower-alpha 1] |
4 years, 2 days |
Angela Merkel |
23 |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/2019-11-23_Ralph_Brinkhaus_CDU_Parteitag_by_OlafKosinsky_MG_5882.jpg/65px-2019-11-23_Ralph_Brinkhaus_CDU_Parteitag_by_OlafKosinsky_MG_5882.jpg) |
Ralph Brinkhaus (born 1968) |
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
8 December 2021 |
15 February 2022 |
69 days |
Olaf Scholz |
24 (14) |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/EPP_Congress_Rotterdam_-_Day_1_%2852112981094%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/65px-EPP_Congress_Rotterdam_-_Day_1_%2852112981094%29_%28cropped%29.jpg) |
Friedrich Merz (born 1955) |
|
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
15 February 2022 |
Incumbent |
2 years, 119 days |
Olaf Scholz |