List of German Presidents Party Term, German Presidents list, Current List of Presidents of Germany, President of Germany, Germany Presidents list

A number of presidential offices have existed in Germany since the collapse of the German Empire in 1918.
The Weimar constitution of August 1919 created the office of President of Germany (German: Reichspräsident). Upon the death of Paul von Hindenburg in August 1934 the office was left vacant, with Adolf Hitler becoming head of state as Führer und Reichskanzler. In April–May 1945, Karl Dönitz briefly became President upon the suicide of Hitler.

The West German constitution (Grundgesetz, Basic Law) of May 1949 created the office of President of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundespräsident). Since the German reunification in 1990 the President has been the head of state for all of Germany.

Name	Term of Office			Political Party
(Birth–Death)	Elected	Took Office	Left Office
Karl Arnold	—	07-Sep-49	12-Sep-49	CDU
(1901–1958)
Theodor Heuss	1949	13-Sep-49	12-Sep-59	FDP
(1884–1963)	1954
Heinrich Lübke	1959	13-Sep-59	30-Jun-69	CDU
(1894–1972)	1964		(resigned)
Gustav Heinemann	1969	01-Jul-69	30-Jun-74	SPD
(1899–1976)
Walter Scheel	1974	01-Jul-74	30-Jun-79	FDP
(1919–2016)
Karl Carstens	1979	01-Jul-79	30-Jun-84	CDU
(1914–1992)
Richard von Weizsäcker	1984	01-Jul-84	30-Jun-94	CDU
(1920–2015)	1989
Roman Herzog	1994	01-Jul-94	30-Jun-99	CDU
(1934–)
Johannes Rau	1999	01-Jul-99	30-Jun-04	SPD
(1931–2006)
Horst Köhler	2004	01-Jul-04	31-May-10	CDU
(1943–)	2009		(resigned)
Jens Böhrnsen	—	31-May-10	30-Jun-10	SPD
(1949–)
Christian Wulff	2010	30-Jun-10	17-Feb-12	CDU
(1959–)			(resigned)
Horst Seehofer	—	17-Feb-12	18-Mar-12	CSU
(1949–)
Joachim Gauck	2012	18-Mar-12	Incumbent	Independent
(1940–)