Reich Chancellor facts for kids

The Reich Chancellor (German: Reichskanzler) was the chancellor of Germany during the German Reich.

German Empire (all but one were no party members):

1. Otto von Bismarck (1871-1890)
2. Leo von Caprivi (1890-1894)
3. Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894-1900)
4. Bernhard von Bülow (1900-1909)
5. Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1909-1917)
6. Georg Michaelis (1917)
7. Georg von Hertling (1917-1918, Zentrum)
8. Max of Baden (1918)

Weimar Republic:

1. Friedrich Ebert (1918-1919, SPD, Reich Chancellor/President of the Council of the People's Deputies)
2. Philipp Scheidemann (1919, SPD, Reich Minister-President)
3. Gustav Bauer (1919-1920, SPD, Reich Minister-President/Reich Chancellor)
4. Hermann Müller (1920, SPD)
5. Konstantin Fehrenbach (1920-1921, Zentrum)
6. Joseph Wirth (1921-1922, Zentrum)
7. Wilhelm Cuno (1922-1923, no party)
8. Gustav Stresemann (1923, DVP)
9. Wilhelm Marx (1923-1925, Zentrum)
10. Hans Luther (1925-1926, no party)
11. Otto Geßler (1926, DDP, acting)
12. Wilhelm Marx (1926-1928, Zentrum)
13. Hermann Müller (1928-1930, SPD)
14. Heinrich Brüning (1930-1932, Zentrum)
15. Franz von Papen (1932, Zentrum/no party)
16. Kurt von Schleicher (1932-1933, no party)

Nazi Germany:

1. Adolf Hitler (1933-1945, NSDAP)
2. Joseph Goebbels (1945, NSDAP)
3. Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1945, NSDAP, Leading Minister)

Images for kids

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  Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of the German Empire

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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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  The 18th Vice-Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz

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  Federal Chancellery, Berlin

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  Palais Schaumburg, Bonn

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  Schloss Meseberg, State of Brandenburg