Chancellor of Germany facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Standard of the Chancellor
Emblem of Government
Incumbent Olaf Scholz since 8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)
Executive branch of the Government
Style	Mr. Chancellor (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Member of	Federal Cabinet European Council
Seat	Federal Chancellery, Berlin (main seat) Palais Schaumburg, Bonn (second seat)
Nominator	Bundestag
Appointer	President of Germany
Term length	4 years, renewable
Constituting instrument	German Basic Law (German Constitution)
Inaugural holder	Konrad Adenauer
Formation	24 May 1949; 75 years ago (1949-05-24)
Deputy	Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Salary	€351,552 annually

The Chancellery in Berlin is the seat of the Chancellor

The chancellor of Germany (German: Bundeskanzler, literally: federal chancellor) is the head of government of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Chancellor of Germany is elected by the majority of the members of the Bundestag, the German parliament. The chancellor is the German people's version of a Prime Minister or Premier.

The current chancellor is Olaf Scholz (SPD) since 08 December 2021.

Chancellors since 1949

1. Konrad Adenauer (CDU), 1949–1963
2. Ludwig Erhard (CDU), 1963–1966
3. Kurt Georg Kiesinger (CDU), 1966–1969
4. Willy Brandt (SPD), 1969–1974
5. Helmut Schmidt (SPD), 1974–1982
6. Helmut Kohl (CDU), 1982–1998
7. Gerhard Schröder (SPD), 1998–2005
8. Angela Merkel (CDU), 2005–2021
9. Olaf Scholz (SPD), since 2021

Related pages

• List of chancellors of Germany
• Reich Chancellor, chancellors of the German Reich

Images for kids

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  Willy Brandt talking at an SPD meeting in Dortmund, 1983

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  The Chancellor's Office in Berlin

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  The cabinet bench in the Reichstag building (to the left of the flag) with the raised seat of the chancellor in the front row

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  Robert Habeck, Vice Chancellor of Germany

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  Schloss Meseberg, State of Brandenburg

See also

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