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The list below gives the chancellors of West Germany; the government of East Germany was headed by the chairman of the Council of Ministers. [8] In 1990, East Germany was dissolved as it merged with West Germany; Germany was reunified. It retained the name of the Federal Republic of Germany. [9] Political parties: CDU (5) [a] SPD (4)
Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aŋˈɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ⓘ; [a] née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office.
This is a list of chancellors of Germany by time in office from 1867 to 2021, including the Federal Republic of Germany and its predecessors. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
List of past ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany (1945–present) Konrad Adenauer, CDU (1949-1963 Chancellor) Hans Apel, SPD (1974–1978 Finance, 1978–1982 Defense) Walter Arendt, SPD; Annalena Baerbock, German Green Party (since 2021 Foreign Affairs) Egon Bahr, SPD; Rainer Barzel, CDU (1962–1963 and 1982–1983 Inner-German affairs)
Holding the third-highest state office available within Germany, the chancellor of Germany receives €220,000 per annum and a €22,000 bonus, i.e. one and two thirds of Salary Grade B11 (according to § 11 (1) a of the Federal Law on Ministers – Bundesministergesetz, BGBl. 1971 I p. 1166 and attachment IV to the Federal Law on Salaries of ...
Germany was ruled by monarchs from the beginning of division of the Frankish Empire in August 843 to the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in August 1806. [1] [2] [3] During most of 19th century, independent German principalities were organized into various confederations, such as the Confederation of the Rhine dominated by Napoleon (1806-1813) and the German Confederation created by the ...
The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill told Adenauer that Britain would ensure that West German rearmament would happen, regardless if the National Assembly ratified the EDC treaty or not, [88] and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden used the failure of the EDC to argue for independent West German rearmament and West German NATO membership. [87]
Foreign ministers; Interior ministers; Finance ministers; Justice ministers; Postal ministers; Colonial ministers; Naval ministers; Defence ministers; Economics ministers; Agriculture ministers; Labour ministers; Transportation ministers; Treasury Minister of Germany; Reconstruction ministers; Occupied Territories ministers; Propaganda Minister ...