Federal Presidents & Federal Chancellors
Federal Presidents
1949
1950
Federal Chancellors
1955
Theodor Heuss (FDP) 1949–1959
1960
Konrad Adenauer (CDU) 1949–1963
1965
Heinrich Luebke (CDU) 1959–1969
Ludwig Erhard (CDU) 1963–1966
Kurt Georg Kiesinger (CDU) 1966–1969
1970
Willy Brandt (SPD) 1969–1974
Gustav Heinemann (SPD) 1969–1974
1975
Walter Scheel (FDP) 1974–1979
1980
Helmut Schmidt (SPD) 1974–1982
Karl Carstens (CDU) 1979–1984
1985
1990
Richard v. Weizsaecker (CDU) 1984–1994
1995
Helmut Kohl (CDU) 1982–1998
Roman Herzog (CDU) 1994–1999
2000
Johannes Rau (SPD) 1999–2004
2005
Horst Koehler (CDU) 2004–2010
Gerhard Schroeder (SPD) 1998–2005
2010
Christian Wulff (CDU) 2010–2012
Joachim Gauck (no party) since 2012
2015
Angela Merkel (CDU) since 2005