List of Germanic Prime Ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Bundestag | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 (27) |
|
Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) |
15 September 1949 |
20 October 1953 |
Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color;" width=1% | | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
Adenauer I CDU/CSU–FDP–DP |
1 (1949) |
| 20 October 1953 |
29 October 1957 |
Adenauer II CDU/CSU–FDP/FVP–DP–GB/BHE |
2 (1953) | ||||||
| 29 October 1957 |
14 November 1961 |
Adenauer III CDU/CSU–DP |
3 (1957) | ||||||
| 14 November 1961 |
15 October 1963 |
Adenauer IV CDU/CSU–FDP |
4 (1961) | ||||||
| 2 (28) |
|
Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977) |
16 October 1963 |
26 October 1965 |
Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent (No party membership; but affiliated with the CDU)[1] |
Erhard I CDU/CSU–FDP | |
| 26 October 1965 |
30 November 1966 |
Erhard II CDU/CSU–FDP |
5 (1965) | ||||||
| 3 (29) |
|
Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988) |
1 December 1966 |
21 October 1969 |
Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" width=1% | | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
Kiesinger CDU/CSU–SPD | |
| 4 (30) |
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|
Willy Brandt (1913–1992) |
22 October 1969 |
15 December 1972 |
Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" width=1% | | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
Brandt I SPD–FDP |
6 (1969) |
| 15 December 1972 |
7 May 1974 |
Brandt II SPD–FDP |
7 (1972) | ||||||
| The office was vacant from 7 May to 16 May 1974. Vice-Chancellor Walter Scheel served as Acting Chancellor. | |||||||||
| 5 (31) |
|
Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) |
16 May 1974 |
14 December 1976 |
Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;" width=1% | | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
Schmidt I SPD–FDP |
7 (1972) |
| 16 December 1976 |
4 November 1980 |
Schmidt II SPD–FDP |
8 (1976) | ||||||
| 6 November 1980 |
1 October 1982 |
Schmidt III SPD–FDP |
9 (1980) | ||||||
| 6 (32) |
|
Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) |
1 October 1982 |
29 March 1983 |
Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=5 style="background:Template:Party color;" width=1% | | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
Kohl I CDU/CSU–FDP | |
| 30 March 1983 |
11 March 1987 |
Kohl II CDU/CSU–FDP |
10 (1983) | ||||||
| 12 March 1987 |
18 January 1991 |
Kohl III CDU/CSU–FDP |
11 (1987) | ||||||
| 18 January 1991 |
17 November 1994 |
Kohl IV CDU/CSU–FDP |
12 (1990) | ||||||
| 17 November 1994 |
27 October 1998 |
Kohl V CDU/CSU–FDP |
13 (1994) | ||||||
| 7 (33) |
Portrait | Gerhard Schröder (born 1944) |
27 October 1998 |
22 October 2002 |
Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color;" width=1% | | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
Schröder I SPD–Green |
14 (1998) |
| 22 October 2002 |
22 November 2005 |
Schröder II SPD–Green |
15 (2002) | ||||||
| 8 (34) |
|
Angela Merkel (born 1954) |
22 November 2005 |
28 October 2009 |
Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=4 style="background:Template:Party color;" width=1% | | Christian Democratic Union (CDU) |
Merkel I CDU/CSU–SPD |
16 (2005) |
| 28 October 2009 |
17 December 2013 |
Merkel II CDU/CSU–FDP |
17 (2009) | ||||||
| 17 December 2013 |
14 March 2018 |
Merkel III CDU/CSU–SPD |
18 (2013) | ||||||
| 14 March 2018 |
8 December 2021 |
Merkel IV CDU/CSU–SPD |
19 (2017) | ||||||
| 9 (35) |
|
Olaf Scholz (born 1958) |
8 December 2021 |
Incumbent | Template:Age in years and days nts | rowspan=1 style="background:Template:Party color;" width=1% | | Social Democratic Party (SPD) |
Scholz SPD–Green–FDP |
20 (2021) |
