List of German Chancellors by longevity

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This is a list of German Chancellors since 1871 by longevity. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 12 July 2009.

Rank	Chancellor	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years/Days)
1	Konrad Adenauer	5 January 1876	19 April 1967	91 years, 104 days
2	Helmut Schmidt	23 December 1918		&0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000201.000000201 days
3	Walter Scheel (interim)	8 July 1919		&0000000000000090.00000090 years, &0000000000000004.0000004 days
4	Franz von Papen	29 October 1879	2 May 1969	89 years, 185 days
5	Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk	22 August 1887	4 March 1977	89 years, 167 days
6	Heinrich Brüning	26 November 1885	30 March 1970	84 years, 124 days
7	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	6 April 1904	9 March 1988	83 years, 338 days
8	Wilhelm Marx	15 January 1863	5 August 1946	83 years, 202 days
9	Otto von Bismarck	1 April 1815	30 July 1898	83 years, 120 days
10	Hans Luther	10 March 1879	11 May 1962	83 years, 62 days
11	Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst	31 March 1819	6 July 1901	82 years, 97 days
12	Bernhard von Bülow	3 May 1849	28 October 1929	80 years, 178 days
13	Ludwig Erhard	4 February 1897	5 May 1977	80 years, 90 days
14	Helmut Kohl	3 April 1930		&0000000000000079.00000079 years, &0000000000000100.000000100 days
14	Georg Michaelis	8 September 1857	24 July 1936	78 years, 320 days
15	Willy Brandt	18 December 1913	8 October 1992	78 years, 295 days
17	Joseph Wirth	6 September 1879	3 January 1956	76 years, 119 days
18	Georg von Hertling	31 August 1843	4 January 1919	75 years, 126 days
19	Gustav Bauer	6 January 1870	16 September 1944	74 years, 254 days
20	Philipp Scheidemann	26 July 1865	29 November 1939	74 years, 126 days
21	Konstantin Fehrenbach	11 January 1852	26 March 1926	74 years, 74 days
22	Leo von Caprivi	24 February 1831	6 February 1899	67 years, 347 days
23	Gerhard Schröder	7 April 1944		&0000000000000065.00000065 years, &0000000000000096.00000096 days
24	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg	29 November 1856	1 January 1921	64 years, 33 days
25	Maximilian of Baden	10 July 1867	6 November 1929	62 years, 119 days
26	Wilhelm Cuno	2 July 1876	3 January 1933	56 years, 185 days
27	Adolf Hitler	20 April 1889	30 April 1945	56 years, 10 days
28	Angela Merkel	17 July 1954		&0000000000000054.00000054 years, &0000000000000360.000000360 days
29	Hermann Müller	18 May 1876	20 March 1931	54 years, 306 days
30	Friedrich Ebert	4 February 1871	28 February 1925	54 years, 24 days
31	Kurt von Schleicher	7 April 1882	30 June 1934	52 years, 84 days
32	Gustav Stresemann	10 May 1878	3 October 1929	51 years, 146 days
33	Joseph Goebbels	29 October 1897	1 May 1945	47 years, 184 days

[edit] See also

• List of German Presidents by longevity
• List of German Ministers-Presidents by longevity
• List of German Federal Ministers by longevity