Vice Chancellor of Germany
Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Stellvertreter des Bundeskanzlers | |
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Member of | Federal Cabinet of Germany |
Appointer | Chancellor of Germany |
Term length | at the Chancellor's pleasure |
Constituting instrument | German Basic Law |
Formation | 1 June 1878 (Empire) 24 May 1949 (Republic) |
First holder | Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode (Empire) Franz Blücher (Republic) |
The Vice Chancellor is the deputy of the Federal Chancellor. He acts for the Chancellor if he cannot act, or if there is no chancellor. The Vice Chancellor is also a federal minister, and in a coalition government is usually the leader of the minority party.
List of Vice Chancellors[change | change source]
German Empire (Allgemeiner Stellvertreter des Reichskanzlers)[change | change source]
No. | Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Term start | Age start | Term end | Age end | Days | Party | Portfolio | Cabinet | |
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Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode | 30 October 1837 | 19 November 1896 | 1 June 1878 | 40 | 20 June 1881 | 43 | 1115 | FKP | Bismarck | ||
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Karl Heinrich von Boetticher | 6 January 1833 | 6 March 1907 | 20 June 1881 | 48 | 1 July 1897 | 64 | 5855 | FKP | Secretary of State for the Interior | Bismarck | |
Caprivi | |||||||||||||
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | |||||||||||||
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Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner | 3 June 1845 | 23 October 1932 | 1 July 1897 | 52 | 24 June 1907 | 62 | 3644 | FKP | Secretary of State for the Interior | Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | |
Bülow | |||||||||||||
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Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg | 29 November 1856 | 1 January 1921 | 24 June 1907 | 50 | 14 July 1909 | 52 | 751 | Independent | Secretary of State for the Interior | Bülow | |
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Clemens von Delbrück | 19 January 1856 | 17 December 1921 | 14 July 1909 | 53 | 22 May 1916 | 60 | 2501 | Independent | Secretary of State for the Interior | Bethmann-Hollweg | |
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Karl Helfferich | 22 July 1872 | 23 April 1924 | 22 May 1916 | 43 | 9 November 1917 | 45 | 536 | Independent | Secretary of State for the Interior (until 23 October 1917) | Bethmann-Hollweg | |
Michaelis | |||||||||||||
Hertling | |||||||||||||
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Friedrich von Payer | 12 June 1847 | 14 July 1931 | 9 November 1917 | 70 | 10 November 1918 | 71 | 366 | FVP | Hertling | ||
Baden | |||||||||||||
Ebert |
Weimar Republic (Allgemeiner Stellvertreter des Reichskanzlers)[change | change source]
Political Party: DDP Centre DVP SPD DNVP
No. | Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Term start | Age start | Term end | Age end | Days | Party | Portfolio | Cabinet | |
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Eugen Schiffer | 14 February 1860 | 5 September 1954 | 13 February 1919 | 58 | 19 April 1919 | 59 | 65 | DDP | Deputy Minister-President / Minister of Finance | Scheidemann | |
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Bernhard Dernburg | 17 July 1865 | 14 October 1937 | 30 April 1919 | 53 | 20 June 1919 | 53 | 51 | DDP | Deputy Minister-President / Minister of Finance | Scheidemann | |
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Matthias Erzberger | 20 September 1875 | 26 August 1921 | 21 June 1919 | 43 | 3 October 1919 | 44 | 104 | Centre | Deputy Minister-President (until 14 August 1919) / Minister of Finance | Bauer | |
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Eugen Schiffer | 14 February 1860 | 5 September 1954 | 3 October 1919 | 59 | 27 March 1920 | 60 | 176 | DDP | Minister of Justice | Bauer | |
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Erich Koch-Weser | 26 February 1875 | 19 October 1944 | 27 March 1920 | 45 | 21 June 1920 | 45 | 86 | DDP | Minister of the Interior | Müller I | |
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Rudolf Heinze | 22 July 1865 | 26 May 1928 | 25 June 1920 | 54 | 4 May 1921 | 55 | 313 | DVP | Minister of Justice | Fehrenbach | |
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Gustav Bauer | 6 January 1870 | 16 September 1944 | 10 May 1921 | 51 | 14 November 1922 | 52 | 553 | SPD | Minister of Finance | Wirth I | |
Wirth II | |||||||||||||
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Robert Schmidt | 15 May 1864 | 16 September 1943 | 13 August 1923 | 59 | 3 November 1923 | 59 | 82 | SPD | Minister for Reconstruction | Stresemann I | |
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Karl Jarres | 21 September 1874 | 20 October 1951 | 30 November 1923 | 49 | 15 December 1924 | 50 | 381 | DVP | Minister of the Interior | Marx I | |
Marx II | |||||||||||||
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Oskar Hergt | 22 October 1869 | 9 May 1967 | 28 January 1927 | 57 | 12 June 1928 | 58 | 501 | DNVP | Minister of Justice | Marx IV | |
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Hermann Dietrich | 14 December 1879 | 6 March 1954 | 30 March 1930 | 50 | 30 May 1932 | 52 | 792 | DDP | Minister of Finance (from 26 June 1930) | Brüning I | |
Brüning II |
Nazi Germany[change | change source]
No. | Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Term start | Age start | Term end | Age end | Days | Party | Portfolio | Other positions | Cabinet | |
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Franz von Papen | 29 October 1879 | 2 May 1969 | 30 January 1933 | 53 | 7 August 1934 | 54 | 554 | Non-partisan | Minister President of Prussia (until 10 April 1933) | Hitler |
Federal Republic of Germany[change | change source]
Political Party: FDP CDU SPD Green
No. | Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Term start | Age start | Term end | Age end | Days | Party | Portfolio | Cabinet | |
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Franz Blücher | 24 March 1896 | 26 March 1959 | 20 September 1949 | 53 | 29 October 1957 | 61 | 2961 | FDP/FVP | Marshall Plan (1949-1953) / Economic Cooperation (1953-1957) | Adenauer I • II | |
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Ludwig Erhard | 4 February 1897 | 5 May 1977 | 29 October 1957 | 60 | 16 October 1963 | 66 | 2178 | CDU | Economic Affairs | Adenauer III • IV • V | |
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Erich Mende | 28 October 1916 | 6 May 1998 | 17 October 1963 | 46 | 28 October 1966 | 50 | 1107 | FDP | Intra-German Relations | Erhard I • II | |
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Hans-Christoph Seebohm | 4 August 1903 | 17 September 1967 | 8 November 1966 | 63 | 30 November 1966 | 63 | 22 | CDU | Transport | Erhard II | |
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Willy Brandt | 18 December 1913 | 8 October 1992 | 1 December 1966 | 52 | 20 October 1969 | 55 | 1054 | SPD | Foreign Affairs | Kiesinger I | |
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Walter Scheel | 8 July 1919 | 24 August 2016 | 21 October 1969 | 50 | 16 May 1974 | 54 | 1668 | FDP | Foreign Affairs | Brandt I • II | |
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 21 March 1927 | 31 March 2016 | 17 May 1974 | 47 | 17 September 1982 | 55 | 3045 | FDP | Foreign Affairs | Schmidt I • II • III | |
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Egon Franke | 11 April 1913 | 26 April 1995 | 17 September 1982 | 69 | 1 October 1982 | 69 | 14 | SPD | Intra-German Relations | Schmidt III | |
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Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 21 March 1927 | 31 March 2016 | 1 October 1982 | 55 | 17 May 1992 | 65 | 3516 | FDP | Foreign Affairs | Kohl I • II • III • IV | |
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Jürgen Möllemann | 15 July 1945 | 5 June 2003 | 18 May 1992 | 46 | 21 January 1993 | 47 | 248 | FDP | Economic Affairs | Kohl IV | |
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Klaus Kinkel | 17 December 1936 | 4 March 2019 | 21 January 1993 | 56 | 26 October 1998 | 61 | 2104 | FDP | Foreign Affairs | Kohl IV • V | |
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Joschka Fischer | 12 April 1948 | 27 October 1998 | 50 | 22 November 2005 | 57 | 2583 | Green | Foreign Affairs | Schröder I • II | ||
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Franz Müntefering | 16 January 1940 | 22 November 2005 | 65 | 21 November 2007 | 67 | 729 | SPD | Labour and Social Affairs | Merkel I | ||
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier | 5 January 1956 | 21 November 2007 | 51 | 27 October 2009 | 53 | 706 | SPD | Foreign Affairs | Merkel I | ||
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Guido Westerwelle | 27 December 1961 | 18 March 2016 | 28 October 2009 | 47 | 16 May 2011 | 49 | 565 | FDP | Foreign Affairs | Merkel II | |
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Philipp Rösler | 24 February 1973 | 16 May 2011 | 38 | 17 December 2013 | 40 | 946 | FDP | Economic Affairs | Merkel II | ||
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Sigmar Gabriel | 12 September 1959 | 17 December 2013 | 54 | 14 March 2018 | 58 | 1548 | SPD | Economic Affairs (2013-2017) / Foreign Affairs (2017-2018) | Merkel III | ||
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Olaf Scholz | 14 June 1958 | 14 March 2018 | 59 | 8 December 2021 | 63 | 1365 | SPD | Finance | Merkel IV | ||
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Robert Habeck | 2 September 1969 | 8 December 2021 | 52 | 395 | Green | Economic Affairs and Climate Action | Scholz |