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 12 October 2018.

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 78 years, 261 days). The youngest living is former president Christian Wulff, born 19 June 1959 (age 59 years, 115 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 Friedrich Ebert 4 February 1871 11 February 1919 48 years, 7 days 28 February 1925 N/A[1] 28 February 1925 19,747 days (54 years, 24 days)
2 Paul von Hindenburg 2 October 1847 12 May 1925 77 years, 222 days 2 August 1934 N/A[1] 2 August 1934 31,715 days (86 years, 304 days)
3 Karl Dönitz 16 September 1891 30 April 1945 53 years, 226 days 23 May 1945 12,999 days 24 December 1980 32,606 days (89 years, 99 days)
4 Theodor Heuss 31 January 1884 13 September 1949 65 years, 225 days 12 September 1959 1,552 days 12 December 1963 29,169 days (79 years, 315 days)
5 Heinrich Lübke 14 October 1894 13 September 1959 64 years, 334 days 30 June 1969 1,011 days 6 April 1972 28,298 days (77 years, 175 days)
6 Gustav Heinemann 23 July 1899 1 July 1969 69 years, 343 days 30 June 1974 738 days 7 July 1976 28,108 days (76 years, 350 days)
7 Walter Scheel 8 July 1919 1 July 1974 54 years, 358 days 30 June 1979 13,570 days 24 August 2016 35,477 days (97 years, 47 days)
8 Karl Carstens 14 December 1914 1 July 1979 64 years, 199 days 30 June 1984 2,891 days 30 May 1992 28,292 days (77 years, 168 days)
9 Richard von Weizsäcker 15 April 1920 1 July 1984 64 years, 77 days 30 June 1994 7,520 days 31 January 2015 34,624 days (94 years, 291 days)
10 Roman Herzog 5 April 1934 1 July 1994 60 years, 87 days 30 June 1999 6,404 days 10 January 2017 30,231 days (82 years, 280 days)
11 Johannes Rau 16 January 1931 1 July 1999 68 years, 166 days 30 June 2004 576 days 27 January 2006 27,405 days (75 years, 11 days)
12 Horst Köhler 22 February 1943 1 July 2004 61 years, 130 days 31 May 2010 3,056 days 27,626 days (75 years, 232 days)
13 Christian Wulff 19 June 1959 30 June 2010 51 years, 11 days 17 February 2012 2,429 days 21,665 days (59 years, 115 days)
14 Joachim Gauck 24 January 1940 18 March 2012 72 years, 54 days 18 March 2017 573 days 28,751 days (78 years, 261 days)
15 Frank-Walter Steinmeier 5 January 1956 19 March 2017 61 years, 73 days Incumbent Incumbent 22,926 days (62 years, 280 days)
# President Date of birth Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration		 End of
term		 Length of
retirement		 Date of death Lifespan

References

  1. 1 2 Died in office.

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