Heinz Maria Oeftering, 13 May 1957 - 12 May 1972 Wolfgang Vaerst, 13 May 1972 – 12 May 1982 Reiner Gohlke, 13 May 1982 – 18 June 1990 Heinz Dürr, 1 January 1991 - 31 December 1993 (thereafter the head of newly formed Deutsche Bahn AG).