| Post: | Leader |
| Body: | the Free Democratic Party |
| Native Name: | Vorsitzender der Freien Demokratischen Partei |
| Insignia: | Logo der Freien Demokraten.svg |
| Incumbent: | Christian Lindner |
| Incumbentsince: | 7 December 2013 |
| Member Of: | Federal Executive Presidium |
| Formation: | 12 December 1948 |
| First: | Theodor Heuss |
| Website: | Christian Lindner's official website |
The Leader of the Free Democratic Party (German: Vorsitzender der Freien Demokratischen Partei) is the most senior and leading political figure within the Free Democratic Party (FDP), a centre-right and liberal political party in Germany with parliamentary representation. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) is, historically, also one of the most significant political parties in Germany. Since 6 December 2013, the office has been held by Christian Lindner, who succeeded Philipp Rösler.[1]
The Leader of the Free Democratic Party is supported by a General Secretary who, since 19 September 2020, has been Volker Wissing.
| width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Portrait | width=30% rowspan=2 | Name (Born–Died) | width=35% colspan=3 | Term of office | width=28% rowspan=2 | State | width=28% rowspan=2 | Chancellor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||||
| 1 | Theodor Heuss | 12 December 1948 | 12 September 1949 | None Konrad Adenauer | |||||
| 2 | Franz Blücher | 12 September 1949 | 6 March 1954 | Konrad Adenauer | |||||
| 3 | Thomas Dehler | 6 March 1954 | 26 January 1957 | Konrad Adenauer | |||||
| 4 | Reinhold Maier | 26 January 1957 | 28 January 1960 | Konrad Adenauer | |||||
| 5 | Erich Mende | 28 January 1960 | 30 January 1968 | Konrad Adenauer Ludwig Erhard Kurt Georg Kiesinger | |||||
| 6 | Walter Scheel | 30 January 1968 | 1 October 1974 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt | |||||
| 7 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | 1 October 1974 | 23 February 1985 | Helmut Schmidt Helmut Kohl | |||||
| 8 | Martin Bangemann | 23 February 1985 | 8 October 1988 | Helmut Kohl | |||||
| 9 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff | 8 October 1988 | 11 June 1993 | Helmut Kohl | |||||
| 10 | Klaus Kinkel | 11 June 1993 | 10 June 1995 | Helmut Kohl | |||||
| 11 | Wolfgang Gerhardt | 10 June 1995 | 4 May 2001 | Helmut Kohl Gerhard Schröder | |||||
| 12 | Guido Westerwelle | 4 May 2001 | 13 May 2011 | Gerhard Schröder Angela Merkel | |||||
| 13 | Philipp Rösler | 13 May 2011 | 7 December 2013 | Angela Merkel | |||||
| 14 | Christian Lindner | 7 December 2013 | Incumbent | Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz | |||||