Chancellors of Germany
Bundeskanzler of the North German Confederation (1867–1871)[edit]
Otto von Bismarck
(1867–1871)
* in 1871 Bismark became Reichskanzler
Reichskanzler of the German Empire (1871–1918) – „Kaiserreich“[edit]
Otto von Bismarck
(1871–1890)Leo von Caprivi
(1890–1894)Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(1894–1900)Bernhard von Bülow
(1900–1909)Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
(1909–1917)Georg Michaelis
(1917)Georg von Hertling
(1917-1918)Prinz Max von Baden
(1918)
Reichskanzler of the Weimar Republic (1918–1933)[edit]
The title Reichskanzler was used from November 9th to 10th 1918, then called Vorsitzender des Rates der Volksbeauftragten, then Reichsministerpräsident, and from August 14th 1919 again Reichskanzler.
Friedrich Ebert
(1918)Philipp Scheidemann
(1919)Gustav Bauer
(1919–1920)Hermann Müller
(1920, 1928-1930)Konstantin Fehrenbach
(1920-1921)Joseph Wirth
(1921-1922)Wilhelm Cuno
(1922-1923)Gustav Stresemann
(1923)Wilhelm Marx
(1923-1925, 1926-1928)Hans Luther
(1925-1926)Heinrich Brüning
(1930-1932)Franz von Papen
(1932)Kurt von Schleicher
(1932-1933)
Reichskanzler of Nazi Germany (1933–1945) – “Third Reich”/„Drittes Reich“[edit]
The title Reichskanzler was used until the death of Paul von Hindenburg in 1934, then Hitler was called Führer und Reichskanzler (ger. leader and chancellor of the empire (then also head of state)).
Adolf Hitler
(1933–1945)Joseph Goebbels
(1945)
Only after Hitlers death on April 30th 1945, Joseph Goebbels became Reichskanzler for two days, Graf Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk was Leiter der Geschäftsführenden Reichsregierung (chief of the acting government) for six days until the unconditional surrender, may 8th.
Bundeskanzler of the Federal Republic (1949 to present)[edit]
Konrad Adenauer
(1949–1963)Ludwig Erhard
(1963–1966)Kurt Georg Kiesinger
(1966-1969)Willy Brandt
(1969–1974)Helmut Schmidt
(1974–1982)Helmut Kohl
(1982–1998)
* in 1990 Kohl became Chancellor of a reunified GermanyGerhard Schröder
(1998–2005)Angela Merkel
(2005–2021)Olaf Scholz
(2021–today)