List of Federal Republic of Germany governments

This is a list of the successive governments of the Federal Republic of Germany from the time of the introduction of the Basic Law in 1949.

List 1st BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1949–1953Konrad AdenauerFranz BlücherAdenauer ICDU208 of 402FDPCSUDP2nd BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1953–1957Konrad AdenauerFranz BlücherAdenauer IICDU333 of 487FDPCSUDPGB/BHE3rd BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1957–1961Konrad AdenauerLudwig ErhardAdenauer IIICDU287 of 497CSUDP4th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetsPartiesSeats1961–1962Konrad AdenauerLudwig ErhardAdenauer IVCDU309 of 499FDPCSU1963–1965Ludwig ErhardErich MendeErhard ICDUFDPCSU5th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1965–1966Ludwig ErhardErich MendeErhard IICDU294 of 496FDPCSU1966–1969Kurt Georg KiesingerWilly BrandtKiesingerCDU447 of 496SPDCSU6th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1969–1972Willy BrandtWalter ScheelBrandt ISPD254 of 496FDP7th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1972–1974Willy BrandtWalter ScheelBrandt IISPD271 of 496FDP1974–1976Helmut SchmidtHans-Dietrich GenscherSchmidt ISPDFDP8th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1976–1980Helmut SchmidtHans-Dietrich GenscherSchmidt IISPD253 of 496FDP9th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1980–1982Helmut SchmidtHans-Dietrich GenscherSchmidt IIISPD271 of 497FDP1982–1983Helmut KohlHans-Dietrich GenscherKohl ICDU279 of 497FDPCSU10th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1983–1987Helmut KohlHans-Dietrich GenscherKohl IICDU278 of 498FDPCSU11th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1987–1991The Federal Election took place in December 1990, but the formation of the government took a month.Helmut KohlHans-Dietrich GenscherKohl IIICDU269 of 497FDPCSU12th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1991–1994Helmut KohlHans-Dietrich Genscher (1990–1992)Klaus Kinkel (1992–1994)Kohl IVCDU398 of 662FDPCSU13th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1994–1998Helmut KohlKlaus KinkelKohl VCDU341 of 672FDPCSU14th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats1998–2002Gerhard SchröderJoschka FischerSchröder ISPD342 of 669Greens15th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats2002–2005Gerhard SchröderJoschka FischerSchröder IISPD306 of 603Greens16th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats2005–2009Angela MerkelFranz Müntefering (2005–2007)Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2007–2009)Merkel ICDU448 of 614SPDCSU17th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats2009–2013Angela MerkelGuido Westerwelle (2009–2011)Philipp Rösler (2011–2013)Merkel IICDU332 of 622FDPCSU18th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats2013–2018The Federal Election took place in September 2017, but the formation of the government took 5 months.Angela MerkelSigmar GabrielMerkel IIICDU504 of 631SPDCSU19th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats2018–2021Angela MerkelOlaf ScholzMerkel IVCDU399 of 709SPDCSU20th BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats2021–2025Olaf ScholzRobert HabeckScholzSPD416 of 736GreensFDP21st BundestagTermChancellorVice ChancellorCabinetPartiesSeats2025–presentFriedrich MerzLars KlingbeilMerzCDU328 of 630SPDCSU

See also Government of Germany Chancellor of Germany Vice-Chancellor of Germany Cabinet of Germany

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