# List of spouses of presidents and chancellors of Germany

This is a list of spouses of the president of Germany and the chancellor of Germany.

## Spouses of the heads of state since 1919
### German Reich (1919–1945)

| Name | Relation to president |
| Louise Ebert | wife of President Friedrich Ebert |
| Eva Hitler | wife of Führer and Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler (one day, prior to their suicide) |
| Ingeborg Dönitz | wife of President Karl Dönitz |

### German Democratic Republic (East Germany, 1949–1990)

| Name | Relation to head of state |
| Lotte Ulbricht | wife of Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht |
| Marianne Stoph (née Wiegank) Alice Stoph (née Lütgens) | wife of Chairman of the State Council Willy Stoph |
| Margot Honecker | wife of Chairman of the State Council Erich Honecker |
| Erika Krenz | wife of Chairman of the State Council Egon Krenz |
| Brigitte Gerlach | wife of Chairman of the State Council Manfred Gerlach |
| Jürgen Bergmann | husband of acting head of state Sabine Bergmann-Pohl |

### Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

| Name | Relation to president |
| Elly Heuss | wife of President Theodor Heuss |
| Wilhelmine Lübke | wife of President Heinrich Lübke |
| Hilda Heinemann | wife of President Gustav Heinemann |
| Mildred Scheel | wife of President Walter Scheel |
| Veronica Carstens | wife of President Karl Carstens |
| Marianne von Weizsäcker | wife of President Richard von Weizsäcker |
| Christiane Herzog | wife of President Roman Herzog |
| Christina Rau | wife of President Johannes Rau |
| Eva Köhler | wife of President Horst Köhler |
| Bettina Wulff | wife of President Christian Wulff |
| Daniela Schadt | domestic partner of President Joachim Gauck |
| Elke Büdenbender | wife of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier |

## Spouses of the heads of government
### German Reich (1871–1945)

| Image | Name | Relation to chancellor |
| German Empire (1871–1918) |||
| | Princess Johanna von Bismarck | Wife of Prince Otto von Bismarck |
| | – | Count Leo von Caprivi unmarried during office |
| | Princess Marie zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | Wife of Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
| | Princess Maria von Bülow | Wife of Prince Bernhard von Bülow |
| | Martha von Bethmann Hollweg | Wife of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg |
| | Margarete Michaelis | Wife of Georg Michaelis |
| | Countess Anna von Hertling | Wife of Count Georg von Hertling |
| | Princess Marie Louise of Hanover | Wife of Prince Maximilian of Baden |
| Weimar Republic (1918–1933) |||
| | Louise Ebert | Wife of Friedrich Ebert |
| | Johanna Scheidemann | wife of Philipp Scheidemann |
| | Hedwig Bauer | wife of Gustav Bauer |
| | Gottliebe Müller | wife of Hermann Müller (1st term) |
| | Marie Fehrenbach | wife of Constantin Fehrenbach |
| | – | Joseph Wirth unmarried during office |
| | Martha née Wirtz | wife of Wilhelm Cuno |
| | Käte Stresemann | wife of Gustav Stresemann |
| | Johanna Marx | wife of Wilhelm Marx (1st term) |
| | – | Hans Luther unmarried during office |
| | Johanna Marx | wife of Wilhelm Marx (2nd term) |
| | Gottliebe Müller | wife of Hermann Müller (2nd term) |
| | – | Heinrich Brüning unmarried during office |
| | Martha von Boch-Galhau | wife of Franz von Papen |
| | Elisabeth von Schleicher | wife of Kurt von Schleicher |
| Nazi Germany (1933–1945) |||
| | Eva Hitler | wife of Adolf Hitler (one day, prior to their suicide) |
| | Magda Goebbels | wife of Joseph Goebbels |
| | Ehrengard Freiin von Plettenberg | wife of Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk |

### German Democratic Republic (East Germany, 1949–1990)

| Name | Relation to Head of Government |
| Marie Martha Louise Grotewohl (née Ohst) Johanna Groteohl (formerly Schumann, née Danielzig) | wife of Minister-President Otto Grotewohl |
| Marianne Stoph (née Wiegank) Alice Stoph (née Lütgens) | wife of Chairman of the Council of Ministers Willi Stoph |
| Inge Sindermann (née Locke) | wife of Chairman of the Council of Ministers Horst Sindermann |
| Marianne Stoph (née Wiegank) Alice Stoph (née Lütgens) | wife of Chairman of the Council of Ministers Willi Stoph |
| Annemarie Modrow (née Straubing) | wife of Chairman of the Council of Ministers Hans Modrow |
| Ilse de Maizière (née N.N.) Marianne Strodt | wife of Minister-President Lothar de Maizière |

### Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)

| Name | Relation to chancellor |
| Auguste Adenauer († 1948) | Konrad Adenauer widowed during office |
| Luise Erhard | wife of Ludwig Erhard |
| Marie-Luise Kiesinger | wife of Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
| Rut Brandt | wife of Willy Brandt |
| Hannelore Schmidt | wife of Helmut Schmidt |
| Hannelore Kohl | wife of Helmut Kohl |
| Doris Schröder-Köpf | wife of Gerhard Schröder |
| Joachim Sauer | husband of Angela Merkel |
| Britta Ernst | wife of Olaf Scholz |