List of Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany by time in office

File:Angela Merkel 2 Hamburg.jpg Angela Merkel since 2005

This is a list of Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany by time in office. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. (Note that the shortest-reigning and longest-reigning pope lists use numbers of calendar days.)

# in office	Chancellor	Time in office	Rank
6	Helmut Kohl		1
1	Konrad Adenauer		2
8	Angela Merkel		3
5	Helmut Schmidt		4
7	Gerhard Schröder		5
4	Willy Brandt		6
2	Ludwig Erhard		7
3	Kurt Georg Kiesinger		8

See also

• Religious affiliations of Chancellors of Germany