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Chancellor

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

21Records
1848–2009Date range
17Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1848

Charles Anthony1848

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

1890

Georg Leo von Caprivi Caprara de MontecuccoliFebruary 1890

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Summoned to Berlin by Wilhelm II, Caprivi is informed that he is the Kaisers intended choice should Bismarck prove resistant to Wilhelms proposed changes to the Government

Georg Leo von Caprivi Caprara de Montecuccoli18 March 1890

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Imperial Chancellor

1894

Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst1894

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Imperial Chancellor of Germany

1900

Bernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von Furst1900

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

1909

Theobold von Bethmann Hollweg14 July 1909

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Imperial Chancellor of Germany

1917

Georg Michaelis14 July 1917

Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany as well as Minister President of Prussia

Georg von Hertling30 October 1917

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

1918

Friedrich Ebert9 November 1918

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Head of the Provisional Government. Appointed Chancellor of Germany, accepts Max von Badens offer

1932

Kurt von Schleicher6 November 1932

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Elections yield 33.1% for the Nazis, dropping 2 million voters, Franz von Papen steps down, and is succeeded by General Kurt von Schleicher as Reichskanzler

Kurt von Schleicher1932

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

Tries to split the NAZIs by appointing Strasser as his Vice Chancellor

1949

Konrad Adenauer14 August 1949

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

Konrad Adenauer1949

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

The CDU wins a majority in the elections to the Federal Parliament

1953

Konrad Adenauer20 October 1953

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor

1963

Ludwig Erhard1963

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor

1966

Kurt Georg Kiesinger1966

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

1969

Willy Brandt1969

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

1974

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt1974

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor

1982

Helmut Kohl1982

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 1st term

1998

Gerhard Schroder1998

Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Chancellor of Germany

2009

Angela Dorothea Merkel27 September 2009

Government / Government of Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel re-elected to 2nd term at head of new, centre-right coalition

Names involved

Angela Dorothea MerkelBernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von FurstCharles AnthonyFriedrich EbertGeorg Leo von Caprivi Caprara de MontecuccoliGeorg MichaelisGeorg von HertlingGerhard SchroderHelmut Heinrich Waldemar SchmidtHelmut KohlHohenlohe-SchillingsfurstKonrad AdenauerKurt Georg KiesingerKurt von SchleicherLudwig ErhardTheobold von Bethmann HollwegWilly Brandt

Provenance

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