1. Karl Ernst (1904)

German Politician

A leading paramilitary figure in the Nazi regime in Berlin, Germany.

2. Sahra Wagenknecht (1969)

German Politician

After being elected in 2009 as a Member of the German Bundestag (national legislative body), this politician became Vice President of Germany's Die Linke (The Left) party.

3. Max Streibl (1932)

German Politician

Former Minister President of Bavaria, and member of the CSU German political party who resigned because of a bribery scandal in 1993. He also served his country as its Minister...

4. Heinrich Fink (1935)

German Politician

German politician, theologian and university professor who was involved in the controversy with the Ministry of State Security.

5. Angela Merkel (1954)

German Politician

German politician and former research scientist who became the first female Chancellor of Germany in 2005. She is considered one of the most powerful women of the 21st century.

6. Edmund Stoiber (1941)

German Politician

Former Minister-President of Bavaria from 1993 to 2007. He also served as the Chairman of the Christian Social Union from 1998 to 2007 and the President of the Bundesrat from...

7. Günther Beckstein (1943)

German Politician

Minister-President of Bavaria from October 2007 to October 2008. He is unique in that he is a Protestant and from the northern half of Bavaria, while traditionally Minister-Presidents have been...

8. Heide Simonis (1943)

German Politician

After serving in the German Bundestag during the 1970s and 1980s, this Social Democratic Party politician took office in the early 1990s as the first female President of Germany's northern...

9. Axel Fischer (1966)

German Politician

Affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union, this German politician served his country's Karlsruhe-Land constituency in Parliament and also held membership in the Western European Union and in the Council of...

10. Horst Seehofer (1949)

German Politician

German politician who was the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security from 1992 to 1998 before becoming the Minister-President of Bavaria in 2008. He belongs to the Christian Social...

11. Christian Lindner (1979)

German Politician

German politician who is known for being the leader of the Liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany. He is also known for being a member of the Bundestag and served...

12. Peer Steinbrück (1947)

German Politician

A social democratic politician who served as Germany's Minister of Finance from 2005 to 2009, under Chancellor Angela Merkel.

13. Silke Stokar von Neuforn (1953)

German Politician

Silke Stokar von Neuforn is a German politician. She has been a member of the German Parliament since 2002. From 1994 to 2002 she was a member of the Parliament...

14. Josef Winkler (politician) (1974)

German Politician

Josef Philip Winkler is a German politician and member of the German Green Party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. He has been a member of the Deutscher Bundestag the German Parliament from...

15. Martin Kastler (1974)

German Politician

Martin Kastler is a German politician of the CSU and member of the European Parliament.

16. Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (1975)

German Politician

Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler is a German politician and member of the SPD.

17. Miriam Staudte (1975)

German Politician

Miriam Staudte is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens. She was elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008.

18. Grietje Staffelt (1975)

German Politician

Grietje Staffelt is a German politician and a former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Federal Diet of Germany. Staffelt has been an MP since April 3 2000 when...

19. Jens Ackermann (1975)

German Politician

Jens Ackermann is a German politician and member of the FDP in the Bundestag.

20. Hilde Benjamin (1902)

German Politician

Hilde Benjamin was an East German judge and Minister of Justice. She is best known for presiding over a series of political show trials in the 1950s. Hilde Lange was...

21. Alexander Bonde (1975)

German Politician

Alexander Bonde is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens.

22. Katja Suding (1975)

German Politician

Katja Suding; born 30 December 1975 in Vechta is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party. She is chairwoman of the parliamentary group of her party in the Hamburgische...

23. Marina Schuster (1975)

German Politician

Marina Schuster is a German politician of the liberal Free Democratic Party.

24. Annemarie Renger (1919)

German Politician

Annemarie Renger was a German politician for the “Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands”. In 1972 she was the first woman to become President of the Bundestag.

25. Burkhard Jung (1958)

German Politician

Burkhard Jung is a German politician representative of the Social Democratic Party. Since March 29 2006 he is the major of Leipzig. He is married and has 4 children.

26. Hamide Akbayir (1959)

German Politician

Hamide Akbayir is a German politician and member of the Left North Rhine-Westphalia a state chapter of the Left Party of Germany.

27. Renate Sommer (1958)

German Politician

Renate Sommer is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for North Rhine-Westphalia. She is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union part of the European People's...

28. Marion Schick (1958)

German Politician

Marion Schick is a German manager politician and professor. From February 2010 to May 2011 she was Minister of Education of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Before being named minister...

29. Karoline Linnert (1958)

German Politician

Karoline Linnert is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. Since 2007 she has served as Senator of Finance and Mayor of the city-state of Bremen. She's one of...

30. Hans-Jochen Vogel (1926)

German Politician

Hans-Jochen Vogel is a German politician.

31. Erhard Eppler (1926)

German Politician

Erhard Eppler is a German Social Democratic politician and founder of the GTZ.

32. Silke Tesch (1958)

German Politician

Silke Tesch is a German politician and a former member of the Parliament of Hesse for the Social Democratic Party of Germany. On 5 April 2003 she was elected to...

33. Peter Altmaier (1958)

German Politician

Peter Altmaier is a German politician who has served as the Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery and as Federal Minister for Special Affairs since December 2013. Previously he...

34. Christine Lieberknecht (1958)

German Politician

Christine Lieberknecht is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. She currently serves as minister-president of the state of Thuringia since 2009 and as chairwoman of the CDU state...

35. Hans Modrow (1928)

German Politician

Hans Modrow is a German politician best known as the last communist premier of East Germany. He currently is the honorary Chairman of the Left Party. Modrow was born in...

36. Ralf Walter (1958)

German Politician

Ralf Walter is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany part of the Socialist Group and is vice-chair of the European...

37. Heidrun Bluhm (1958)

German Politician

Heidrun Bluhm is a German politician and member of Die Linke.

38. Dietmar Bartsch (1958)

German Politician

Dietmar Gerhard Bartsch is a German politician former Bundesgeschäftsführer of the Party of Democratic Socialism and Die Linke. and member of the Bundestag.

39. Roland Gewalt (1958)

German Politician

Roland Gewalt is a German politician and a Member of the European Parliament. He has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany since 1980 which is affiliated...

40. Dieter Althaus (1958)

German Politician

Dieter Althaus is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. Althaus was teaching Physics and Mathematics at the Polytechnic Secondary School in Geismar Thuringia from 1983 to 1989 where...

41. Ursula von der Leyen (1958)

German Politician

Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician of the conservative Christian Democratic Union and the current Federal Minister of Defence the first woman in German history to hold...

42. Stephan Weil (1958)

German Politician

Stephan Weil is a German politician and the leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony. On 20 January 2013 the SPD and the Green party won the 2013...

43. Andrej Hunko (1963)

German Politician

Andrej Konstantin Hunko is a German MP of The Left party for Aachen.

44. Daniel Caspary (1976)

German Politician

Daniel Caspary is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union part of the European People's Party....

45. Andreas Schwab (1973)

German Politician

Andreas Schwab is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union part of the European People's Party.

46. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (1966)

German Politician

Georgios Chatzimarkakis is a German politician of Greek descent Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany. He is a 2014 European Parliament candidate for the...

47. Petra Roth (1944)

German Politician

Petra Roth is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. She was the mayor of Frankfurt am Main from 1995 to 2012. In addition she twice served as president...

48. Christian Baldauf (1967)

German Politician

Christian Baldauf is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and former opposition leader in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. He is married and has two children.

49. Joachim Gauck (1940)

German Politician

Joachim Gauck is the President of Germany serving since March 2012. A former Lutheran pastor he came to prominence as an anti-communist civil rights activist in East Germany. During the...

50. Karin Wolff (1959)

German Politician

Karin Wolff is a German politician and vice-president of Hesse. Wolff studied history evangelical theology and philosophy at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and Philipps-Universität Marburg. She finished university and worked as a...