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| "Iron Chancellor" (1871-1890) | Bismarck |
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| 1st post-WWII chancellor (1949-1963) | Adenauer |
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| 1st post-WWII chancellor from the SPD (party) | Brandt |
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| 2nd post-WWII chancellor (1963-1966) | Erhard |
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| 3rd post-WWII chancellor (1966-1969) | Kiesinger |
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| 4th post-WWII chancellor (1969-1974) | Brandt |
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| 5th post-WWII chancellor (1974-1982) | Schmidt |
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| 6th post-WWII chancellor (1982-1998) | Kohl |
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| 7th post-WWII chancellor (1998-2005) | Schröder/Schroeder |
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| 8th post-WWII chancellor (2005-2021) | Merkel |
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| all 3 living former chancellors (___ and ___ and ___ - you have to type the "and"s) | Scholz and Merkel and Schroeder/Scholz and Schroeder and Merkel/Scholz and Schröder and Merkel/Scholz and Merkel and Schröder/Merkel and Schroeder and Scholz/Merkel and Schröder and Scholz/Schroeder and Scholz and Merkel/Schröder and Scholz and Merkel/Merkel and Scholz and Schröder/Schröder and Merkel and Scholz/Schroeder and Merkel and Scholz/Merkel and Scholz and Schroeder |
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| any 1 of the 13 chancellors or minister-presidents between the abdication of the Kaiser at the end of WWI and the takeover by Hitler in January 1933 | Luther/Fehrenbach/Ebert/Cuno/Bruening/Brüning/Bauer/Wirth/Stresemann/von Schleicher/Schleicher/Marx/Scheidemann/von Papen/Müller/Mueller/Papen |
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| any of the 4 post-WWII chancellors to assume office upon the resignation/removal of their predecessor (as opposed to after a Bundestag election) | Kohl/Schmidt/Kiesinger/Erhard |
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| chancellor during German reunification | Kohl |
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| current chancellor | Merz |
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| longest-serving post-WWII chancellor (16 years + 26 days, beats 2nd place by 10 days!) | Kohl |
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| oldest post-WWII chancellor upon assuming office (73!) | Adenauer |
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| only chancellor to date who was a citizen of former East Germany | Merkel |
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| only female post-WWII chancellor to date | Merkel |
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| only post-WWII chancellor to win a Nobel Peace Prize | Brandt |
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| political party of Adenauer | CDU |
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| political party of Brandt | SPD |
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| political party of Erhard | CDU |
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| political party of Kiesinger | CDU |
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| political party of Kohl | CDU |
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| political party of Merkel | CDU |
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| political party of Merz | CDU |
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| political party of Schmidt | SPD |
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| political party of Scholz | SPD |
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| political party of Schröder | SPD |
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| record-holder for the shortest chancellorship at 2 years + 325 days | Kiesinger |
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| youngest post-WWII chancellor upon assuming office (51) | Merkel |
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