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

Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1949 – 1953		Konrad Adenauer		Franz Blücher	Adenauer I		CDU	208 of 402
							FDP
							CSU
							DP
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1953 – 1957		Konrad Adenauer		Franz Blücher	Adenauer II		CDU	333 of 487
							FDP
							CSU
							DP
							GB/BHE
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1957 – 1961		Konrad Adenauer		Ludwig Erhard	Adenauer III		CDU	287 of 497
							CSU
							DP
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinets	Parties		Seats
1961 –1962		Konrad Adenauer		Ludwig Erhard	Adenauer IV Adenauer V		CDU	309 of 499
							FDP
							CSU
1963– 1965		Ludwig Erhard		Erich Mende	Erhard I		CDU
							FDP
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1965 –1966		Ludwig Erhard		Erich Mende	Erhard II		CDU	294 of 496
							FDP
							CSU
1966– 1969		Kurt Georg Kiesinger		Willy Brandt	Kiesinger		CDU	447 of 496
							SPD
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1969 – 1972		Willy Brandt		Walter Scheel	Brandt I		SPD	254 of 496
							FDP
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1972 –1974		Willy Brandt		Walter Scheel	Brandt II		SPD	271 of 496
							FDP
1974– 1976		Helmut Schmidt		Hans-Dietrich Genscher	Schmidt I		SPD
							FDP
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1976 – 1980		Helmut Schmidt		Hans-Dietrich Genscher	Schmidt II		SPD	253 of 496
							FDP
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1980 –1982		Helmut Schmidt		Hans-Dietrich Genscher	Schmidt III		SPD	271 of 497
							FDP
1982– 1983		Helmut Kohl		Hans-Dietrich Genscher	Kohl I		CDU	279 of 497
							FDP
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1983 – 1987		Helmut Kohl		Hans-Dietrich Genscher	Kohl II		CDU	278 of 498
							FDP
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1987 – 1991 [1]		Helmut Kohl		Hans-Dietrich Genscher	Kohl III		CDU	269 of 497
							FDP
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1991 – 1994 [1]		Helmut Kohl		Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1990–1992) Klaus Kinkel (1992–1994)	Kohl IV		CDU	398 of 662
							FDP
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1994 – 1998		Helmut Kohl		Klaus Kinkel	Kohl V		CDU	341 of 672
							FDP
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
1998 – 2002		Gerhard Schröder		Joschka Fischer	Schröder I		SPD	342 of 669
							Greens
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
2002 – 2005		Gerhard Schröder		Joschka Fischer	Schröder II		SPD	306 of 603
							Greens
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
2005 – 2009		Angela Merkel		Franz Müntefering (2005–2007) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2007–2009)	Merkel I		CDU	448 of 614
							SPD
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
2009 – 2013		Angela Merkel		Guido Westerwelle (2009–2011) Philipp Rösler (2011–2013)	Merkel II		CDU	332 of 622
							FDP
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
2013 – 2018 [2]		Angela Merkel		Sigmar Gabriel	Merkel III		CDU	504 of 631
							SPD
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
2018 – 2021 [2]		Angela Merkel		Olaf Scholz	Merkel IV		CDU	399 of 709
							SPD
							CSU
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
2021 – 2025		Olaf Scholz		Robert Habeck	Scholz		SPD	416 of 736
							Greens
							FDP
Term	Chancellor		Vice Chancellor		Cabinet	Parties		Seats
2025 –present		Friedrich Merz		Lars Klingbeil	Merz		CDU	328 of 630
							SPD
							CSU

See also

• Government of Germany
• Chancellor of Germany
• Vice-Chancellor of Germany
• Cabinet of Germany

References

1. The Federal Election took place in December 1990, but the formation of the government took a month.
2. The Federal Election took place in September 2017, but the formation of the government took 5 months.