List of German presidents and chancellors by age

This is a list of German Presidents (since 1919) and Chancellors (since 1871) by age at death.

Where the person in question is still alive, the age is worked out up to .

 Presidents 
 Rank President Date of Birth Date of Death Longevity (Years/Days) 1  Walter Scheel  8 July 1919 24 August 201697 years, 47 days 2  Richard von Weizsäcker  15 April 1920  31 January 2015  94 years, 291 days 3  Karl Dönitz  16 September 1891  24 December 1980  89 years, 99 days 4  Paul von Hindenburg  2 October 1847  2 August 1934  86 years, 304 days 5  Roman Herzog  5 April 1934  10 January 2017  82 years, 280 days 6  Theodor Heuss  31 January 1884  12 December 1963  79 years, 315 days 7  Joachim Gauck  24 January 1940    8  Heinrich Lübke  14 October 1894  6 April 1972  77 years, 175 days 9  Karl Carstens  14 December 1914  30 May 1992  77 years, 168 days 10  Gustav Heinemann  23 July 1899  7 July 1976  76 years, 350 days 11  Horst Köhler  22 February 1943    12  Johannes Rau  16 January 1931  27 January 2006 75 years, 11 days 13  Frank-Walter Steinmeier  5 January 1956    14  Christian Wulff  19 June 1959    15  Friedrich Ebert  4 February 1871  28 February 1925  54 years, 24 days

 Chancellors 
 Rank Chancellor Date of Birth Date of Death Longevity (Years/Days) 1  Helmut Schmidt  23 December 1918  10 November 2015  96 years, 322 days 2  Konrad Adenauer  5 January 1876  19 April 1967  91 years, 104 days 3  Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk  22 August 1887 4 March 1977 89 years, 194 days 4  Franz von Papen  29 October 1879 2 May 1969  89 years, 185 days 5  Helmut Kohl  3 April 1930  16 June 2017  87 years, 74 days 6  Heinrich Brüning  26 November 1885  30 March 1970  84 years, 124 days 7  Kurt Georg Kiesinger  6 April 1904  9 March 1988  83 years, 338 days 8  Wilhelm Marx  15 January 1863  5 August 1946  83 years, 202 days 9  Otto von Bismarck 1 April 181530 July 189883 years, 120 days 10  Hans Luther  10 March 1879  11 May 1962 83 years, 62 days 11  Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 31 March 1819 6 July 1901 82 years, 97 days 12  Bernhard von Bülow 3 May 1849 28 October 1929 80 years, 178 days 13  Ludwig Erhard  4 February 1897  5 May 1977  80 years, 90 days 14  Georg Michaelis  8 September 1857  24 July 1936  78 years, 320 days 15  Willy Brandt  18 December 1913  8 October 1992  78 years, 295 days 16  Joseph Wirth  6 September 1879  3 January 1956  76 years, 119 days 17  Georg von Hertling  31 August 1843  4 January 1919  75 years, 126 days 18  Gustav Bauer  6 January 1870  16 September 1944  74 years, 254 days 19  Philipp Scheidemann  26 July 1865  29 November 1939  74 years, 126 days 20  Constantin Fehrenbach  11 January 1852  26 March 1926  74 years, 74 days 21  Gerhard Schröder  7 April 1944    22  Leo von Caprivi  24 February 1831  6 February 1899 67 years, 347 days 23  Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 29 November 1856 1 January 1921 64 years, 33 days 24  Angela Merkel  17 July 1954    25  Maximilian von Baden  10 July 1867  6 November 1929  62 years, 119 days 26  Wilhelm Cuno  2 July 1876  3 January 1933  56 years, 185 days 27  Adolf Hitler  20 April 1889 30 April 1945 56 years, 10 days 28  Hermann Müller  18 May 1876  20 March 1931  54 years, 306 days 29  Friedrich Ebert  4 February 1871  28 February 1925  54 years, 24 days 30  Kurt von Schleicher  7 April 1882 30 June 1934 52 years, 84 days 31  Gustav Stresemann  10 May 1878  3 October 1929  51 years, 146 days

Presidents by age
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