List of German presidents by longevity

This is a list of German Presidents since 1919 by age. This table can be sorted to display German Presidents by name, order of office, date of birth, age at inauguration, length of retirement, or lifespan.

Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the president in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 6 February 2021.

Overview

The median age of accession is roughly 61 years and 10 months, which is a bit more than Horst Köhler. The youngest person to become president was Friedrich Ebert (age 48 years, 7 days). The oldest person to become president was Paul von Hindenburg (age 77 years, 222 days).

The oldest living is former president Joachim Gauck, born 24 January 1940 (age 81 years, 13 days). The youngest living is former president Christian Wulff, born 19 June 1959 (age 61 years, 232 days).

The longest-lived president was Walter Scheel, who died at the age of 97 years and 47 days. Scheel became the longest-lived president by living to 15 October 2008. On that day, he became one day older than Karl Dönitz, the previous holder of the oldest president record. The oldest living president, Joachim Gauck, will tie Scheel if he lives to 12 March 2037. The shortest-lived president was Friedrich Ebert, who died at the age of 54 years, 24 days.

German Presidents' ages
#
 President
 Date of birth
 Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration
 End of
term		 Length of
retirement
 Date of death
 Lifespan
1 Ebert, FriedrichFriedrich Ebert 1871-02-04(1871-02-04)4 February 1871 11 February 1919 (1919-02-11) 48 years, 7 days 28 February 1925 (1925-02-28) 00,000N/A[1] 1925-02-28(1925-02-28)28 February 1925 19,747 days (54 years, 24 days)
2 von Hindenburg, PaulPaul von Hindenburg 1847-10-02(1847-10-02)2 October 1847 12 May 1925 (1925-05-12) 77 years, 222 days 2 August 1934 (1934-08-02) 00,000N/A[1] 1934-08-02(1934-08-02)2 August 1934 31,715 days (86 years, 304 days)
3 Donitz, KarlKarl Dönitz 1891-09-16(1891-09-16)16 September 1891 30 April 1945 (1945-04-30) 53 years, 226 days 23 May 1945 (1945-05-23) 12,99912,999 days 1980-12-24(1980-12-24)24 December 1980 32,606 days (89 years, 99 days)
4 Heuss, TheodorTheodor Heuss 1884-01-31(1884-01-31)31 January 1884 13 September 1949 (1949-09-13) 65 years, 225 days 12 September 1959 (1959-09-12) 01,5521,552 days 1963-12-12(1963-12-12)12 December 1963 29,169 days (79 years, 315 days)
5 Lubke, HeinrichHeinrich Lübke 1894-10-14(1894-10-14)14 October 1894 13 September 1959 (1959-09-13) 64 years, 334 days 30 June 1969 (1969-06-30) 01,0111,011 days 1972-04-06(1972-04-06)6 April 1972 28,298 days (77 years, 175 days)
6 Heinemann, GustavGustav Heinemann 1899-07-23(1899-07-23)23 July 1899 1 July 1969 (1969-07-01) 69 years, 343 days 30 June 1974 (1974-06-30) 00,738738 days 1976-07-07(1976-07-07)7 July 1976 28,108 days (76 years, 350 days)
7 Scheel, WalterWalter Scheel 1919-07-08(1919-07-08)8 July 1919 1 July 1974 (1974-07-01) 54 years, 358 days 30 June 1979 (1979-06-30) 13,57013,570 days 2016-08-24(2016-08-24)24 August 2016 35,477 days (97 years, 47 days)
8 Carstens, KarlKarl Carstens 1914-12-14(1914-12-14)14 December 1914 1 July 1979 (1979-07-01) 64 years, 199 days 30 June 1984 (1984-06-30) 02,8912,891 days 1992-05-30(1992-05-30)30 May 1992 28,292 days (77 years, 168 days)
9 von Weizsacker, RichardRichard von Weizsäcker 1920-04-15(1920-04-15)15 April 1920 1 July 1984 (1984-07-01) 64 years, 77 days 30 June 1994 (1994-06-30) 07,5207,520 days 2015-01-31(2015-01-31)31 January 2015 34,624 days (94 years, 291 days)
10 Herzog, RomanRoman Herzog 1934-04-05(1934-04-05)5 April 1934 1 July 1994 (1994-07-01) 60 years, 87 days 30 June 1999 (1999-06-30) 06,4046,404 days 2017-01-10(2017-01-10)10 January 2017 30,231 days (82 years, 280 days)
11 Rau, JohannesJohannes Rau 1931-01-16(1931-01-16)16 January 1931 1 July 1999 (1999-07-01) 68 years, 166 days 30 June 2004 (2004-06-30) 00,576576 days 2006-01-27(2006-01-27)27 January 2006 27,405 days (75 years, 11 days)
12 Kohler, HorstHorst Köhler 1943-02-22(1943-02-22)22 February 1943 1 July 2004 (2004-07-01) 61 years, 130 days 31 May 2010 (2010-05-31) 00,03,9043,904 days 2021-02-6 28,474 days (77 years, 350 days)
13 Wulff, ChristianChristian Wulff 1959-06-19(1959-06-19)19 June 1959 30 June 2010 (2010-06-30) 51 years, 11 days 17 February 2012 (2012-02-17) 00,03,2773,277 days 2021-02-6 22,513 days (61 years, 232 days)
14 Gauck, JoachimJoachim Gauck 1940-01-24(1940-01-24)24 January 1940 18 March 2012 (2012-03-18) 72 years, 54 days 18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 00,01,4211,421 days 2021-02-6 29,599 days (81 years, 13 days)
15 Steinmeier, Frank-WalterFrank-Walter Steinmeier 1956-01-05(1956-01-05)5 January 1956 19 March 2017 (2017-03-19) 61 years, 73 days Incumbent 00,000Incumbent 2021-02-6 23,774 days (65 years, 32 days)
# President Date of birth Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration		 End of
term		 Length of
retirement		 Date of death Lifespan

References
  1. Died in office.
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