List of German Chancellors by age

This is a list of German Chancellors since 1871 by age.

Where the person in question is still alive, the age is worked out up to March 7, 2012.

Rank	Chancellor	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years/Days)
1	Konrad Adenauer	January 5 1876	April 19 1967	91y 104d
2	Helmut Schmidt	December 23 1918		90y 1,170d
3	Franz von Papen	October 29 1879	May 2 1969	89y 185d
4	Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk	August 22 1887	March 4 1977	89y 167d
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		78y 1,434d
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	Gerhard Schröder	April 7 1944		64y 1,430d
23	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg	November 29 1856	January 1 1921	64y 33d
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 Hitler	April 20 1889	April 30 1945	56y 10d
27	Hermann Müller	May 18 1876	March 20 1931	54y 306d
28	Angela Merkel	July 17 1954		54y 1,329d
29	Friedrich Ebert	February 4 1871	February 28 1925	54y 24d
30	Kurt von Schleicher	7 April 1882	30 June 1934	52y 84d
31	Gustav Stresemann	May 10 1878	October 3 1929	51y 146d

Other pages

• List of German Presidents by age