List of German presidents :
Weimar Republic (1919–1933) :
01 | ![]() Friedrich Ebert |
Term of Office | 11 February 1919 28 February 1925 (died in office) |
02 | ![]() Paul von Hindenburg |
Term of Office | 12 May 1925 until 2 August 1934 (died in office) |
Nazi Germany (1933–1945) :
01 | ![]() Paul von Hindenburg |
Term of Office | 12 May 1925 2 August 1934 (died in office) |
02 | ![]() Adolf Hitler |
Term of Office | 2 August 1934 -30 April 1945 |
German Democratic Republic (“East Germany”, 1949–1990) :
01 | ![]() Johannes Dieckmann |
Term of Office | 7 October 1949 – 11 October 1949 |
02 | ![]() Wilhelm Pieck |
Term of Office | 11 October 1949 7 September 1960 (died in office) |
03 | ![]() Walter Ulbricht |
Term of Office | 12 September 1960 1 August 1973 (died in office) |
04 | ![]() Willi Stoph |
Term of Office | 3 October 1973 29 October 1976 |
05 | ![]() Erich Honecker |
Term of Office | 29 October 1976 18 October 1989 (resigned) |
06 | ![]() Egon Krenz |
Term of Office | 18 October 1989 6 December 1989 (resigned) |
07 | ![]() Manfred Gerlach |
Term of Office | 6 December 1989 5 April 1990 (office abolished) |
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present; “West Germany” 1949–1990) :
01 | ![]() Theodor Heuss |
Term of Office | 13 September 1949 – 12 September 1959 |
02 | ![]() Heinrich Lübke |
Term of Office | 13 September 1959 30 June 1969 (resigned) |
03 | ![]() Gustav Heinemann |
Term of Office | 1 July 1969 30 June 1974 |
04 | ![]() Walter Scheel |
Term of Office | 1 July 1974 30 June 1979 |
05 | ![]() Karl Carstens |
Term of Office | 1 July 1979 30 June 1984 |
06 | ![]() Richard von Weizsäcker |
Term of Office | 1 July 1984 30 June 1994 |
07 | ![]() Roman Herzog |
Term of Office | 1 July 1994 – 30 June 1999 |
08 | ![]() Johannes Rau |
Term of Office | 1 July 1999 – 30 June 2004 |
09 | ![]() Horst Köhler |
Term of Office | 1 July 2004 31 May 2010 (resigned) |
10 | ![]() Christian Wulff |
Term of Office | 30 June 2010 17 February 2012 (resigned) |
11 | ![]() Joachim Gauck |
Term of Office | 18 March 2012 18 March 2017 |
12 | ![]() Frank-Walter Steinmeier |
Term of Office | 18 March 2017 |
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