This is a list of the successive governments of the Federal Republic of Germany from the time of the introduction of the Basic Law in 1949.
1st Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 - 1953 | Konrad Adenauer | Franz Blücher | Adenauer I | CDU | 208 of 402 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
| DP | ||||||||
2nd Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1953 - 1957 | Konrad Adenauer | Franz Blücher | Adenauer II | CDU | 333 of 487 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
| DP | ||||||||
| GB/BHE | ||||||||
3rd Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1957 - 1961 | Konrad Adenauer | Ludwig Erhard | Adenauer III | CDU | 287 of 497 | |||
| CSU | ||||||||
| DP | ||||||||
4th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinets | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1961 - 1962 | Konrad Adenauer | Ludwig Erhard | Adenauer IV Adenauer V | CDU | 309 of 499 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
| 1963 - 1965 | Ludwig Erhard | Erich Mende | Erhard I | CDU | ||||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
5th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1965 - 1966 | Ludwig Erhard | Erich Mende | Erhard II | CDU | 294 of 496 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
| 1966 - 1969 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger | Willy Brandt | Kiesinger | CDU | 447 of 496 | |||
| SPD | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
6th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1969 - 1972 | Willy Brandt | Walter Scheel | Brandt I | SPD | 254 of 496 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
7th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1972 - 1974 | Willy Brandt | Walter Scheel | Brandt II | SPD | 271 of 496 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| 1974 - 1976 | Helmut Schmidt | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Schmidt I | SPD | ||||
| FDP | ||||||||
8th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1976 - 1980 | Helmut Schmidt | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Schmidt II | SPD | 253 of 496 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
9th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1980 - 1982 | Helmut Schmidt | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Schmidt III | SPD | 271 of 497 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| 1982 - 1983 | Helmut Kohl | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Kohl I | CDU | 279 of 497 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
10th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1983 - 1987 | Helmut Kohl | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Kohl II | CDU | 278 of 498 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
11th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1987 - 1990 | Helmut Kohl | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Kohl III | CDU | 269 of 497 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
12th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1990 - 1994 | Helmut Kohl | Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1990–1992) Klaus Kinkel (1992–1994) | Kohl IV | CDU | 398 of 662 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
13th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1994 - 1998 | Helmut Kohl | Klaus Kinkel | Kohl V | CDU | 341 of 672 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
14th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 1998 - 2002 | Gerhard Schröder | Joschka Fischer | Schröder I | SPD | 342 of 669 | |||
| Greens | ||||||||
15th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 2002 - 2005 | Gerhard Schröder | Joschka Fischer | Schröder II | SPD | 306 of 603 | |||
| Greens | ||||||||
16th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 2005 - 2009 | Angela Merkel | Franz Müntefering (2005–2007) Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2007–2009) | Merkel I | CDU | 448 of 614 | |||
| SPD | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
17th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 2009 - 2013 | Angela Merkel | Guido Westerwelle (2009–2011) Philipp Rösler (2011–2013) | Merkel II | CDU | 332 of 622 | |||
| FDP | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
18th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 2013 - 2018[1] | Angela Merkel | Sigmar Gabriel | Merkel III | CDU | 504 of 631 | |||
| SPD | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
19th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 2018 - 2021 | Angela Merkel | Olaf Scholz | Merkel IV | CDU | 399 of 709 | |||
| SPD | ||||||||
| CSU | ||||||||
20th Bundestag | ||||||||
| Term | Chancellor | Vice Chancellor | Cabinet | Parties | Seats | |||
| 2021 - present | Olaf Scholz | Robert Habeck | Scholz | SPD | 416 of 736 | |||
| Greens | ||||||||
| FDP | ||||||||