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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.

The office was created in the North German Confederation in 1867, when Otto von Bismarck became the first Chancellor. With the Unification of Germany in 1871, the Confederation evolved into a German nation-state and the office became known as the Chancellor of Germany. Bismarck, who was Chancellor until 1890, is the longest-serving Chancellor to this date.

Originally, the Chancellor was only responsible to the Emperor. This changed with the constitutional reform in 1918, when the Parliament was given the right to dismiss the Chancellor. Under the 1919 Weimar Constitution the Chancellors were to be appointed by the President, but were responsible to Parliament. The consitution was set aside during the 1933–1945 Nazi dictatorship. The 1949 German constitution made the Chancellor the most important office in the country, while diminishing the role of the President.

North German Confederation (1867–1871)

Picture	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	Prince Otto von Bismarck	1 July 1867	16 April 1890

German Empire (1871–1918)

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Prince Otto von Bismarck	21 March 1871	20 March 1890
Count Leo von Caprivi	20 March 1890	26 October 1894
Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst	29 October 1894	17 October 1900
Prince Bernhard von Bülow	17 October 1900	14 July 1909
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg	14 July 1909	13 July 1917
Georg Michaelis	14 July 1917	1 November 1917
Count Georg von Hertling	1 November 1917	30 September 1918
Prince Maximilian of Baden	3 October 1918	9 November 1918
Friedrich Ebert	9 November 1918	11 February 1919	Social Democrats

Revolutionary period (1918–1919)

On 9 November 1918, Chancellor Max von Baden handed over his office to Friedrich Ebert. Ebert continued to serve as Head of Government during the three months between the end of the German Empire in November 1918 and the first gathering of the National Assembly in February 1919, but did not use the title of Chancellor.

During that time, Ebert also served as Chairman of the Council of the People's Delegates, until 29 December 1918 together with the Independent Social Democrat Hugo Haase.

Weimar Republic (1919–1933)

Picture	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days in office	Party
	Philipp Scheidemann (Reichsministerpräsident)	13 February 1919	20 June 1919	127	Social Democrats
	Gustav Bauer (Reichskanzler since 14 August)	21 June 1919	26 March 1920	279	Social Democrats
60px	Hermann Müller (1st term)	27 March 1920	8 June 1920	73	Social Democrats
	Konstantin Fehrenbach	25 June 1920	4 May 1921	313	Centre
	Joseph Wirth	10 May 1921	14 November 1922	553	Centre
	Wilhelm Cuno	22 November 1922	12 August 1923	263
	Gustav Stresemann	13 August 1923	30 November 1923	109	German People's Party
	Wilhelm Marx (1st term)	30 November 1923	15 January 1925	412	Centre
	Hans Luther	15 January 1925	12 May 1926	482
	Wilhelm Marx (2nd term)	17 May 1926	12 June 1928	757	Centre
60px	Hermann Müller (2nd term)	28 June 1928	27 March 1930	637	Social Democrats
	Heinrich Brüning	30 March 1930	30 May 1932	792	Centre
	Franz von Papen	1 June 1932	17 November 1932	169
	Kurt von Schleicher	2 December 1932	28 January 1933	57

Third Reich (1933–1945)

Picture	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	Adolf Hitler ("Führer (leader, i.e. head of state) and Chancellor" from 1934)	30 January 1933	30 April 1945	National Socialists
	Joseph Goebbels (appointed by Hitler)	30 April 1945	1 May 1945	National Socialists
60px	Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (Leading Minister of the Flensburg government)	2 May 1945	8 May, or 23 May, or 5 June 1945	None (non-partisan conservative)

Federal Republic (since 1949)

Picture	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	Konrad Adenauer	15 September 1949	16 October 1963	Christian Democrats
60px	Ludwig Erhard	16 October 1963	1 December 1966	Christian Democrats
File:Foto KGKiesinger.jpg	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	1 December 1966	21 October 1969	Christian Democrats
	Willy Brandt	21 October 1969	7 May 1974	Social Democrats
	Walter Scheel (acting)	7 May 1974	16 May 1974	Free Democrats
	Helmut Schmidt	16 May 1974	1 October 1982	Social Democrats
	Helmut Kohl	1 October 1982	27 October 1998	Christian Democrats
	Gerhard Schröder	27 October 1998	22 November 2005	Social Democrats
	Angela Merkel	22 November 2005	Present	Christian Democrats