List of all German chancellors

The following list contains in chronological order all the names of the German Federal Chancellors from the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany to the current Chancellor.

CDU (Chancellor from 1949 - 1963) Ludwig Erhard CDU (Chancellor from 1963 - 1966) Kurt G Kiesinger CDU (Chancellor from 1966 - 1868) Willy Brandt SPD (Chancellor from 1969 - 1974) Helmut Schmidt SPD (Chancellor from 1974 - 1982) Helmut Kohl CDU (Chancellor from 1982 - 1997) Gerhard Schroeder SPD (Chancellor from 1998 - 2005) Angela Merkel CDU (Chancellor since 2005)