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The office was created in the North German Confederation in 1867, [3] when Otto von Bismarck became the first chancellor. With the unification of Germany and establishment of the German Empire in 1871, the Confederation evolved into a German nation-state and its leader became known as the chancellor of Germany. [4]
This is a list of chancellors of Germany by time in office from 1867 to 2021, including the Federal Republic of Germany and its predecessors. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
Chancellor Vice Chancellor Cabinet Parties Seats 1980–1982 Helmut Schmidt: Hans-Dietrich Genscher: Schmidt III: SPD: 271 of 497 FDP: 1982–1983: Helmut Kohl: Hans-Dietrich Genscher: Kohl I: CDU: 279 of 497 FDP: CSU
In March 2010, Infratest dimap asked 1500 people for their view of the term in office of German chancellors. The given numbers show the percentage of people agreeing with the statement that the named chancellor was a good one: [5] Helmut Schmidt – 75%; Willy Brandt – 68%; Angela Merkel – 67%; Helmut Kohl – 59%; Gerhard Schröder – 47%
List of past ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany (1945–present) Konrad Adenauer, CDU (1949-1963 Chancellor) Hans Apel, SPD (1974–1978 Finance, 1978–1982 Defense) Walter Arendt, SPD; Annalena Baerbock, German Green Party (since 2021 Foreign Affairs) Egon Bahr, SPD; Rainer Barzel, CDU (1962–1963 and 1982–1983 Inner-German affairs)
Germany was ruled by monarchs from the beginning of division of the Frankish Empire in August 843 to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in August 1806. [1] [2] [3] During most of 19th century, independent German principalities were organized into various confederations, such as the Confederation of the Rhine dominated by Napoleon (1806-1913) and the German Confederation created by the ...
Since 1996, Germany has marked January 27 as a day to remember the horrors of the Holocaust. On that day in 1945, Soviet Red Army troops liberated some 7,000 prisoners at Auschwitz in German ...
The Federal Chancellery [2] (German: Bundeskanzleramt, pronounced [bʊndəsˈkant͡slɐˌʔamt] ⓘ) is a German federal agency serving the executive office of the chancellor of Germany, the head of the federal government, currently Olaf Scholz. The Chancellery's primary function is to assist the chancellor in coordinating the activities of the ...