Vice-Chancellor of Germany

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The '''vice-chancellor of Germany''', officially the '''deputy to the federal chancellor''' ({{Langx|de|Stellvertreter des Bundeskanzlers}}), is the second highest ranking [[German cabinet]] member. The [[Chancellor of Germany|chancellor]] is the head of government and, according to the constitution, gives this title of deputy to one of the federal ministers. It is custom that the title is given to a minister of the largest coalition partner, since 1966 typically the [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|foreign minister]]. Since 2011, the [[Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection|minister for economic affairs]] has held the title most often.

In everyday politics, being vice-chancellor is considered more of an honorary title. The vice-chancellor may head cabinet meetings when the chancellor is absent. The function of vice-chancellor is to use the specific constitutional powers of the chancellor in case that the chancellor is unable to perform their duties. This kind of substitution has never been made use of in the history of the Federal Republic. Should a chancellor resign, die or be permanently unable to perform the duties of office, the vice-chancellor does not automatically become the next chancellor. In such a case the [[President of Germany|Federal President]] assigns a minister to serve as [[Acting (law)|acting]] chancellor until the [[Bundestag]] (parliament) elects a new chancellor.<ref>Ute Mager, in: von Münch/Kunig: Grundgesetz-Kommentar II, 5. Auflage 2001, Rn. 10/11 zu Art. 69.</ref>

Although {{Lang|de|Stellvertreter}} is the constitutional term, '''vice-chancellor''' ({{Lang|de|Vizekanzler}}) is used more commonly. ''[[Chancellor]]'' ({{Lang|de|Kanzler}}) is the traditional term for the German head of government since 1867/71. A general deputy was introduced by law in 1878 ({{Lang|de|Stellvertretungsgesetz}}). In the [[Weimar Republic]] of 1919–1933, the office of {{Lang|de|Vizekanzler}} was mentioned in the internal regulation of the government. The current title has existed since the constitution of 1949.

[[Lars Klingbeil]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany |Social Democratic Party]]) is the current officeholder since 6 May 2025.

== History == {{Politics of Germany}} Such an office was initially established by the 1878 {{Lang|de|Stellvertretungsgesetz}} (Deputation Act), which provided for the imperial chancellor appointing a deputy, officially known as {{Lang|de|Allgemeiner Stellvertreter des Reichskanzlers}} (General Deputy to the Imperial Chancellor). In addition to the general deputy, who could sign for all the affairs of the chancellor, the chancellor could appoint deputies with limited responsibilities. The act was revised on 28 October 1918, when the possibility of appointing deputies with limited responsibilities was removed and the vice-chancellor was given the right to appear before parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.documentarchiv.de/ksr/1878/reichskanzler-stellvertretung_ges.html|title=Gesetz, betreffend die Stellvertretung des Reichskanzlers ["Stellvertretungsgesetz"] (17.03.1878)|website=www.documentarchiv.de|language=German|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

In the Weimar Republic, the office was considered less important. It was not even mentioned in the constitution. Usually it was held by the minister of justice or the interior. The most known office holder is [[Franz von Papen]], a former chancellor who formed a coalition government of national socialists and conservatives. [[Adolf Hitler]] became chancellor, and Papen vice-chancellor. It became soon obvious that the position of vice-chancellor provided no powers and was unsuited to constrain Hitler. Papen was convinced that him being trusted by president Hindenburg made him an important political player; soon, Hindenburg's trust went from Papen to Hitler.

In the Federal Republic (since 1949), the chancellors have had no interest in allowing the deputy to use the title for self-promotion.<ref>Roman Herzog, in: Maunz/Dürig: Kommentar zum Grundgesetz, 2008, Art. 69, Rn. 9.</ref> Since 1966 it became customary that the coalition partner of the governing party received the ministry of foreign affairs, who was also appointed deputy. The ministry of foreign affairs was considered to be the most important cabinet post besides the chancellorship. This tradition faded away during the [[Chancellorship of Angela Merkel|tenure of Angela Merkel]], partially because the leaders of her coalition partners chose a different ministry.

== Office and appointment mechanism == The German cabinet consists of the chancellor and the federal ministers. According to the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|Basic Law]] (Article 69.1), the chancellor appoints one of the [[Cabinet of Germany|ministers]] as vice-chancellor. In contrast to the appointment of a cabinet minister, there is no need for a formal appointment by the president. The appointment is an exclusive power of the chancellor.

The chancellor is theoretically free to choose a deputy chancellor. In practice, a German government is usually based on a coalition of two or more parties and the chancellor gives the title to a minister of the second largest coalition party upon recommendation of that party's leadership.

The German vice-chancellor can be regarded as the equivalent of a [[deputy prime minister]] in other parliamentary systems. Unlike the vice president post in presidential systems of governments, the German vice-chancellor is not the automatic successor in the event that a sitting chancellor suddenly leaves office.

A German cabinet exists only as long as the current chancellor is in office. The end of a chancellor's term in office (either by death or resignation or the first meeting of a newly elected Bundestag) automatically terminates the office of any minister. If this happens, the [[president of Germany]] appoints the former chancellor or, if this is not possible, one of the former cabinet ministers (not necessarily, but most likely the former vice-chancellor) as acting chancellor, until the parliament elects a new chancellor.<ref>Georg Hermes, in: Horst Dreier (Hrsg.) Grundgesetz-Kommentar, Band 2, 2. Auflage 2006, Art. 69, Rn. 7, 17-19.</ref> When in 1974 Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]] resigned and refused to remain in office until his successor's election, President [[Gustav Heinemann]] ensured a corresponding precedent and appointed former vice-chancellor [[Walter Scheel]] as acting chancellor.

The Basic Law does not state who shall perform the chancellor's powers and duties, if both the chancellor and the vice-chancellor are unable to do so. The German cabinet's rules of procedure state that in absence of both office-holders cabinet meetings shall be chaired by a cabinet member designated for this purpose by either the chancellor or the vice-chancellor or, if such a designation has not taken place or if the designee is not able to do so, by the present cabinet member with the longest uninterrupted membership in the federal government (§22.1).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/geschaeftsordnung-der-bundesregierung-459846|title=Geschäftsordnung der Bundesregierung|access-date=2020-03-23|archive-date=2021-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210155332/https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/geschaeftsordnung-der-bundesregierung-459846|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is however unclear, whether this provision extends to other powers of the office of chancellor. In an expertise issued by the Bundestag's scientific service in 2014, the legal opinion is that this is the case.<ref>Wissenschaftlicher Dienst des Bundestages. Sachstand. Vertretungsregelungen für das Amt des Bundeskanzlers und des Bundespräsidenten (AZ: WD 3-3000-016/14), p. 3–4.</ref>

== List of vice-chancellors ==

=== German Reich (1871–1945) ===

==== German Empire (1871–1918) ==== '''Political party:''' {{legend2|{{party color|Free Conservative Party}}|[[Free Conservative Party|FKP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Progressive People's Party (Germany)}}|[[Progressive People's Party (Germany)|FVP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

==== Weimar Republic (1918–1933) ==== '''Political party:''' {{legend2|{{party color|German Democratic Party}}|[[German Democratic Party|DDP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}|[[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|German People's Party}}|[[German People's Party|DVP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|German National People's Party}}|[[German National People's Party|DNVP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

==== Nazi Germany (1933–1945) ==== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! class="unsortable" | Portrait ! Name ! data-sort-type="date" | Term start ! data-sort-type="date" | Term end ! Days ! Party ! Portfolio ! Other positions ! class="unsortable" | ! Cabinet |- ! colspan="15"| The deputy to the chancellor of the Reich |- ! style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};" | 12 | [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S00017, Franz von Papen crop.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Franz von Papen]]''' {{small|(1879–1969)}} | 30 January 1933 | 7 August 1934 | {{age in days|1933|1|30|1934|8|7}} | Non-partisan | | [[Minister President of Prussia]] {{small|(until 10 April 1933)}} | style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}}; color:white" | | [[Hitler cabinet|Hitler]] |- | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=15 | ''From 7 August 1934 until 20 September 1949, the office of the vice-chancellor of Germany was abolished''. |}

=== Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present) === '''Political party:''' {{legend2|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|CDU/CSU}}|[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend2|{{party color|Alliance '90/The Greens}}|[[Alliance '90/The Greens|Green]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! class="unsortable" | Portrait ! Name ! data-sort-type="date" | Term start ! data-sort-type="date" | Term end ! Days ! Party ! Portfolio ! class="unsortable" | ! Cabinet |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 1 | [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P001512, Franz Blücher 2.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Franz Blücher]]''' {{small|(1896–1959)}} | 20 September 1949 | 29 October 1957 | {{age in days|1949|9|20|1957|10|29}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] {{small|(until 1956)}} [[Free People's Party (Germany)|FVP]] {{small|(1956–57)}} [[German Party (1947)|DP]] {{small|(1957–)}} | [[Federal Ministry of Matters of the Marshall Plan|Marshall Plan]] {{small|(later renamed to ''Economic Cooperation'')}} | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Adenauer I|Adenauer I]] • [[Second Adenauer cabinet|II]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | 2 | [[File:Einde bezoek bondskanselier dr Ludwig Erhard en gaf persconferentie in het Haag, Bestanddeelnr 916-1325 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Ludwig Erhard]]''' {{small|(1897–1977)}} | 29 October 1957 | 16 October 1963 | {{age in days|1957|10|29|1963|10|16}} | [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] | [[Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)|Economic Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Third Adenauer cabinet|Adenauer III]] • [[Fourth Adenauer cabinet|IV]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 3 | [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-87989-0060, Erich Mende.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Erich Mende]]''' {{small|(1916–1998)}} | 17 October 1963 | 28 October 1966 | {{age in days|1963|10|17|1966|10|28}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] | [[Minister of Intra-German Relations|Intra-German Relations]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[First Erhard cabinet|Erhard I]] • [[Second Erhard cabinet|II]] |- | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=10 | ''The office was vacant from 28 October to 8 November 1966.'' |- ! style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | 4 | [[File:Einweihung des Mosel-Schiffahrtsweges 1964, Seebohm-MK060 RGB (cropped).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Hans-Christoph Seebohm]]''' {{small|(1903–1967)}} | 8 November 1966 | 1 December 1966 | {{age in days|1966|11|8|1966|11|30}} | [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] | [[Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (Germany)|Transport]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Second Erhard cabinet|Erhard II]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | 5 | [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F057884-0009, Willy Brandt.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Willy Brandt]]''' {{small|(1913–1992)}} | 1 December 1966 | 22 October 1969 | {{age in days|1966|12|1|1969|10|20}} | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] | [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Kiesinger|Kiesinger]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 6 | [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-047-20, Walter Scheel.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Walter Scheel]]''' {{small|(1919–2016)}} | 22 October 1969 | 16 May 1974 | {{age in days|1969|10|21|1974|5|16}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] | [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Brandt I|Brandt I]] • [[Cabinet Brandt II|II]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 7 | [[File:Bundesarchiv FDP-Bundesparteitag, Genscher.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]''' {{small|(1927–2016)}} {{small|First term}} | 17 May 1974 | 17 September 1982 | {{age in days|1974|5|17|1982|9|17}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] | [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Schmidt I|Schmidt I]] • [[Second Schmidt cabinet|II]] • [[Third Schmidt cabinet|III]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | 8 | [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F048636-0022, Dortmund, SPD-Parteitag, Egon Franke (cropped).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Egon Franke (politician)|Egon Franke]]''' {{small|(1913–1995)}} | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | {{age in days|1982|9|17|1982|10|1}} | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] | [[Minister of Intra-German Relations|Intra-German Relations]] | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | | [[Third Schmidt cabinet|Schmidt III]] |- | style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=10 | ''The office was vacant from 1 October to 4 October 1982.'' |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 9 {{small|(7)}} | [[File:Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1989).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]''' {{small|(1927–2016)}} {{small|Second term}} | 4 October 1982 | 18 May 1992 | {{age in days|1982|10|1|1992|5|17}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] | [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Kohl I|Kohl I]] • [[Cabinet Kohl II|II]] • [[Cabinet Kohl III|III]] • [[Cabinet Kohl IV|IV]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 10 | [[File:Jürgen Möllemann 2002 (cropped).jpeg|60px]] | '''[[Jürgen Möllemann]]''' {{small|(1945–2003)}} | 18 May 1992 | 21 January 1993 | {{age in days|1992|5|18|1993|1|21}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] | [[Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)|Economic Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Kohl IV|Kohl IV]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 11 | [[File:German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel (3x4).jpg|80x80px]] | '''[[Klaus Kinkel]]''' {{small|(1936–2019)}} | 21 January 1993 | 27 October 1998 | {{age in days|1993|1|21|1998|10|26}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] | [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Kohl IV|Kohl IV]] • [[Cabinet Kohl V|V]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Alliance '90/The Greens}};" | 12 | [[File:Fischer und Paul Wolfowitz (Headshot).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Joschka Fischer]]''' {{small|(born 1948)}} | 27 October 1998 | 22 November 2005 | {{age in days|1998|10|27|2005|11|22}} | [[Alliance '90/The Greens|Green]] | [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Schröder I|Schröder I]] • [[Cabinet Schröder II|II]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | 13 | [[File:FranzMüntefering mw1.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Franz Müntefering]]''' {{small|(born 1940)}} | 22 November 2005 | 21 November 2007 | {{age in days|2005|11|22|2007|11|21}} | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] | [[Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Germany)|Labour and Social Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Merkel I|Merkel I]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | 14 | [[File:Frank-Walter Steinmeier Feb 2014 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]]''' {{small|(born 1956)}} | 21 November 2007 | 27 October 2009 | {{age in days|2007|11|21|2009|10|27}} | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] | [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Merkel I|Merkel I]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 15 | [[File:Guido westerwelle.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Guido Westerwelle]]''' {{small|(1961–2016)}} | 27 October 2009 | 16 May 2011 | {{age in days|2009|10|28|2011|5|16}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] | [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Merkel II|Merkel II]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}};" | 16 | [[File:Roesler-klein.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Philipp Rösler]]''' {{small|(born 1973)}} | 16 May 2011 | 17 December 2013 | {{age in days|2011|5|16|2013|12|17}} | [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] | [[Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)|Economic Affairs]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Cabinet Merkel II|Merkel II]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | 17 | [[File:Sigmar Gabriel (2013).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Sigmar Gabriel]]''' {{small|(born 1959)}} | 17 December 2013 | 14 March 2018 | {{age in days|2013|12|17|2018|3|14}} | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] | [[Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy|Economic Affairs]] (2013–17) [[Federal Foreign Office|Foreign Affairs]] (2017–18) | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Third Merkel Cabinet|Merkel III]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | 18 | [[File:Olaf Scholz September 2024.jpg|60px]] | '''[[Olaf Scholz]]''' {{small|(born 1958)}} | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | {{age in days|2018|3|14|2021|12|8}} | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] | [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Finance]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Fourth Merkel cabinet|Merkel IV]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Alliance '90/The Greens}};" | 19 | [[File:2021-12-07 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 20. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–018 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Robert Habeck]]''' {{small|(born 1969)}} | 8 December 2021 | 6 May 2025 | {{age in days|2021|12|8}} | [[Alliance '90/The Greens|Green]] | [[Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy|Economic Affairs and Climate Protection]] | style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | | [[Scholz cabinet|Scholz]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white" | 20 | [[File:2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–049 (cropped).jpg|60px]] | '''[[Lars Klingbeil]]''' {{small|(born 1978)}} | 6 May 2025 | ''Incumbent'' | {{age in days|2025|5|6}} | [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] | [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Finance]] | style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white" | | [[Merz cabinet|Merz]] |}

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bar:SWernigerode from: 01/06/1878 till: 20/06/1881 color:fkp text:"[[Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode]]" bar:Boetticher from: 20/06/1881 till: 01/07/1897 color:fkp text:"[[Karl Heinrich von Boetticher]]" bar:PWehner from: 01/07/1897 till: 24/06/1907 color:fkp text:"[[Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner]]" bar:BHollweg from: 24/06/1907 till: 14/07/1909 color:ind text:"[[Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg]]" bar:Delbrück from: 14/07/1909 till: 22/05/1916 color:ind text:"[[Clemens von Delbrück]]" bar:Helfferich from: 22/05/1916 till: 09/11/1917 color:ind text:"[[Karl Helfferich]]" bar:Payer from: 09/11/1917 till: 10/11/1918 color:fovp text:"[[Friedrich von Payer]]" bar:Schiffer from: 13/02/1919 till: 19/04/1919 color:ddp from: 03/10/1919 till: 27/03/1920 color:ddp text:"[[Eugen Schiffer]]" bar:Dernburg from: 30/04/1919 till: 21/06/1919 color:ddp text:"[[Bernhard Dernburg]]" bar:Erzberger from: 21/06/1919 till: 03/10/1919 color:dzp text:"[[Matthias Erzberger]]" bar:KWeser from: 27/03/1920 till: 21/06/1920 color:ddp text:"[[Erich Koch-Weser]]" bar:Heinze from: 25/06/1920 till: 10/05/1921 color:dvp text:"[[Rudolf Heinze]]" bar:Bauer from: 10/05/1921 till: 22/11/1922 color:spd text:"[[Gustav Bauer]]" bar:Schmidt from: 13/08/1923 till: 06/10/1923 color:spd text:"[[Robert Schmidt (German politician)|Robert Schmidt]]" bar:Jarres from: 30/11/1923 till: 15/12/1924 color:dvp text:"[[Karl Jarres]]" bar:Hergt from: 28/01/1927 till: 28/06/1928 color:dnvp text:"[[Oskar Hergt]]" bar:Dietrich from: 30/03/1930 till: 01/06/1932 color:ddp text:"[[Hermann Dietrich]]" bar:Papen from: 30/01/1933 till: 07/08/1934 color:ind text:"[[Franz von Papen]]" bar:Blücher from: 20/09/1949 till: 01/01/1956 color:fdp from: 01/01/1956 till: 01/01/1957 color:frvp from: 01/01/1957 till: 29/10/1957 color:dp text:"[[Franz Blücher]]" bar:Erhard from: 29/10/1957 till: 16/10/1963 color:cdu text:"[[Ludwig Erhard]]" bar:Mende from: 17/10/1963 till: 28/10/1966 color:fdp text:"[[Erich Mende]]" bar:Seebohm from: 08/11/1966 till: 01/12/1966 color:cdu text:"[[Hans-Christoph Seebohm]]" bar:Brandt from: 01/12/1966 till: 22/10/1969 color:spd text:"[[Willy Brandt]]" bar:Scheel from: 22/10/1969 till: 16/05/1974 color:fdp text:"[[Walter Scheel]]" bar:Genscher from: 17/05/1974 till: 17/09/1982 color:fdp from: 04/10/1982 till: 18/05/1992 color:fdp text:"[[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]" bar:Franke from: 17/09/1982 till: 01/10/1982 color:spd text:"[[Egon Franke (politician)|Egon Franke]] bar:Möllemann from: 18/05/1992 till: 21/01/1993 color:fdp text:"[[Jürgen Möllemann]]" bar:Kinkel from: 21/01/1993 till: 27/10/1998 color:fdp text:"[[Klaus Kinkel]]" bar:Fischer from: 27/10/1998 till: 22/11/2005 color:b90dg text:"[[Joschka Fischer]]" bar:Müntefering from: 22/11/2005 till: 21/11/2007 color:spd text:"[[Franz Müntefering]]" bar:Steinmeier from: 21/11/2007 till: 27/10/2009 color:spd text:"[[Frank-Walter Steinmeier]]" bar:Westerwelle from: 27/10/2009 till: 16/05/2011 color:fdp text:"[[Guido Westerwelle]]" bar:Rösler from: 16/05/2011 till: 17/12/2013 color:fdp text:"[[Philipp Rösler]]" bar:Gabriel from: 17/12/2013 till: 14/03/2018 color:spd text:"[[Sigmar Gabriel]]" bar:Scholz from: 14/03/2018 till: 08/12/2021 color:spd text:"[[Olaf Scholz]]" bar:Habeck from: 08/12/2021 till: 06/05/2025 color:b90dg text:"[[Robert Habeck]]" bar:Klingbeil from: 06/05/2025 till: $now color:spd text:"[[Lars Klingbeil]]"

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