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! rowspan="2" width= 1% scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" width=10% rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Portrait
! scope="col" width=22% rowspan=2 | Name<br />{{small|(birth–death)}}
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="22% colspan=3" | Term of office
! scoperowspan="col2" width=14% rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Political party
! scope="col" width=10% rowspan=2 bgcolor=#EEEEEE | Cabinet
! scope="col" width=8% rowspan=2 | [[BundestagNational Assembly (Germanic Empire)|National Assembly]]
|-
! scope="col" | Took office
! scope="col" | Left office
! scope="col" | Time in office
|-
| rowspan="42" | 1<br>{{small|(27)}}
| rowspan=4"2" scope="row" | [[File:Adenauer Bouserath3Skulli.jpg|80pxpng|alt=Portrait|107x107px]]
| rowspan=4"2" scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Adenauer" | '''[[Konrad AdenauerSkulli]]'''<br />{{small|(1876–1967)}}
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|156 September}}<brDecember />19492021
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|2019 October}}<brDecember />19532021
| rowspan="2" data-sort-value="CDU" | [[Liberal Party (Germanic Empire)|Liberal Party]]
| rowspan=4 | {{age in years and days nts|1949|9|15|1963|10|15}}
| rowspan=4 style="background:{{party1" color|CDU/CSU}};" width=1%[[Skulli |I]]
[[Liberal Party (Germanic Empire)|Liberal]]-[[Conservative Party (Germanic Empire)|Conservative]]
| rowspan=4 data-sort-value="CDU" | [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />(CDU)
| rowspan="1" | [[1st National Assembly]]
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[First Adenauer cabinet|Adenauer I]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]–[[German Party (1947)|DP]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[First German Bundestag|''1'']] {{small|[[1949 West German federal election|(1949)]]}}
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|2019 October}}<brDecember />19532021
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|2930 October}}<brDecember />19572021
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Second Adenauer cabinet|AdenauerSkulli II]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free DemocraticLiberal Party (GermanyGermanic Empire)|FDP/FVPLiberal]]–-[[GermanGNVP]]-[[Pirate Party (1947Germania)|DP]]–[[All-GermanPirate Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights|GB/BHEParty]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[2nd National Assembly]]
| rowspan=1 | [[Second German Bundestag|''2'']] {{small|[[1953 West German federal election|(1953)]]}}
|-
| 2
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|29 October}}<br />1957
| scope="row" | [[File:Blitz.png|alt=Portrait|107x107px]]
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|14 November}}<br />1961
| scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Erhard" | [[BlitzDontCare]]
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Third Adenauer cabinet|Adenauer III]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[German Party (1947)|DP]]}}
| rowspan="1" | 30 December 2021
| rowspan=1 | [[1957 West German federal election|''3'' {{small|(1957)}}]]
| rowspan="1" | 30 December 2021
| data-sort-value="CDU" | [[Social Democratic Party of Germania]]
| rowspan="1" | [[Blitz I]]<br />[[SDP]]-[[Liberal Party (Germanic Empire)|Liberal Party]]
| rowspan="3" |[[3rd National Assembly]]
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | ''The office was vacant from 30 December to 2 January 2021/22. Vice-Prime Minister [[Ace]] served as Acting Prime Minister.''
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|14 November}}<br />1961
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|15 October}}<br />1963
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Fourth Adenauer cabinet|Adenauer IV]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=2 | [[1961 West German federal election|''4'' {{small|(1961)}}]]
|-
| 3
| rowspan="2" | 2<br>{{small|(28)}}
| rowspan=2 scope="row" | [[File:Ludwig Erhard 916-1330Skulli.jpg|80pxpng|alt=Portrait|107x107px]]
| rowspan=2 scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="ErhardSchmidt" | '''[[Ludwig ErhardSkulli]]'''<br />{{small|(1897–1977)}}
| rowspan="1" | {{smaller|162 October}}<brJanuary />19632022
| rowspan="1" | {{smaller|2615 October}}<brJanuary />19652022
| data-sort-value="SPD" | [[Liberal Party (Germanic Empire)|Liberal Party]]
| rowspan=2 | {{age in years and days nts|1963|10|16|1966|11|30}}
| rowspan="1" | [[Skulli III]]
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" |
All Party Government
| rowspan=2 data-sort-value="CDU" | [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br>{{small|(No party membership;<br />but affiliated with the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]])}}<ref name="stern-erhard-cdu">{{cite news|url=http://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/cdu-altkanzler-ludwig-erhard-war-nie-cdu-mitglied-587764.html|title=CDU-Altkanzler: Ludwig Erhard war nie CDU-Mitglied|last1=Jörges|first1=Hans Ulrich|last2=Wüllenweber|first2=Walter|publisher=[[Der Stern]]|language=de|date=25 April 2007|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref>
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[First Erhard cabinet|Erhard I]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|26 October}}<br />1965
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|30 November}}<br />1966
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Second Erhard cabinet|Erhard II]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=2 | [[1965 West German federal election|''5'' {{small|(1965)}}]]
|-
| 3<br>{{small|(29)}}
| rowspan=1 scope="row" | [[File:Kurt Georg Kiesinger.jpg|80px|alt=Portrait]]
| rowspan=1 scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Kiesinger" | '''[[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]]'''<br />{{small|(1904–1988)}}
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|1 December}}<br />1966
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|21 October}}<br />1969
| rowspan=1 | {{age in years and days nts|1966|12|1|1969|10|21}}
| rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}};" width=1% |
| rowspan=1 data-sort-value="CDU" | [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />(CDU)
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Kiesinger cabinet|Kiesinger]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 4<br>{{small|(30)}}
| rowspan=2 scope="row" | [[File:Willy Brandt (1959).jpg|80px|alt=Portrait]]
| rowspan=2 scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Brandt" | '''[[Willy Brandt]]'''<br />{{small|(1913–1992)}}
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|22 October}}<br />1969
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|15 December}}<br />1972
| rowspan=2 | {{age in years and days nts|1969|10|22|1974|5|7}}
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" width=1% |
| rowspan=2 data-sort-value="SPD" | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]<br />(SPD)
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[First Brandt cabinet|Brandt I]]}}<br />{{small|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| [[1969 West German federal election|''6'' {{small|(1969)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|15 December}}<br />1972
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|7 May}}<br />1974
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Second Brandt cabinet|Brandt II]]}}<br />{{small|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| [[1972 West German federal election|''7'' {{small|(1972)}}]]
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=10 | ''The office was vacant from 7 May to 16 May 1974. Vice-Chancellor [[Walter Scheel]] served as Acting Chancellor.''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 5<br>{{small|(31)}}
| rowspan=3 scope="row" | [[File:Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt.jpg|80px|alt=Portrait]]
| rowspan=3 scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Schmidt" | '''[[Helmut Schmidt]]'''<br />{{small|(1918–2015)}}
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|16 May}}<br />1974
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|14 December}}<br />1976
| rowspan=3 | {{age in years and days nts|1974|5|16|1982|10|1}}
| rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" width=1% |
| rowspan=3 data-sort-value="SPD" | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]<br />(SPD)
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[First Schmidt cabinet|Schmidt I]]}}<br />{{small|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| [[1972 West German federal election|''7'' {{small|(1972)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|16 December}}<br />1976
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|4 November}}<br />1980
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Second Schmidt cabinet|Schmidt II]]}}<br />{{small|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[1976 West German federal election|''8'' {{small|(1976)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|6 November}}<br />1980
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|1 October}}<br />1982
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Third Schmidt cabinet|Schmidt III]]}}<br />{{small|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=2 | [[1980 West German federal election|''9'' {{small|(1980)}}]]
|-
| rowspan="5" | 6<br>{{small|(32)}}
| rowspan=5 scope="row" | [[File:KAS-Kohl, Helmut-Bild-14701-1.jpg|80px|alt=Portrait]]
| rowspan=5 scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Kohl" | '''[[Helmut Kohl]]'''<br />{{small|(1930–2017)}}
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|1 October}}<br />1982
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|29 March}}<br />1983
| rowspan=5 | {{age in years and days nts|1982|10|1|1998|10|27}}
| rowspan=5 style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}};" width=1% |
| rowspan=5 data-sort-value="CDU" | [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />(CDU)
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[First Kohl cabinet|Kohl I]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|30 March}}<br />1983
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|11 March}}<br />1987
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Second Kohl cabinet|Kohl II]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[1983 West German federal election|''10'' {{small|(1983)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|12 March}}<br />1987
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|18 January}}<br />1991
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Third Kohl cabinet|Kohl III]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[1987 West German federal election|''11'' {{small|(1987)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|18 January}}<br />1991
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|17 November}}<br />1994
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Fourth Kohl cabinet|Kohl IV]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[1990 German federal election|''12'' {{small|(1990)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|17 November}}<br />1994
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|27 October}}<br />1998
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Fifth Kohl cabinet|Kohl V]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[1994 German federal election|''13'' {{small|(1994)}}]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 7<br>{{small|(33)}}
| rowspan=2 scope="row" | [[File:Gerhard Schröder in 2002..jpg|80px|alt=Portrait]]
| rowspan=2 scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Schröder" | '''[[Gerhard Schröder]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1944)}}
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|27 October}}<br />1998
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|22 October}}<br />2002
| rowspan=2 | {{age in years and days nts|1998|10|27|2005|11|22}}
| rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" width=1% |
| rowspan=2 data-sort-value="SPD" | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]<br />(SPD)
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[First Schröder cabinet|Schröder I]]}}<br />{{small|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[1998 German federal election|''14'' {{small|(1998)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|22 October}}<br />2002
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|22 November}}<br />2005
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Second Schröder cabinet|Schröder II]]}}<br />{{small|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[2002 German federal election|''15'' {{small|(2002)}}]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | 8<br>{{small|(34)}}
| rowspan=4 scope="row" | [[File:Angela Merkel 2019 cropped.jpg|80px|alt=Portrait]]
| rowspan=4 scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Merkel" | '''[[Angela Merkel]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1954)}}
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|22 November}}<br />2005
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|28 October}}<br />2009
| rowspan=4 | {{age in years and days nts|2005|11|22|2021|12|8}}
| rowspan=4 style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}};" width=1% |
| rowspan=4 data-sort-value="CDU" | [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]<br />(CDU)
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[First Merkel cabinet|Merkel I]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[2005 German federal election|''16'' {{small|(2005)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|28 October}}<br />2009
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|17 December}}<br />2013
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Second Merkel cabinet|Merkel II]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[2009 German federal election|''17'' {{small|(2009)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|17 December}}<br />2013
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|14 March}}<br />2018
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Third Merkel cabinet|Merkel III]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[2013 German federal election|''18'' {{small|(2013)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|14 March}}<br />2018
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|8 December}}<br />2021
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Fourth Merkel cabinet|Merkel IV]]}}<br />{{small|[[CDU/CSU]]–[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[2017 German federal election|''19'' {{small|(2017)}}]]
|-
| rowspan=1 | 9<br>{{small|(35)}}
| rowspan=1 | [[File:Olaf Scholz 2021 cropped.jpg|80px|alt=Portrait]]
| rowspan=1 scope="row" style="font-weight:normal" data-sort-value="Scholz" | '''[[Olaf Scholz]]'''<br />{{small|(born 1958)}}
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|8 December}}<br />2021
| rowspan=1 | ''[[Incumbent]]''
| rowspan=1 | {{age in years and days nts|2021|12|8}}
| rowspan=1 style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}};" width=1% |
| rowspan=1 data-sort-value="SPD" | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]<br />(SPD)
| rowspan=1 | {{smaller|[[Scholz cabinet|Scholz]]}}<br />{{small|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]–[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green]]–[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]}}
| rowspan=1 | [[2021 German federal election|''20'' {{small|(2021)}}]]
|-
|4
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|[[ItzSam]]
| rowspan="1" |15 January 2022
| rowspan="1" |''present''
|[[Republican Front]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Sam I]]
[[Republican Front]]-[[Liberal Party (Germanic Empire)|Liberal Party]]
|[[4th National Assembly]]
|}
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