Historical rankings of Chancellors of Germany

Historical rankings of Chancellors of Germany are surveys conducted to construct rankings of the success and popularity of the individuals who have served as Chancellor of Germany in the Federal Republic of Germany.

^ Following Willy Brandt's resignation as Chancellor, Walter Scheel was acting Chancellor for a few days.

For the TV show Unsere Besten, more than 1 million Germans were asked to rank the 100 most notable Germans in an unrepresentative opinion poll. The list also included German Chancellors:

Neither Kurt Georg Kiesinger nor Angela Merkel (who was leader of the opposition at that time) were ranked among the 100 most notable Germans.

In an opinion poll conducted by Forsa in July 2005, the 1002 pollees were supposed to name the most notable German Chancellor:

It was not asked for the most recent Chancellor Angela Merkel since she assumed office in November 2005.

In an opinion poll from November 2005, the polling company Emnid asked for the best German Chancellor:

It was not asked for the most recent Chancellor Angela Merkel since she assumed office in November 2005.

In March 2010, Infratest dimap asked 1500 people for their view of the term in office of German Chancellors. The given numbers show the percentage of people agreeing with the statement that the named Chancellor was a good one:

It was not asked for the first three German Chancellors (Adenauer, Erhard, Kiesinger).

In December 2013, Forsa reasked 1002 Germans to name the most notable German Chancellor:

In May 2015, YouGov asked 1111 Germans to name the best German Chancellor in their opinion:

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