List of German Chancellors by longevity
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This is a list of German Chancellors
Chancellor of Germany
The Chancellor of Germany is, under the German 1949 constitution, the head of government of Germany...

 since 1871 by longevity
. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to .

Overview

The median
Median
In probability theory and statistics, a median is described as the numerical value separating the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to...

 age of accession is roughly 53 years and 1 month, which falls between Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917.-Origins:...

 and Philipp Scheidemann
Philipp Scheidemann
Philipp Scheidemann was a German Social Democratic politician, who proclaimed the Republic on 9 November 1918, and who became the second Chancellor of the Weimar Republic....

. The youngest person to assume office was Joseph Wirth
Joseph Wirth
Karl Joseph Wirth, known as Joseph Wirth, was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922.-Biography:...

 (age 41 years, 246 days). The oldest person to assume office was Chlodwig Viktor (age 75 years, 212 days).

The oldest living Chancellor is Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting...

, born 23 December 1918 (aged ). On 6 April 2010, Schmidt passed Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman. He was the chancellor of the West Germany from 1949 to 1963. He is widely recognised as a person who led his country from the ruins of World War II to a powerful and prosperous nation that had forged close relations with old enemies France,...

 to become the longest lived chancellor in German history. The youngest living former Chancellor is Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder is a German politician, and was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor...

, born 7 April 1944 (aged ). The youngest living Chancellor is the incumbent, Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...

, born 17 July 1954 (aged ).

The shortest-lived Chancellor was Gustav Stresemann
Gustav Stresemann
was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic. He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926.Stresemann's politics defy easy categorization...

, who died at the age of 51 years, 146 days.

German Chancellors

#
Chancellor
Date of birth
Date of
inauguration
Age at
inauguration
End of term Length of
retirement
Date of death
Lifespan
1 von Bismarck, OttoOtto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg , simply known as Otto von Bismarck, was a Prussian-German statesman whose actions unified Germany, made it a major player in world affairs, and created a balance of power that kept Europe at peace after 1871.As Minister President of...

1815-04-011 April 1815 55-354 03,054 days 1898-07-30 days
2 von Caprivi, LeoLeo von Caprivi
Leo von Caprivi
Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli was a German major general and statesman, who succeeded Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany...

1831-02-2424 February 1831 59-024 01,564 days 1899-02-06 days
3 Hohenlohe, ChlodwigChlodwig von Hohenlohe 1819-03-3131 March 1819 75-212 00,262 days 1901-07-06 days
4 von Bulow, BernhardBernhard von Bülow
Bernhard von Bülow
Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow , named in 1905 Prince von Bülow, was a German statesman who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for three years and then as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909.Bülow was described as possessing every quality except greatness...

1849-05-033 May 1849 51-167 07,411 days 1929-10-28 days
5 von Bethmann-Hollweg, TheobaldTheobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917.-Origins:...

1856-11-2929 November 1856 52-227 01,268 days 1921-01-01 days
6 Michaelis, GeorgGeorg Michaelis
Georg Michaelis
Georg Michaelis became the first Chancellor of Germany with a non-noble background.-Biography :Michaelis, born in Haynau in the Prussian Province of Silesia, grew up in Frankfurt...

1857-09-088 September 1857 59-309 06,841 days 1936-07-24 days
7 von Hertling, GeorgGeorg von Hertling 1843-08-3131 August 1843 74-062 00,096 days 1919-01-04 days
8 von Baden, MaximilianMaximilian von Baden
Prince Maximilian of Baden
Maximilian of Baden was a German prince and politician...

1867-07-1010 July 1867 51-085 04,015 days 1929-11-06 days
9 Ebert, FriedrichFriedrich Ebert
Friedrich Ebert
Friedrich Ebert was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .When Ebert was elected as the leader of the SPD after the death of August Bebel, the party members of the SPD were deeply divided because of the party's support for World War I. Ebert supported the Burgfrieden and...

1871-02-044 February 1871 47-278 02,209 days 1925-02-28 days
10 Scheidemann, PhiliippPhilipp Scheidemann
Philipp Scheidemann
Philipp Scheidemann was a German Social Democratic politician, who proclaimed the Republic on 9 November 1918, and who became the second Chancellor of the Weimar Republic....

1865-07-2626 July 1865 53-202 07,467 days 1939-11-29 days
11 Bauer, GustavGustav Bauer
Gustav Bauer
' was a German Social Democratic Party leader and Chancellor of Germany from 1919 to 1920.Born in Darkehmen near Königsberg in East Prussia, Bauer, who rose to notice through his leadership of a white-collar trade union, served from 1908 to 1918 as chairman of the General Commission of Trade...

1870-01-066 January 1870 49-166 08,940 days 1944-09-16 days
12 Muller, HermannHermann Müller
Hermann Müller (politician)
' , born in Mannheim, was a German Social Democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister , and twice as Chancellor of Germany under the Weimar Republic...

1876-05-1818 May 1876 43-314 03,300 days 1931-03-20 days
13 Fehrenbach, KonstantinKonstantin Fehrenbach
Konstantin Fehrenbach
Constantin Fehrenbach was a German Catholic politician who was one of the major leaders of the Centre Party. He served as President of the Reichstag in 1918, and then as President of the Weimar National Assembly from 1919 to 1920...

1852-01-1111 January 1852 68-162 01,781 days 1926-03-26 days
14 Wirth, JosephJoseph Wirth
Joseph Wirth
Karl Joseph Wirth, known as Joseph Wirth, was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922.-Biography:...

1879-09-066 September 1879 41-246 12,103 days 1956-01-03 days
15 Cuno, WilhelmWilhelm Cuno
Wilhelm Cuno
Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno was a German politician who was the Chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923. He was born in Suhl, Prussian Saxony. Cuno's government is best known for its passive resistance of the French occupation of the Ruhr Area . Cuno's government was also responsible for its poor...

1876-07-022 July 1876 46-143 03,432 days 1933-01-03 days
16 Stresemann, GustavGustav Stresemann
Gustav Stresemann
was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic. He was co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926.Stresemann's politics defy easy categorization...

1878-05-1010 May 1878 56-095 02,141 days 1929-10-03 days
17 Marx, WilhelmWilhelm Marx
Wilhelm Marx
Wilhelm Marx was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He was Chancellor of the German Reich twice, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and also served briefly as minister president of Prussia in 1925, during the Weimar Republic.-Life:Born in Cologne to...

1863-01-1515 January 1863 60-319 07,115 days 1946-08-05 days
18 Luther, HansHans Luther
Hans Luther
Hans Luther was a German politician and Chancellor of Germany.-Biography:Born in Berlin, Luther started in politics in 1907 by becoming the town councillor in Magdeburg. He continued on becoming secretary of the German Städtetag in 1913 and then mayor of Essen in 1918...

1879-03-1010 March 1879 45-311 13,148 days 1962-05-11 days
19 Marx, WilhelmWilhelm Marx
Wilhelm Marx
Wilhelm Marx was a German lawyer, Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. He was Chancellor of the German Reich twice, from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1926 to 1928, and also served briefly as minister president of Prussia in 1925, during the Weimar Republic.-Life:Born in Cologne to...

1863-01-1515 January 1863 63-122 07,115 days 1946-08-05 days
20 Muller, HermannHermann Müller
Hermann Müller (politician)
' , born in Mannheim, was a German Social Democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister , and twice as Chancellor of Germany under the Weimar Republic...

1876-05-1818 May 1876 52-041 03,300 days 1931-03-20 days
21 Bruning, HeinrichHeinrich Brüning
Heinrich Brüning
Heinrich Brüning was Chancellor of Germany from 1930 to 1932, during the Weimar Republic. He was the longest serving Chancellor of the Weimar Republic, and remains a controversial figure in German politics....

1885-11-2626 November 1885 44-124 13,818 days 1970-03-30 days
22 von Papen, FranzFranz von Papen
Franz von Papen
Lieutenant-Colonel Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen zu Köningen was a German nobleman, Roman Catholic monarchist politician, General Staff officer, and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932 and as Vice-Chancellor under Adolf Hitler in 1933–1934...

1879-10-2929 October 1879 52-216 13,315 days 1969-05-02 days
23 von Schleicher, KurtKurt von Schleicher
Kurt von Schleicher
Kurt von Schleicher was a German general and the last Chancellor of Germany during the era of the Weimar Republic. Seventeen months after his resignation, he was assassinated by order of his successor, Adolf Hitler, in the Night of the Long Knives....

1882-04-077 April 1882 50-239 00,518 days 1934-06-30 days
24 Hitler, AdolfAdolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

1889-04-2020 April 1889 43-285 00,000N/A 1945-04-30 days
25 Adenauer, KonradKonrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman. He was the chancellor of the West Germany from 1949 to 1963. He is widely recognised as a person who led his country from the ruins of World War II to a powerful and prosperous nation that had forged close relations with old enemies France,...

1876-01-055 January 1876 73-253 01,281 days 1967-04-19 days
26 Erhard, LudwigLudwig Erhard
Ludwig Erhard
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard was a German politician affiliated with the CDU and Chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is notable for his leading role in German postwar economic reform and economic recovery , particularly in his role as Minister of Economics under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer...

1897-02-044 February 1897 66-254 03,808 days 1977-05-05 days
27 Kiesinger, KurtKurt Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a German politician affiliated with the CDU and Chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 until 21 October 1969.-Early career and wartime activities:...

1904-04-066 April 1904 62-239 06,714 days 1988-03-09 days
28 Brandt, WillyWilly Brandt
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm , was a German politician, Mayor of West Berlin 1957–1966, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964–1987....

1913-12-1818 December 1913 55-307 06,729 days 1992-10-08 days
29 Schmidt, HelmutHelmut Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting...

1918-12-2323 December 1918 55-144 0 days -- days
30 Kohl, HelmutHelmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1973 to 1998...

1930-04-033 April 1930 52-181 0 days -- days
31 Schroder, GerhardGerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder is a German politician, and was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor...

1944-04-077 April 1944 54-203 0 days -- days
32 Merkel, AngelaAngela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...

1954-07-1717 July 1954 51-128 Incumbent 00,000Incumbent -- days
# Chancellor Date of birth Date of
inauguration
Age at
inauguration
End of term Length of
retirement
Date of death Lifespan



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