Title: List of chancellors of Germany Content: The chancellor of Germany is the political leader of Germany. They choose all other members of the government and lead cabinet meetings. The office first started in the North German Confederation in 1867. Otto von Bismarck became the first chancellor. The unification of Germany and start of the German Empire in 1871 meant that the Confederation changed into a German country. Its leader was called chancellor of Germany. At first, the chancellor was only an advisor to the emperor. The emperor chose the chancellor. Later this changed. Under the 1919 Weimar Constitution, the elected President chose the chancellor. In Nazi Germany, politicians ignored the constitution. The chancellor became a dictator under Adolf Hitler. During Allied occupation, there was no chancellor in East or West Germany. This changed after the 1949 Basic Law. This made the chancellor the most important job in the government. The president became less important. == North German Confederation, (1867–1871) == The North German Confederation started after the German Confederation ended. This happened because Prussia won the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. The Prussian king chose the Chancellor. Political party  == Timeline == === 1867–1945 === ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:12 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late Colors = id:ind value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8) legend:Indep. id:zen value:darkblue legend:Zentrum id:spd value:red legend:SPD id:dvp value:yellow legend:DVP id:nsdap value:claret legend:NSDAP id:gray1 value:gray(0.8) id:gray2 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:1867 till:1945 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1870 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1867 Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:90 TextData = pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M text:"Political party:" BarData = bar:Bismarck bar:Caprivi bar:HSchillingsfurst bar:Bulow bar:BHollweg bar:Michaelis bar:Hertling bar:Baden bar:Ebert bar:Scheidemann bar:Bauer bar:Muller bar:Fehrenbach bar:Wirth bar:Cuno bar:Stresemann bar:Marx bar:Luther bar:Bruning bar:Papen bar:Schleicher bar:Hitler bar:Goebbels: bar:Krosigk PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till bar:Bismarck from: 01/07/1867 till: 20/03/1890 color:ind text:"Bismarck" fontsize:10 bar:Caprivi from: 20/03/1890 till: 26/10/1894 color:ind text:"von Caprivi" fontsize:10 bar:HSchillingsfurst from: 29/10/1894 till: 17/10/1900 color:ind text:"Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst" fontsize:10 bar:Bulow from: 17/10/1900 till: 14/07/1909 color:ind text:"von Bülow" fontsize:10 bar:BHollweg from: 14/07/1909 till: 12/07/1917 color:ind text:"Bethmann-Hollweg" fontsize:10 bar:Michaelis from: 14/07/1917 till: 01/11/1917 color:ind text:"Michaelis" fontsize:10 bar:Hertling from: 01/11/1917 till: 30/09/1918 color:zen text:"von Hertling" fontsize:10 bar:Baden from: 03/10/1918 till: 09/11/1918 color:ind text:"von Baden" fontsize:10 bar:Ebert from: 09/11/1918 till: 13/02/1919 color:red text:"Ebert" fontsize:10 bar:Scheidemann from: 13/02/1919 till: 20/06/1919 color:red text:"Scheidemann" fontsize:10 bar:Bauer from: 21/06/1919 till: 20/03/1920 color:red text:"Bauer" fontsize:10 bar:Muller from: 27/03/1920 till: 08/06/1920 color:red from: 28/06/1928 till: 27/03/1930 color:red text:"Müller" fontsize:10 bar:Fehrenbach from: 25/06/1920 till: 04/05/1921 color:zen text:"Fehrenbach" fontsize:10 bar:Wirth from: 10/05/1921 till: 14/11/1922 color:zen text:"Wirth" fontsize:10 bar:Cuno from: 22/11/1922 till: 12/06/1923 color:ind text:"Cuno" fontsize:10 bar:Stresemann from: 13/08/1923 till: 30/11/1923 color:dvp text:"Stresemann" fontsize:10 bar:Marx from: 30/11/1923 till: 15/01/1925 color:zen from: 17/05/1926 till: 12/06/1928 color:zen text:"Marx" fontsize:10 bar:Luther from: 15/01/1925 till: 12/05/1926 color:ind text:"Luther" fontsize:10 bar:Bruning from: 30/03/1930 till: 30/05/1932 color:zen text:"Brüning" fontsize:10 bar:Papen from: 01/06/1932 till: 17/11/1932 color:ind text:"von Papen" fontsize:10 bar:Schleicher from: 03/12/1932 till: 28/01/1933 color:ind text:"von Schleicher" fontsize:10 bar:Hitler from: 30/01/1933 till: 30/04/1945 color:nsdap text:"Hitler" fontsize:10 bar:Goebbels: from: 30/04/1945 till: 01/05/1945 color:nsdap text:"Goebbels" fontsize:10 bar:Krosigk from: 02/05/1945 till: 23/05/1945 color:nsdap text:"von Krosigk" fontsize:10 === Since 1949 === ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:12 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late Colors = id:ind value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8) id:cdu value:black legend:CDU id:spd value:red legend:SPD id:fdp value:yellow legend:FDP id:gray1 value:gray(0.8) id:gray2 value:gray(0.9) DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1949 till:01/01/2024 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1950 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1950 Legend = columns:1 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:90 TextData = pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M text:"Political party:" BarData = barset:PM PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:PM from: 20/09/1949 till: 11/10/1963 color:cdu text:"Adenauer" fontsize:10 from: 17/10/1963 till: 30/11/1966 color:cdu text:"Erhard" fontsize:10 from: 01/12/1966 till: 21/10/1969 color:cdu text:"Kiesinger" fontsize:10 from: 22/10/1969 till: 07/05/1974 color:spd text:"Brandt" fontsize:10 from: 07/05/1974 till: 16/05/1974 color:fdp text:"Scheel" fontsize:10 from: 16/05/1974 till: 07/10/1982 color:spd text:"Schmidt" fontsize:10 from: 01/10/1982 till: 27/10/1998 color:cdu text:"Kohl" fontsize:10 from: 27/10/1998 till: 22/11/2005 color:spd text:"Schröder" fontsize:10 from: 22/11/2005 till: 08/12/2021 color:cdu text:"Merkel" fontsize:10 from: 08/12/2021 till: end color:spd text:"Scholz" fontsize:10