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This is a list of spouses of the president of Germany and the chancellor of Germany.
| Image | Name | Relation to president |
|---|---|---|
 | Louise Ebert | wife of President Friedrich Ebert [1] [2] |
| Gertrud von Sperling († 1921) | Paul von Hindenburg widowed during office [3] [4] | |
 | Eva Hitler | wife of Führer and Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler (one day, prior to their suicide) [5] |
| Ingeborg Dönitz | wife of President Karl Dönitz |
| Image | Name | Relation to head of state |
|---|---|---|
 | Lotte Ulbricht | wife of Chairman of the State Council Walter Ulbricht |
| Marianne Stoph (née Wiegank) Alice Stoph (née Lütgens) | wife of Chairman of the State Council Willy Stoph | |
 | Margot Honecker | wife of Chairman of the State Council Erich Honecker |
 | Erika Krenz | wife of Chairman of the State Council Egon Krenz |
| Brigitte Gerlach | wife of Chairman of the State Council Manfred Gerlach | |
| Jürgen Bergmann | husband of acting head of state Sabine Bergmann-Pohl |
| Image | Name | Relation to president |
|---|---|---|
 | Elly Heuss | wife of President Theodor Heuss |
 | Wilhelmine Lübke | wife of President Heinrich Lübke |
 | Hilda Heinemann | wife of President Gustav Heinemann |
 | Mildred Scheel | wife of President Walter Scheel |
 | Veronica Carstens | wife of President Karl Carstens |
 | Marianne von Weizsäcker | wife of President Richard von Weizsäcker |
 | Christiane Herzog | wife of President Roman Herzog |
 | Christina Rau | wife of President Johannes Rau |
 | Eva Köhler | wife of President Horst Köhler |
 | Bettina Wulff | wife of President Christian Wulff |
 | Daniela Schadt | domestic partner of President Joachim Gauck |
 | Elke Büdenbender | wife of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
| Image | Name | Relation to chancellor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Empire (1871–1918) | |||||||
 | Princess Johanna von Bismarck | Wife of Prince Otto von Bismarck | |||||
| – | Count Leo von Caprivi unmarried during office | ||||||
 | Princess Marie zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | Wife of Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | |||||
 | Princess Maria von Bülow | Wife of Prince Bernhard von Bülow | |||||
 | Martha von Bethmann Hollweg | Wife of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg | |||||
| Margarete Michaelis | Wife of Georg Michaelis | ||||||
| Countess Anna von Hertling | Wife of Count Georg von Hertling | ||||||
 | Princess Marie Louise of Hanover | Wife of Prince Maximilian of Baden | |||||
| Weimar Republic (1918–1933) | |||||||
| | Louise Ebert | Wife of Friedrich Ebert | |||||
| Johanna Scheidemann | wife of Philipp Scheidemann | ||||||
| Hedwig Bauer | wife of Gustav Bauer | ||||||
| Gottliebe Müller | wife of Hermann Müller (1st term) | ||||||
| Marie Fehrenbach | wife of Constantin Fehrenbach | ||||||
| – | Joseph Wirth unmarried during office | ||||||
 | Martha née Wirtz | wife of Wilhelm Cuno | |||||
 | Käte Stresemann | wife of Gustav Stresemann | |||||
| Johanna Marx | wife of Wilhelm Marx (1st term) | ||||||
| – | Hans Luther unmarried during office | ||||||
| Johanna Marx | wife of Wilhelm Marx (2nd term) | ||||||
| Gottliebe Müller | wife of Hermann Müller (2nd term) | ||||||
| – | Heinrich Brüning unmarried during office | ||||||
 | Martha von Boch-Galhau | wife of Franz von Papen | |||||
 | Elisabeth von Schleicher | wife of Kurt von Schleicher | |||||
| Nazi Germany (1933–1945) | |||||||
| | Eva Hitler | wife of Adolf Hitler (one day, prior to their suicide) | |||||
 | Magda Goebbels | wife of Joseph Goebbels | |||||
| Ehrengard Freiin von Plettenberg | wife of Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk | ||||||
| Image | Name | Relation to Head of Government |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Martha Louise Grotewohl (née Ohst) Johanna Groteohl (formerly Schumann, née Danielzig) | wife of Minister-President Otto Grotewohl | |
| Marianne Stoph (née Wiegank) Alice Stoph (née Lütgens) | wife of Chairman of the Council of Ministers Willi Stoph | |
| Inge Sindermann (née Locke) | wife of Chairman of the Council of Ministers Horst Sindermann | |
| Marianne Stoph (née Wiegank) Alice Stoph (née Lütgens) | wife of Chairman of the Council of Ministers Willi Stoph | |
| Annemarie Modrow (née Straubing) | wife of Chairman of the Council of Ministers Hans Modrow | |
| Ilse de Maizière (née N.N.) Marianne Strodt | wife of Minister-President Lothar de Maizière |
| Image | Name | Relation to chancellor |
|---|---|---|
| Auguste Adenauer († 1948) | Konrad Adenauer widowed during office | |
 | Luise Erhard | wife of Ludwig Erhard |
| Marie-Luise Kiesinger | wife of Kurt Georg Kiesinger | |
 | Rut Brandt | wife of Willy Brandt |
 | Hannelore Schmidt | wife of Helmut Schmidt |
 | Hannelore Kohl | wife of Helmut Kohl |
 | Doris Schröder-Köpf | wife of Gerhard Schröder |
 | Joachim Sauer | husband of Angela Merkel |
 | Britta Ernst | wife of Olaf Scholz |
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