List of Presidents of the Reichstag (Germany)
| President of the Reichstag | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Seat | Reichstag building |
| Formation | March 1871 |
| First holder | Eduard von Simson |
| Final holder | Hermann Göring |
| Abolished | 23 April 1945 |
| Succession | Office abolished |
President of the Reichstag was the presiding officer of the German national assembly from 1871 to 1918, under the German Empire and again from 1920 to 1945, under the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.
Presidents of the Reichstag
| Colour key (for political parties) |
|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took Office | Left Office | ||||
| Presidents of the Reichstag | |||||
| 1 |  | Eduard von Simson (1810–1899) | March 1871 | February 1874 | Independent |
| 2 |  | Maximilian Franz August von Forckenbeck (1821–1892) | February 1874 | May 1879 | Independent |
| 3 |  | Otto Theodor von Seydewitz (1818–1898) | May 1879 | August 1879 | Independent |
| 4 |  | Adolf Graf von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1832–1887) | February 1880 | February 1881 | Independent |
| 5 |  | Gustav Konrad Heinrich von Gossler (1838–1902) | February 1881 | November 1881 | Independent |
| 6 | | Albert Erdmann Karl Gerhard von Levetzow (1827–1903) | November 1881 | November 1884 | Independent |
| 7 |  | Wilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf (1837–1915) | November 1884 | November 1888 | Independent |
| (6) | | Albert Erdmann Karl Gerhard von Levetzow (1827–1903) | November 1888 | March 1895 | Independent |
| 8 |  | Rudolf Freiherr von Buol-Berenberg (1842–1902) | March 1895 | December 1898 | Independent |
| 9 |  | Franz von Ballestrem (1834–1910) | December 1898 | 20 February 1907 | Independent |
| 10 | | Udo Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1840–1910) | 20 February 1907 | 19 February 1910 | Independent |
| 11 |  | Hans Graf von Schwerin-Löwitz (1847–1918) | 1 March 1910 | February 1912 | Independent |
| 12 | | Johannes Kaempf (1842–1918) | February 1912 | 25 May 1918 | Independent |
| 13 |  | Constantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926) | June 1918 | November 1918 | Centre Party |
| Presidents of the Weimar National Assembly | |||||
| 1 |  | Eduard David (1863–1930) | 7 February 1919 | 13 February 1919 | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| — |  | Conrad Haussmann (1857–1922) Acting President | 13 February 1919 | 14 February 1919 | German Democratic Party |
| 2 | | Constantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926) | 14 February 1919 | 21 June 1920 | Centre Party |
| Presidents of the Reichstag | |||||
| 14 |  | Paul Löbe (1875–1967) | 25 June 1920 | 27 May 1924 | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| 15 |  | Max Wallraf (1859–1941) | 28 May 1924 | 7 January 1925 | German National People's Party |
| (14) | | Paul Löbe (1875–1967) | 7 January 1925 | 30 August 1932 | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| 16 | | Hermann Göring (1893–1946) | 30 August 1932 | 23 April 1945 | National Socialist German Workers' Party |
Presidium of the Reichstag
Main articles: Presidium of the Reichstag (German Empire), Presidium of the Reichstag (Weimar Republic) and Presidium of the Reichstag (Nazi Germany)
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