Presidents of The German Red Cross
During the First World War General Kurt W. von Pfuel was the Chairman of the Central Committee of the German National Red Cross. Since 1921 the society has had the following presidents:
- 1921–1933: Joachim von Winterfeldt-Menkin
- 1933–1945: Carl-Eduard Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
- 1950–1952: Otto Gessler (FRG)
- 1952–1961: Heinrich Weitz (FRG)
- 1961–1967: Hans Ritter von Lex (FRG)
- 1967–1982: Walter Bargatzky (FRG)
- 1982–1994: Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (FRG)
- 1994–2003: Knut Ipsen
- 2003–: Rudolf Seiters
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