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Germany: Heads of Government: 1949-2024

Bundeskanzler
20 Sep 1949 - 15 Oct 1963 Konrad Adenauer
16 Oct 1963 - 1 Dec 1966 Ludwig Erhard
1 Dec 1966 - 21 Oct 1969 Kurt Georg Kiesinger
21 Oct 1969 - 7 May 1974 Willy Brandt
7 May 1974 - 16 May 1974 vacant [1]
16 May 1974 - 1 Oct 1982 Helmut Schmidt
1 Oct 1982 - 27 Oct 1998 Helmut Kohl
27 Oct 1998 - 22 Nov 2005 Gerhard Schröder
Bundeskanzlerin  
22 Nov 2005 - 8 Dec 2021 Angela Dorothea Merkel, geb. Kasner
Bundeskanzler
8 Dec 2021 - Olaf Scholz

[1] Designated substitute without formal appointment to the office: Walter Scheel