Current Political Parties
Alliance 90/The Greens
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1980.
2018 – 2022
Robert Habeck
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1969.
2018 – 2022
Christian Democratic Union
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1876; d. April 19 1967.
1946 – 1966
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1930; d. June 16 2017.
1973 – 1998
Wolfgang Schäuble
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1942; d. December 26 2023.
1998 – 2000
Angela Dorothea Merkel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1954.
2000 – 2018
Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1955.
2022 – present
Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1959.
1998 – 2010
Volker Bouffier
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1951.
2010 – 2022
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1958.
2010 – 2019
Norbert Alois Röttgen
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1965.
2010 – 2012
General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union
Angela Dorothea Merkel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1954.
1998 – 2000
Leader of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union Group in the Bundestag
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1930; d. June 16 2017.
1976 – 1982
Wolfgang Schäuble
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1942; d. December 26 2023.
1991 – 2000
Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1955.
2000 – 2002
Angela Dorothea Merkel
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1954.
2002 – 2005
Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1955.
2022 – present
Chief Whip of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union Group in the Bundestag
Wolfgang Schäuble
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1942; d. December 26 2023.
1982 – 1984
Norbert Alois Röttgen
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1965.
2005 – 2009
Christian Social Union
Leader of the Christian Social Union
Franz Josef Strauss
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1915; d. October 3 1988.
1961 – 1988
Horst Lorenz Seehofer
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1949.
2008 – 2019
Free Democratic Party
Leader of the Free Democratic Party
Guido Westerwelle
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1961; d. March 18 2016.
2001 – 2011
Philipp Rösler
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1973.
2011 – 2013
Christian Wolfgang Lindner
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1979.
2013 – present
General Secretary of the Free Democratic Party
Christian Wolfgang Lindner
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1979.
2009 – 2011
Leader of the Free Democratic Party in the Bundestag
Guido Westerwelle
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1961; d. March 18 2016.
2006 – 2009
Christian Wolfgang Lindner
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1979.
2017 – 2021
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Willy Brandt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1913; d. October 8 1992.
1964 – 1987
Hans-Jochen Vogel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1926; d. July 26 2020.
1987 – 1991
Gerhard Fritz Kurt “Gerd” Schröder
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 7 1944.
1999 – 2004
Franz Müntefering
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1940.
2004 – 2005
Kurt Beck
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1949.
2006 – 2008
Frank-Walter Steinmeier (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1956.
2008
Franz Müntefering
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1940.
2008 – 2009
Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1959.
2009 – 2017
Martin Schulz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1955.
2017 – 2018
Andrea Maria Nahles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1970.
2018 – 2019
Saskia Christina Esken
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1970.
2019 – present
Norbert Walter-Borjans
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1952.
2019 – 2021
Lars Klingbeil
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1978.
2021 – present
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Peer Steinbrück
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1947.
2005 – 2009
Andrea Maria Nahles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1970.
2007 – 2009
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1956.
2007 – 2009
Olaf Scholz
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1958.
2009 – 2019
Klara Geywitz
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1976.
2019 – present
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
Franz Müntefering
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1940.
1999 – 2002
Olaf Scholz
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1958.
2002 – 2004
Andrea Maria Nahles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1970.
2009 – 2014
Lars Klingbeil
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1978.
2017 – 2021
Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the Bundestag
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
1967 – 1969
Hans-Jochen Vogel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1926; d. July 26 2020.
1983 – 1991
Peter Struck
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1943; d. December 19 2012.
1998 – 2002
Peter Struck
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1943; d. December 19 2012.
2005 – 2009
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1956.
2009 – 2013
Thomas Ludwig Albert Oppermann
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1954; d. October 25 2020.
2013 – 2017
Andrea Maria Nahles
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1970.
2017 – 2019
Lars Klingbeil
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1978.
2025 – present
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the Bundestag
Olaf Scholz
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1958.
2009 – 2011
Chief Whip of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the Bundestag
Olaf Scholz
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1958.
2005 – 2007
Thomas Ludwig Albert Oppermann
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1954; d. October 25 2020.
2007 – 2013
Defunct Political Parties
National Socialist German Workers’ Party
Führer of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party
Adolf Hitler
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1889; d. April 30 1945
1921 – 1945
Socialist Unity Party of Germany
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1937.
1989