| S.N. | Name | Tenure |
|---|
| 1 | Olaf Scholz (Social Democratic Party (SPD)) | 8 December 2021 – Incumbent |
| 2 | Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union) | 22 November 2005- 8 December 2021 |
| 3 | Gerhard Schröder (Social Democratic Party of Germany) | 27 October 1998 -22 November 2005 |
| 4 | Helmut Kohl (Christian Democratic Union) | 1 October 1982- 27 October 1998 |
| 5 | Helmut Schmidt (Social Democratic Party of Germany) | 16 May 1974- 1 October 1982 |
| 6 | Walter Scheel (Free Democratic Party) | 7 May 1974- 16 May 1974 |
| 7 | Willy Brandt (Social Democratic Party of Germany) | 22 October 1969 -7 May 1974 |
| 8 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger (Christian Democratic Union) | 1 December 1966- 21 October 1969 |
| 9 | Ludwig Erhard (Christian Democratic Union) | 17 October 1963- 30 November 1966 |
| 10 | Konrad Adenauer (Christian Democratic Union) | 20 September 1949- 11 October 1963 |
| 11 | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk ((leading minister at Flensburg)) | 2 May 1945 -23 May 1945 |
| 12 | Joseph Goebbels (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) | 30 April 1945 -1 May 1945 |
| 13 | Adolf Hitler (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) | 30 January 1933 -30 April 1945 |
| 14 | Kurt von Schleicher | 3 December 1932 -28 January 1933 |
| 15 | Franz von Papen (Centre) | 1 June 1932 -17 November 1932 |
| 16 | Heinrich Brüning (Centre) | 30 March 1930 – 30 May 1932 |
| 17 | Hermann Müller (Social Democrats) | 28 June 1928 -27 March 1930 |
| 18 | Wilhelm Marx (Centre) | 17 May 1926 -12 June 1928 |
| 19 | Hans Luther (Non-partisan) | 15 January 1925 -12 May 1926 |
| 20 | Wilhelm Marx (Centre) | 30 November 1923 -15 January 1925 |
| 21 | Gustav Stresemann (German People’s Party) | 13 August 1923 -30 November 1923 |
| 22 | Wilhelm Cuno (Non-partisan) | 22 November 1922 -12 August 1923 |
| 23 | Joseph Wirth (Centre) | 10 May 1921 -14 November 1922 |
| 24 | Constantin Fehrenbach (Centre) | 25 June 1920 – 4 May 1921 |
| 25 | Hermann Müller (Social Democrats) | 27 March 1920 -8 June 1920 |
| 26 | Gustav Bauer (Social Democrats) | 21 June 1919 -26 March 1920 |
| 27 | Philipp Scheidemann (Social Democrats) | 13 February 1919 -20 June 1919 |
| 28 | Friedrich Ebert (Social Democrats) | 9 November 1918 -13 February 1919 |
| 29 | Max von Baden (Non-partisan) | 3 October 1918 -9 November 1918 |
| 30 | Georg von Hertling (Centre) | 1 November 1917 -30 September 1918 |
| 31 | Georg Michaelis (Non-partisan) | 14 July 1917 -1 November 1917 |
| 32 | Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (Non-partisan) | 14 July 1909 -13 July 1917 |
| 33 | Bernhard von Bülow (Non-partisan) | 17 October 1900 -14 July 1909 |
| 34 | Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (Non-partisan) | 29 October 1894 -17 October 1900 |
| 35 | Leo von Caprivi (Non-partisan) | 20 March 1890 -26 October 1894 |
| 36 | Otto von Bismarck (Non-partisan) | 21 March 1871 -20 March 1890 |