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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