List of chancellors of Germany by time in office

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

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; Müller and Marx's double terms are treated as single, continuous tenures.

# 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
17 & 19	Wilhelm Marx	3 years, 73 days	13
28	Ludwig Erhard	3 years, 46 days	14
29	Kurt Georg Kiesinger	2 years, 324 days	15
21	Heinrich Brüning	2 years, 61 days	16
12 & 20	Hermann Müller	1 year, 345 days	17
14	Joseph Wirth	1 year, 188 days	18
18	Hans Luther	1 year, 117 days	19
7	Georg von Hertling	333 days	20
13	Constantin Fehrenbach	313 days	21
11	Gustav Bauer	279 days	22
15	Wilhelm Cuno	263 days	23
22	Franz von Papen	169 days	24
10	Philipp Scheidemann	127 days	25
6	Georg Michaelis	110 days	26
16	Gustav Stresemann	109 days	27
9	Friedrich Ebert	96 days	28
35	Olaf Scholz	83 days	29
23	Kurt von Schleicher	56 days	30
8	Max von Baden	37 days	31
26	Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk	21 days	32
–	Walter Scheel (acting)	9 days	33
25	Joseph Goebbels	1 day	34

List of chancellors of Germany by time in office

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