Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Bundeskanzlerin der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Emblem of Government
Standard of the Chancellor
Incumbent Olaf Scholz since 8 December 2021  ( 2021-12-08 )
Executive branch of the Government
Style	Mr. Chancellor (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic) [1]
Status	Head of Government
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 [2]
Website	bundeskanzlerin .de

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 8 December 2021.

Chancellors since 1949 [ change | change source ]

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 Schroder ( SPD ), 1998?2005
8. Angela Merkel ( CDU ), 2005?2021
9. Olaf Scholz ( SPD ), since 2021

Related pages [ change | change source ]

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

References [ change | change source ]

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