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===Presidents===

From 1959 to 1964, the first president of the Federation was [[Hans Krüger (politician)|Hans Krüger]], a former [[Nazism|Nazi]] judge and activist.<ref name=DW.14.08.2006>[http://www.dw.com/en/league-of-german-expellees-unwilling-to-investigate-own-past/a-2135984 "League of German Expellees Unwilling to Investigate Own Past"], Deutsche Welle (14 August 2006). Retrieved 29 October 2017</ref> After the war Krüger was a [[Germany|West German]] politician of the [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU), was a member of parliament from 1957 to 1965, served as [[Federal Ministry for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims|Federal Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and War Victims]] for 4 months in 1963–64 in the First Cabinet of [[Ludwig Erhard]]. He stepped down from cabinet and other positions in 1964 amid controversy about his war-time background. Krüger was succeeded as president by [[Wenzel Jaksch]] in 1964 who held the position until his untimely death in 1966.<ref name=SPD>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spd-wiesbaden.de/presse/index.php?seitenID=PR-02-00-0150&archivverzeichnis=Archiv_2006&PHPSESSID=276c4c22beef653702311954dff93627|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719084439/http://www.spd-wiesbaden.de/presse/index.php?seitenID=PR-02-00-0150&archivverzeichnis=Archiv_2006&PHPSESSID=276c4c22beef653702311954dff93627|url-status=dead|title=Biography at spd-wiesbaden.de|archivedate=19 July 2011}}</ref>

*[[Hans Krüger]] (1959–1963) [https://web.archive.org/web/20050408214102/http://www.bund-der-vertriebenen.de/derbdv/historie-2.php3?druck=1 BdV - Der BdV - Geschichte des BdV] (resigned from his post due to his Nazi past<ref name=DW.14.08.2006/>)
*[[Wenzel Jaksch]] (1964–1966)
*[[Reinhold Rehs]] (1967–1970)
*[[Herbert Czaja]] (1970–1994)
*[[Fritz Wittmann]] (1994–1998)
*[[Erika Steinbach]] (1998–2014)
*[[Bernd Fabritius]] (2014–)