Wikipedia: Vice Chancellor of Germany

Vice Chancellor of Germany
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The Vice-Chancellor (Vizekanzler) in Germany is often the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It is the second highest position in the government, and is usually held by the leader of the government's principal coalition partner.

The prefix "Vize-" is derived from the Latin "vicis" meaning "in place of".

List of Vice-Chancellors

German Empire

1881-1897 Karl Heinrich von Bötticher

1897-1907 Count Arthur Adolf von Posadowsky-Wohner

1907-1909 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
1909-1916 Klemens Delbrück
1916-1917 Karl Helfferich
1917-1918 Friedrich von Payer (Progressive Party)

Weimar Republic

1919 Eugen Schiffer (DDP)
1919 Bernhard Dernburg (DDP)
1919 Matthias Erzberger (Center Party)
1919-1920 Eugen Schiffer (DDP)
1920 Erich Koch-Weser (DDP)
1920-1921 Rudolf Heinze (DVP)
1921-1922 Gustav Bauer (SPD)
1922-1923 vacant
1923 Robert Schmidt (SPD)
1923-1925 Karl Jarres (DVP)
1925-1927 vacant
1927-1928 Oskar Hergt (DNVP)
1928-1930 vacant
1930-1932 Hermann R. Dietrich (DDP)
1932-1933 vacant

Nazi Germany

1933-1934 Franz von Papen
1934-1945 vacant

Federal Republic of Germany

1949-1957 Franz Blücher

1957-1963 Ludwig Erhard (CDU)
1963-1966 Erich Mende
1966 Hans-Christoph Seebohm
1966-1969 Willy Brandt (SPD)
1969-1974 Walter Scheel (FDP)
1974-1982 Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP)
1982 briefly vacant due to the Genscher's dismissal
1982-1992 Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP)
1992-1993 Jürgen Möllemann (FDP)
1993-1998 Klaus Kinkel (FDP)
since 1998: Joschka Fischer (Greens)