List of chancellors of Germany by time in 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. Bismarck's successive tenure as Chancellor of the North German Confederation (1867–1871) and of the German Empire (1871–1890) is counted as one continuous term.

Otto von Bismarck, the longest-ever serving chancellor of Germany with almost 23 years

# in office	Chancellor	Time in office	Rank
1	Otto von Bismarck	22 years, 262 days	1
32	Helmut Kohl	16 years, 26 days	2
34	Angela Merkel	16 years, 16 days	3
27	Konrad Adenauer	14 years, 31 days	4
24	Adolf Hitler	12 years, 90 days	5
4	Bernhard von Bülow	8 years, 270 days	6
31	Helmut Schmidt	8 years, 138 days	7
5	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg	7 years, 364 days	8
33	Gerhard Schröder	7 years, 26 days	9
3	Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst	5 years, 353 days	10
2	Leo von Caprivi	4 years, 220 days	11
30	Willy Brandt	4 years, 198 days	12
28	Ludwig Erhard	3 years, 46 days	13
29	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	2 years, 324 days	14
35	Olaf Scholz	2 years, 159 days	15
21	Heinrich Brüning	2 years, 61 days	16
19	Wilhelm Marx (second non-consecutive term)	2 years, 26 days	17
20	Hermann Müller (second non-consecutive term)	1 year, 272 days	18
14	Joseph Wirth	1 year, 188 days	19
18	Hans Luther	1 year, 117 days	20
17	Wilhelm Marx (first non-consecutive term)	1 year, 46 days	21
7	Georg von Hertling	333 days	22
13	Constantin Fehrenbach	313 days	23
11	Gustav Bauer	279 days	24
15	Wilhelm Cuno	263 days	25
22	Franz von Papen	169 days	26
10	Philipp Scheidemann	127 days	27
6	Georg Michaelis	110 days	28
16	Gustav Stresemann	109 days	29
9	Friedrich Ebert	96 days	30
12	Hermann Müller (first non-consecutive term)	86 days	31
23	Kurt von Schleicher	56 days	32
8	Max von Baden	37 days	33
26	Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk	21 days	34
–	Walter Scheel (acting)	9 days	35
25	Joseph Goebbels	1 day	36

See also

• Chancellor of Germany
  • Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)
• Leadership of East Germany
• List of chancellors of Germany
• List of German monarchs
• President of Germany
  • List of German presidents
• President of Germany (1919–1945)