List of Presidents of Germany
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Weimar Republic (1919-1934) Name Term of Office No. Political Party (Birth–Death) Took Office Left Office President of the Reich (Reichspräsident) Friedrich Ebert 28 February 1925 1 11 February 1919 SPD (1871–1925) (died in office) Hans Luther — 28 February 1925 12 March 1925 Non-partisan (1879–1962) Walter Simons — 12 March 1925 12 May 1925 Non-partisan (1861–1937) General Field Marshal 2 August 1934 2 Paul von Hindenburg 12 May 1925 Non-partisan (died in office) (1847–1934) Nazi Germany (1934-1945) Name Term of Office No. Political Party (Birth–Death) Took Office Left Office Führer und Reichskanzler 30 April 1945 — 2 August 1934 NSDAP Adolf Hitler (committed suicide) (1889–1945) Reichspräsident 23 May 1945 — Grand Admiral 1 May 1945 NSDAP Karl Dönitz (arrested by the Allies) (1891–1980) Partitioned Germany (1949-1990) West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) Name Term of Office No. Political Party (Birth–Death) Took Office Left Office Federal President (Bundespräsident) Karl Arnold — 7 September 1949 12 September 1949 CDU (1901–1958) Theodor Heuss 1 13 September 1949 12 September 1959 FDP (1884–1963) Heinrich Lübke 30 June 1969 2 13 September 1959 CDU (1894–1972) (resigned) Gustav Heinemann 3 1 July 1969 30 June 1974 SPD (1899–1976) Walter Scheel 4 1 July 1974 30 June 1979 FDP (born 1919) Karl Carstens 5 1 July 1979 30 June 1984 CDU (1914–1992) Richard von Weizsäcker until 6 1 July 1984 CDU (born 1920) 30 June 1994 East Germany (German Democratic Republic) Name Term of Office No. Political Party (Birth–Death) Took Office Left Office President of the State (Staatspräsident) Johannes Dieckmann — 7 October 1949 11 October 1949 LDPD (1893–1969) Wilhelm Pieck 7 September 1960 1 11 October 1949 SED (1876–1960) (died in office) Johannes Dieckmann — 7 September 1960 12 September 1960 LDPD (1893–1969) Chairman of the State Council (Vorsitzender des Staatsrats) Walter Ulbricht 1 August 1973 1 12 September 1960 SED (1893–1973) (died in office) Friedrich Ebert, Jr. — 1 August 1973 3 October 1973 SED (1894–1979) Willi Stoph 2 3 October 1973 29 October 1976 SED (1914–1999) Erich Honecker 18 October 1989 3 29 October 1976 SED (1912–1994) (resigned) Egon Krenz 6 December 1989 4 18 October 1989 SED (born 1937) (resigned) Manfred Gerlach 5 April 1990 5 6 December 1989 LDPD (1928–2011) (office abolished) Sabine Bergmann-Pohl 2 October 1990 — 5 April 1990 CDU (born 1946) (office abolished) Reunified Germany (since 1990) Name Term of Office No. Political Party (Birth–Death) Took Office Left Office Federal President (Bundespräsident) Richard von Weizsäcker since 6 30 June 1994 CDU (born 1920) 1 July 1984 Roman Herzog 7 1 July 1994 30 June 1999 CDU (born 1934) Johannes Rau 8 1 July 1999 30 June 2004 SPD (1931–2006) Horst Köhler 31 May 2010 9 1 July 2004 CDU (born 1943) (resigned) Jens Böhrnsen — 31 May 2010 30 June 2010 SPD (born 1949) Christian Wulff 17 February 2012 10 30 June 2010 CDU (born 1959) (resigned) Horst Seehofer — 17 February 2012 18 March 2012 CSU (born 1949) Joachim Gauck 11 18 March 2012 Incumbent Independent (born 1940) For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_presidents.