List of Presidents of Germany
Federal Republic of Germany (from 1949)

List of Presidents of Germany

Section Title: Federal Republic of Germany (from 1949)
Table Section Text: None

№	Bundespräsident	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Election

–	Karl Arnold	Karl Arnold (1901–1958) Acting	7 September 1949	12 September 1949	5 days	CDU	–

1	Theodor Heuss	Theodor Heuss (1884–1963)	13 September 1949	12 September 1959	9 years, 364 days	FDP	1949 1954

2	Heinrich Lübke	Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972)	13 September 1959	30 June 1969 (resigned)	9 years, 290 days	CDU	1959 1964

3	Gustav Heinemann	Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976)	1 July 1969	30 June 1974	4 years, 364 days	SPD	1969

4	Walter Scheel	Walter Scheel (1919–2016)	1 July 1974	30 June 1979	4 years, 364 days	FDP	1974

5	Karl Carstens	Karl Carstens (1914–1992)	1 July 1979	30 June 1984	4 years, 365 days	CDU	1979

6	Richard von Weizsäcker	Richard von Weizsäcker (1920–2015)	1 July 1984	30 June 1994	9 years, 364 days	CDU	1984 1989

7	Roman Herzog	Roman Herzog (1934–2017)	1 July 1994	30 June 1999	4 years, 364 days	CDU	1994

8	Johannes Rau	Johannes Rau (1931–2006)	1 July 1999	30 June 2004	4 years, 365 days	SPD	1999

9	Horst Köhler	Horst Köhler (born 1943)	1 July 2004	31 May 2010 (resigned)	5 years, 334 days	CDU	2004 2009

–	Jens Böhrnsen	Jens Böhrnsen (born 1949) Acting	31 May 2010	30 June 2010	30 days	SPD	–

10	Christian Wulff	Christian Wulff (born 1959)	30 June 2010	17 February 2012 (resigned)	1 year, 232 days	CDU	2010

–	Horst Seehofer	Horst Seehofer (born 1949) Acting	17 February 2012	18 March 2012	30 days	CSU	–

11	Joachim Gauck	Joachim Gauck (born 1940)	18 March 2012	18 March 2017	5 years, 0 days	Independent	2012

12	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	Frank-Walter Steinmeier (born 1956)	18 March 2017	Incumbent	2 years, 28 days	SPD	2017

Sentence(s)

Theodor Heuss (1884 – 1963) was a German liberal politician who served as the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1959.

final_sentence: Theodor Heuss (1884 – 1963) was a German liberal politician who served as the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1959.