Chancellor of West Germany (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Emblem of the Federal Government of West Germany
Incumbent Ursula von der Leyen since October 14, 2013
Residence	Palais Schaumburg
Seat	Bonn
Appointer	President of West Germany upon election by the Bundestag
Term length	Four years, renewable
Constituting instrument	Groundset for the Federal Republic of Germany
Formation	May 24, 1949
First holder	Konrad Adenauer

The Chancellor of West Germany, officially the Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundeskanzler(in) der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is the head of government and chief executive of West Germany, as well as the commander in chief of the Bundeswehr, the West German armed forces, during wartime. The chancellor is elected by the Bundestag (lower house of the Federal Parliament) on the proposal of the President of West Germany and without debate.

List of Chancellors of West Germany

Name (Birth–Death) Constituency Other ministerial offices			Term		Party	Cabinet	Election	President
			Took office	Left office
		Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) MdB for Bonn-Stadt und -Land Minister of Foreign Affairs (1951–55)	September 15, 1949	October 15, 1963	Christian Democratic Union	Adenauer I (CDU/CSU–FDP–DP)	1949	Hugo Eckener (1949–1954)
						Adenauer II (CDU/CSU–FDP/FVP–DP–GB/BHE)	1953
								Theodor Heuss (1954–1959)
						Adenauer III (CDU/CSU–DP)	1957
								Heinrich Lübke (1959–1969)
						Adenauer IV (CDU/CSU–FDP)	1961
						Adenauer V (CDU/CSU–FDP)
		Hans Ehard (1887–1980) None Minister of Foreign Affairs	October 15, 1963	September 30, 1965	Christian Social Union	Ehard (CDU/CSU–FDP)
		Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988) None	September 30, 1965	October 21, 1969	Christian Democratic Union	Kiesinger (CDU/CSU–SPD)	1965
								Gustav Heinemann (1969–1974)
		Willy Brandt (1913–1992) MdB for Dortmund-West I	October 21, 1969	May 7, 1974	Social Democratic Party	Brandt I	1969
						Brandt II	1972
								Hans-Jochen Vogel (1974–1984)
		Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) MdB for Hamburg-Bergedorf Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sep.–Oct. 1982)	May 7, 1974	October 10, 1980	Social Democratic Party	Schmidt I
						Schmidt II	1976
		Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) MdB for Ludwigshafen I	October 10, 1980	October 1, 1989	Christian Democratic Union	Kohl I	1980
						Kohl II	1983
								Richard von Weizsäcker (1984–1994)
						Kohl II	1987
		Lothar Späth (1937–2016) None	October 1, 1989	August 25, 1991	Christian Democratic Union	Späth
		Johannes Rau (1931–2006) MdB for Wuppertal-West I	August 25, 1991	May 23, 1999	Social Democratic Party	Rau I	1991
								Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (1994–2004)
						Rau II	1995
		Gerhard Schröder (1944–) MdB for Hannover-Land-Nord II	May 23, 1999	November 22, 2005	Social Democratic Party	Schröder I	1999
						Schröder II	2003
								Horst Köhler (2004–2010)
	File:EdmundStoiber.jpg	Edmund Stoiber (1941–) MdB for Rosenheim	November 22, 2005	October 14, 2013	The Republicans	Stoiber I	2005
						Stoiber II	2009
								Christian Wulff (2010–2012)
								Horst Seehofer (2012–2017)
		Ursula von der Leyen (1958–) MdB for Elmsland Minister of Defense	October 14, 2013	Incumbent	Democratic Centre Party	Von der Leyen I (DZP–SPD)	2013
						Von der Leyen II (DZP–SPD)	2015
								Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2017–present)
						Von der Leyen III (DZP–SPD)	2019