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The table provides a chronological list of the leaders of Germany from 1871.
Kaisers of the German Empire | |
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*Upon Hindenburg's death in 1934, the powers of the presidency were merged with those of the chancellor. | |
**Chancellor from 1933 and Führer ("Leader") from 1934. | |
***East Germany was governed by interim administrations from December 1989 until the two Germanys were reunited in October 1990. | |
William I (of Prussia) | 1871–88 |
Frederick III | 1888 |
William II | 1888–1918 |
Presidents of the Weimar Republic | |
Friedrich Ebert | 1919–25 |
Paul von Hindenburg | 1925–33 |
Leaders of the Third Reich (National Socialist regime) | |
Paul von Hindenburg* | 1934 |
Adolf Hitler** | 1933–45 |
Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) | |
Konrad Adenauer | 1949–63 |
Ludwig Erhard | 1963–66 |
Kurt Georg Kiesinger | 1966–69 |
Willy Brandt | 1969–74 |
Helmut Schmidt | 1974–82 |
Helmut Kohl | 1982–90 |
First (or General) Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) | |
Walter Ulbricht | 1950–71 |
Erich Honecker | 1971–89 |
Egon Krenz*** | 1989 |
Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany (reunited Germany) | |
Helmut Kohl | 1990–98 |
Gerhard Schröder | 1998–2005 |
Angela Merkel | 2005–21 |
Olaf Scholz | 2021– |