List of denominations of the heads of government in Germany

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The current Chancellor Angela Merkel is Protestant.

The following list shows the denomination of the German heads of government since the founding of the modern German nation-state. The information is based on the official (non-) affiliation to a church. From this it cannot automatically be inferred that the person was convicted of faith during the term of office.

North German Confederation: Federal Chancellor

Surname Term of office Denomination
1 Otto von Bismarck 1867-1871 evangelical

German Empire: Imperial Chancellor

Surname Term of office Denomination
1 Otto von Bismarck 1871-1890 evangelical
2 Leo of Caprivi 1890-1894 evangelical
3 Clovis of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1894-1900 Roman Catholic
4th Bernhard von Bülow 1900-1909 evangelical
5 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 1909-1917 evangelical
6th Georg Michaelis 1917 evangelical
7th Georg von Hertling 1917-1918 Roman Catholic
8th Max von Baden 1918 evangelical
9 Friedrich Ebert 1918-1919 non-denominational
10 Philipp Scheidemann 1919 evangelical
11 Gustav Bauer 1919-1920 non-denominational
12 Hermann Muller 1920 non-denominational
13 Constantin Fehrenbach 1920-1921 Roman Catholic
14th Joseph Wirth 1921-1922 Roman Catholic
15th Wilhelm Cuno 1922-1923 Roman Catholic
16 Gustav Stresemann 1923 evangelical
17th Wilhelm Marx 1923-1925 Roman Catholic
18th Hans Luther 1925-1926 evangelical
19th Wilhelm Marx 1926-1928 Roman Catholic
20th Hermann Muller 1928-1930 non-denominational
21st Heinrich Brüning 1930-1932 Roman Catholic
22nd Franz von Papen 1932 Roman Catholic
23 Kurt von Schleicher 1932-1933 evangelical
24 Adolf Hitler 1933-1945 Roman Catholic
25th Joseph Goebbels 1945 Roman Catholic
26th Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk 1945 evangelical

United Economic Territory : Senior Director

Surname Term of office Denomination
1 Hermann Pünder 1948-1949 Roman Catholic

Federal Republic of Germany: Federal Chancellor

Surname Term of office Denomination
1 Konrad Adenauer 1949-1963 Roman Catholic
2 Ludwig Erhard 1963-1966 evangelical
3 Kurt Georg Kiesinger 1966-1969 Roman Catholic
4th Willy Brandt 1969-1974 evangelical
Walter Scheel 1974, managing director evangelical
5 Helmut Schmidt 1974-1982 evangelical
6th Helmut Kohl 1982-1998 Roman Catholic
7th Gerhard Schröder 1998-2005 evangelical
8th Angela Merkel since 2005 evangelical

Statistical overview

Affiliation
evangelical 16
Roman Catholic 15th
non-denominational 3

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck in the German biography
  2. ^ Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi in the German biography
  3. ^ Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe zu Schillingsfürst in the German biography
  4. ^ Bernhard Heinrich Martin Fürst von Bülow in the German biography
  5. ^ Theobald Theodor Friedrich Alfred von Bethmann Hollweg in the German biography
  6. ^ Georg Michaelis in the German biography
  7. ^ Georg Friedrich Graf von Hertling in the German biography
  8. ↑ Maximilian Prince of Baden in the German biography
  9. ^ Initially Roman Catholic, later resigned; see Federal Archives, files of the Reich Chancellery, death of Friedrich Eberts ; Friedrich Ebert in the German biography . The Reichstag manual, 13th legislative period, published by the Bureau des Reichstag, Berlin 1912 ( downloadable here ) is already listed by Ebert (on page 237) under the name "Dissident", i.e. H. non-denominational.
  10. ^ Reformed: Philipp Heinrich Scheidemann in the German biography
  11. ↑ The Reichstag handbooks for the 13th electoral period (Kaiserreich - 1912) and for the 1st (1920), 2nd (1924) and 3rd (1924) electoral period (Republic) indicate Bauer as "dissidents", i.e. H. Non-denominational, from, as well as the manual of the National Assembly (1919) (all manuals can be downloaded here ). However, he was buried in a Protestant cemetery: Glienicke / Nordbahn parish: Almost forgotten
  12. ↑ a b Hermann Müller in the German biography
  13. ^ Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, personal entry on Konstantin Fehrenbach
  14. ^ Konrad Adenauer Foundation, personal entry on Joseph Karl Wirth
  15. ^ Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno in the German biography
  16. ^ Gustav Stresemann in the German biography
  17. ↑ a b Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, personal entry on Wilhelm Marx ; Wilhelm Marx in the German biography
  18. ↑ Hans Luther in the German biography
  19. ^ University of Rostock, registration of Heinrich Brüning
  20. ^ Franz von Papen in the German biography
  21. ↑ Kurt von Schleicher in the German biography
  22. ↑ Adolf Hitler in the German biography
  23. ↑ Paul Joseph Goebbels in the German biography
  24. ^ Johann Ludwig (Lutz) Graf Schwerin von Krosigk in the German biography
  25. ^ Konrad Adenauer Foundation, personal entry on Hermann Pünder
  26. ^ Konrad Adenauer Foundation, personal entry on Konrad Adenauer
  27. ^ Konrad Adenauer Foundation, personal entry on Ludwig Erhard
  28. ^ Konrad Adenauer Foundation, personal entry on Kurt Georg Kiesinger
  29. ↑ Der Spiegel, 21/1960 - Anti-Brandt Campaign: Journey into the Past
  30. ^ KGParl - Biographies - Saalfeld to Szyszka
  31. ^ KGParl - Biographies - Saalfeld to Szyszka
  32. ↑ Konrad Adenauer Foundation, personal entry on Helmut Kohl
  33. ↑ kath.net - in Schröder's cabinet every second minister is Protestant
  34. ↑ Konrad Adenauer Foundation, personal entry on Angela Merkel