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The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime.
- List of Chancellors of Germany by Time in Office
This is a list of chancellors of Germany by time in office...
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Olaf Scholz ( German: [ˈoːlaf ˈʃɔlts] ⓘ; born 14 June 1958)...
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Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡɪːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩]...
- List of Chancellors of Germany by Time in Office
The chancellor of Germany is the political leader of Germany and the head of the federal government. The office holder is responsible for selecting all other members of the government and chairing cabinet meetings.
No.PortraitName (born–died)Term Of Office(took Office)1Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898)21 March 187120 March 18902Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899)20 March 189026 October 1894329 October 189417 October 19004Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929)17 October 190014 July 1909Olaf Scholz ( German: [ˈoːlaf ˈʃɔlts] ⓘ; born 14 June 1958) is a German politician who has been the chancellor of Germany since 8 December 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as Vice Chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021.
This is a list of chancellors of Germany by time in office from 1867 to 2021, including the Federal Republic of Germany and its predecessors. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
# In OfficeChancellorTime In OfficeRank122 years, 262 days13216 years, 26 days23416 years, 16 days32714 years, 31 days4Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡɪːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ⓘ; née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a retired German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office.
5 days ago · Olaf Scholz, German politician who became chancellor of Germany in 2021. A longtime member of Germany’s centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), Scholz served as finance minister and vice chancellor (2018–21) in the ‘grand coalition’ government of Angela Merkel before succeeding her as chancellor.
List of chancellors of Germany. Top left: Bismarck became the first chancellor with the creation of the North German Federation (1867) and later the German Empire (1871). Top right: Adolf Hitler was chancellor (from 1933) and later Führer ( dictator) of Nazi Germany.
