List of German Chancellors by longevity

This is a list of German Chancellors since 1871 by longevity. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to .

Rank

Chancellor

Date of Birth

Date of Death

Longevity (Years/Days)

1

Konrad Adenauer

January 5 1876

April 19 1967

91y 104d

2

Franz von Papen

October 29 1879

May 2 1969

89y 185d

3

Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk

August 22 1887

March 4 1977

89y 167d

4

Helmut Schmidt

December 23 1918

89y }}d

5

Heinrich Brüning

November 26 1885

March 30 1970

84y 124d

6

Kurt Georg Kiesinger

April 6 1904

March 9 1988

83y 338d

7

Wilhelm Marx

January 15 1863

August 5 1946

83y 202d

8

Otto von Bismarck

April 1 1815

July 30 1898

83y 120d

9

Hans Luther

10 March 1879

11 May 1962

83y 62d

10

Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

31 March 1819

6 July 1901

82y 97d

11

Bernhard von Bülow

May 3 1849

October 28 1929

80y 178d

12

Ludwig Erhard

February 4 1897

May 5 1977

80y 90d

13

Georg Michaelis

September 8 1857

July 24 1936

78y 320d

14

Willy Brandt

December 18 1913

October 8 1992

78y 295d

15

Helmut Kohl

April 3 1930

77y }}d

16

Joseph Wirth

September 6 1879

January 3 1956

76y 119d

17

Georg von Hertling

August 31 1843

January 4 1919

75y 126d

18

Gustav Bauer

January 6 1870

September 16 1944

74y 254d

19

Philipp Scheidemann

July 26 1865

November 29 1939

74y 126d

20

Konstantin Fehrenbach

January 11 1852

March 26 1926

74y 74d

21

Leo von Caprivi

February 24 1831

February 6 1899

67y 347d

22

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

November 29 1856

January 1 1921

64y 33d

23

Gerhard Schröder

April 7 1944

63y }}d

24

Maximilian of Baden

July 10 1867

November 6 1929

62y 119d

25

Wilhelm Cuno

July 2 1876

January 3 1933

56y 185d

26

Adolf [...]

April 20 1889

April 30 1945

56y 10d

27

Hermann Müller

May 18 1876

March 20 1931

54y 306d

28

Friedrich Ebert

February 4 1871

February 28 1925

54y 24d

29

Angela Merkel

July 17 1954

53y }}d

30

Kurt von Schleicher

7 April 1882

30 June 1934

52y 84d

31

Gustav Stresemann

May 10 1878

October 3 1929

51y 146d

See also

  • List of German Presidents by longevity

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