List of German interior ministers
Appearance
Federal Minister of the Interior | |
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Bundesminister des Innern | |
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since 8 December 2021 | |
Federal Ministry of the Interior | |
Style | Frau Bundesminister |
Member of | Cabinet |
Reports to | Chancellor of Germany |
Seat | Alt-Moabit 140, Berlin |
Appointer | The President on advice of the Chancellor |
Formation | 21 December 1879 |
First holder | Karl von Hofmann |
Website | bmi.bund.de |
The Federal Minister of the Interior (German: Bundesminister des Innern) is the head of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and a member of the Cabinet of Germany.
The current Federal Minister of the Interior is Nancy Faeser, since 8 December 2021.[1]
List of officeholders
[edit]Secretaries of State for the Interior, 1879–1919
[edit]Political Party: Zentrum
Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor | ||
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Karl von Hofmann (1827–1910) |
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N/A | 21 December 1879 | 31 August 1880 | Bismarck | |
Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (1833–1907) |
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N/A | 1 September 1880 | 1 July 1897 | Bismarck von Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | |
Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner (1845–1932) |
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N/A | 1 July 1897 | 24 June 1907 | Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst von Bülow | |
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921) |
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N/A | 24 June 1907 | 10 July 1909 | von Bülow | |
Clemens von Delbrück (1856–1921) |
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N/A | 14 July 1909 | 22 May 1916 | von Bethmann Hollweg | |
Karl Helfferich (1872–1924) |
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N/A | 22 May 1916 | 24 October 1917 | von Bethmann Hollweg Michaelis | |
Max Wallraf (1859–1941) |
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N/A | 25 October 1917 | 9 November 1918 | Michaelis von Hertling (I) von Baden (I) | |
Karl Trimborn (1854–1921) |
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Zentrum | 14 November 1918 | 13 February 1919 | Ebert (Council of the People's Deputies) |
Ministers of the Interior, 1919–1945
[edit]Political Party: DDP DNVP DVP NSDAP SPD Zentrum
No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Hugo Preuß (1860–1925) | 13 February 1919 | 20 June 1919 | 127 days | DDP | Scheidemann | |
2 | Eduard David (1863–1930) | 21 June 1919 | 3 October 1919 | 104 days | SPD | Bauer | |
3 | Erich Koch-Weser (1875–1944) | 3 October 1919 | 4 May 1921 | 1 year, 213 days | DDP | Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach | |
4 | Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946) | 10 May 1921 | 22 October 1921 | 165 days | SPD | Wirth I | |
5 | Adolf Köster (1883–1930) | 26 October 1921 | 14 November 1922 | 1 year, 19 days | SPD | Wirth II | |
6 | Rudolf Oeser (1858–1926) | 22 November 1922 | 12 August 1923 | 263 days | DDP | Cuno | |
7 | Wilhelm Sollmann (1881–1951) | 14 August 1923 | 3 November 1923 | 81 days | SPD | Stresemann I | |
8 | Karl Jarres (1874–1951) | 11 November 1923 | 15 December 1924 | 1 year, 34 days | DVP | Stresemann II Marx I–II | |
9 | Martin Schiele (1870–1939) | 15 January 1925 | 23 October 1925 | 281 days | DNVP | Luther I | |
– | Otto Gessler (1875–1955) Acting | 23 October 1925 | 5 December 1925 | 43 days | DDP | Luther I | |
10 | Wilhelm Külz (1875–1948) | 20 January 1926 | 17 December 1926 | 331 days | DDP | Luther II Marx III | |
11 | Walter von Keudell (1884–1973) | January 1927 | 12 June 1928 | 1 year, 5 months | DNVP | Marx IV | |
12 | Carl Severing (1875–1952) | 28 June 1928 | 27 March 1930 | 1 year, 272 days | SPD | Müller II | |
13 | Joseph Wirth (1879–1956) | 30 March 1930 | 7 October 1931 | 1 year, 191 days | Centre | Brüning I | |
14 | Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939) | 9 October 1931 | 30 May 1932 | 234 days | Independent | Brüning II | |
15 | Wilhelm von Gayl (1879–1945) | 1 June 1932 | 17 November 1932 | 169 days | DNVP | Papen | |
16 | Franz Bracht (1877–1933) | 3 December 1932 | 28 January 1933 | 56 days | Independent | Schleicher | |
17 | Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946) | 30 January 1933 | 20 August 1943 | 10 years, 202 days | NSDAP | Hitler | |
18 | Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945) | 24 August 1943[2][3] | 29 April 1945 | 1 year, 248 days | NSDAP | Hitler | |
19 | Paul Giesler (1895–1945) | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | 2 days | NSDAP | Goebbels | |
20 | Wilhelm Stuckart (1902–1953) | 5 May 1945 | 23 May 1945 | 18 days | NSDAP | Schwerin von Krosigk |
Ministers of the Interior of the GDR, 1949–1990
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Chairman |
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1 | Karl Steinhoff (1892–1981) | 11 October 1949 | 6 May 1953 | 3 years, 6 months | SED | Grotewohl | |
2 | Willi Stoph (1914–1999) | 6 May 1953 | 1 July 1955 | 2 years, 1 month | SED | Grotewohl | |
3 | Karl Maron (1903–1975) | 1 July 1955 | 14 November 1963 | 8 years, 4 months | SED | Grotewohl | |
4 | Friedrich Dickel (1913–1993) | 14 November 1963 | 18 November 1989 | 26 years | SED | Grotewohl Stoph Sindermann Stoph | |
5 | Lothar Ahrendt (born 1936) | 18 November 1989 | 12 April 1990 | 4 months | SED | Modrow | |
6 | Peter-Michael Diestel (born 1952) | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | 5 months | DSU | de Maizière |
Ministers of the Interior (Bundesminister des Innern), since 1949
[edit]Political Party: CDU CSU FDP SPD
No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
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1 | Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976) | 20 September 1949 | 11 October 1950 | 1 year, 21 days | CDU | Adenauer I | |
2 | Robert Lehr (1883–1956) | 11 October 1950 | 20 October 1953 | 3 years, 9 days | CDU | Adenauer I | |
3 | Gerhard Schröder (1910–1989) | 20 October 1953 | 13 November 1961 | 8 years, 24 days | CDU | Adenauer II–III | |
4 | Hermann Höcherl (1912–1989) | 14 November 1961 | 25 October 1965 | 3 years, 345 days | CSU | Adenauer IV–V Erhard I | |
5 | Paul Lücke (1914–1976) | 26 October 1965 | 2 April 1968 | 2 years, 159 days | CDU | Erhard II Kiesinger | |
6 | Ernst Benda (1925–2009) | 2 April 1968 | 21 October 1969 | 1 year, 202 days | CDU | Kiesinger | |
7 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016) | 22 October 1969 | 16 May 1974 | 4 years, 216 days | FDP | Brandt I–II | |
8 | Werner Maihofer (1918–2009) | 16 May 1974 | 8 June 1978 | 4 years, 23 days | FDP | Schmidt I–II | |
9 | Gerhart Baum (born 1932) | 8 June 1978 | 17 September 1982 | 4 years, 101 days | FDP | Schmidt II–III | |
10 | Jürgen Schmude (born 1936) | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | 14 days | SPD | Schmidt III | |
11 | Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012) | 4 October 1982 | 21 April 1989 | 6 years, 199 days | CSU | Kohl I–II–III | |
12 | Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–2023) | 21 April 1989 | 26 November 1991 | 2 years, 219 days | CDU | Kohl III–IV | |
13 | Rudolf Seiters (born 1937) | 26 November 1991 | 7 July 1993 | 1 year, 223 days | CDU | Kohl IV | |
14 | Manfred Kanther (born 1939) | 7 July 1993 | 27 October 1998 | 5 years, 112 days | CDU | Kohl IV–V | |
15 | Otto Schily (born 1932) | 27 October 1998 | 22 November 2005 | 7 years, 26 days | SPD | Schröder I–II | |
16 (12) | Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–2023) | 22 November 2005 | 28 October 2009 | 3 years, 340 days | CDU | Merkel I | |
17 | Thomas de Maizière (born 1954) | 28 October 2009 | 3 March 2011 | 1 year, 126 days | CDU | Merkel II | |
18 | Hans-Peter Friedrich (born 1957) | 3 March 2011 | 17 December 2013 | 2 years, 289 days | CSU | Merkel II | |
19 (17) | Thomas de Maizière (born 1954) | 17 December 2013 | 14 March 2018 | 4 years, 87 days | CDU | Merkel III | |
20 | Horst Seehofer (born 1949) | 14 March 2018 | 8 December 2021 | 3 years, 269 days | CSU | Merkel IV | |
21 | Nancy Faeser (born 1970) | 8 December 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 252 days | SPD | Scholz |
References
[edit]- ^ Marcel Fürstenau (9 December 2021). "Germany's new Interior Minister Nancy Faeser makes fight against right-wing extremism top priority". DW.com. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "HIMMLER TO CURB UNREST IN REICH". The New York Times. 25 August 1943. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "HIMMLER'S PROMOTION". The New York Times. 26 August 1943. Retrieved 7 September 2022.