list of chancellors of Germany
This is a chronologically ordered list of chancellors of Germany.
German Empire (1871–1918)
- Otto von Bismarck (1871–90)
- Leo, Graf von Caprivi (1890–94)
- Bernhard, prince von Bülow (1900–09)
- Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1909–17)
- Georg Michaelis (1917)
- Georg Friedrich, Graf von Hertling (1917–18)
- Maximilian, prince of Baden (1918)
- Friedrich Ebert (1918; oversaw transition to Weimar Republic as chairman of the Council of People’s Commissioners)
Weimar Republic (1919–33)
- Philipp Scheidemann (1919)
- Gustav Bauer (1919–20)
- Hermann Müller (1920; 1st time)
- Konstantin Fehrenbach (1920–21)
- Joseph Wirth (1921–22)
- Wilhelm Cuno (1922–23)
- Gustav Stresemann (1923)
- Wilhelm Marx (1923–25; 1st time)
- Hans Luther (1925–26)
- Wilhelm Marx (1926–28; 2nd time)
- Hermann Müller (1928–30; 2nd time)
- Heinrich Brüning (1930–32)
- Franz von Papen (1932)
- Kurt von Schleicher (1932–33)
Third Reich (1933–45)
- Adolf Hitler (1933–45)
- Joseph Goebbels (1945)
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)
- Konrad Adenauer (1949–63)
- Ludwig Erhard (1963–66)
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1966–69)
- Willy Brandt (1969–74)
- Helmut Schmidt (1974–82)
- Helmut Kohl (1982–98)
- Gerhard Schröder (1998–2005)
- Angela Merkel (2005–21)
- Olaf Scholz (2021–25)
- Friedrich Merz (2025– )