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▪ TableLeaders of GermanyKaisers of the German EmpireWilliam I (of Prussia) 1871-88Frederick III 1888William II 1888-1918Presidents of the German RepublicFriedrich Ebert (Ebert, Friedrich) 1919-25Paul von Hindenburg (Hindenburg, Paul von) 1925-33Leaders of the Third Reich (National Socialist regime)Paul von Hindenburg (Hindenburg, Paul von)* 1934Adolf Hitler (Hitler, Adolf)** 1933-45Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)Konrad Adenauer (Adenauer, Konrad) 1949-63Ludwig Erhard (Erhard, Ludwig) 1963-66Kurt Georg Kiesinger (Kiesinger, Kurt Georg) 1966-69Willy Brandt (Brandt, Willy) 1969-74Helmut Schmidt (Schmidt, Helmut) 1974-82Helmut Kohl (Kohl, Helmut) 1982-90First (or General) Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)Walter Ulbricht (Ulbricht, Walter) 1950-71Erich Honecker (Honecker, Erich) 1971-89Egon Krenz*** 1989Chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany (reunited Germany)Helmut Kohl (Kohl, Helmut) 1990-98Gerhard Schröder (Schröder, Gerhard) 1998-2005Angela Merkel (Merkel, Angela) 2005-*Upon Hindenburg's death in 1934, the powers of the presidency were merged with those of the chancellor.**Chancellor from 1933 and Führer ("Leader") from 1934.***East Germany was governed by interim administrations from December 1989 until the two Germanys were reunited in October 1990.See as table:
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