List of presidents of the Reichstag

The President of the Reichstag was the presiding officer of the German legislature from 1871 to 1918, under the German Empire and again from 1920 to 1945, under the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.

President of the Reichstag Präsident des Reichstags
Longest serving and last officeholder Hermann Göring 30 August 1932 – 23 April 1945
Presidium of the Reichstag
Style	Mr. President
Type	Presiding officer
Seat	Reichstag building, Königsplatz, Berlin
Nominator	Political parties
Appointer	Reichstag traditionally appointing nominee of the largest party
Term length	Contemporaneous to legislative period
Constituting instrument	German Basic Law
Formation	March 1871
First holder	Eduard von Simson
Final holder	Hermann Göring
Abolished	23 April 1945
Succession	President of West German Bundestag, 1949 President of East German People's Chamber, 1949 President of the Bundestag in United Germany, 1990

Presidents of the Reichstag

No.	Portrait	President of the Reichstag	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
Presidents of the Reichstag
1		Simson, EduardEduard von Simson (1810–1899)	March 1871	February 1874	2 years, 11 months	Independent
2		Forckenbeck, MaxMaximilian Franz August von Forckenbeck (1821–1892)	February 1874	May 1879	5 years, 3 months	Independent
3		Seydewitz, OttoOtto Theodor von Seydewitz (1818–1898)	May 1879	August 1879	3 months	Independent
4		Arnim, AdolfAdolf von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1832–1887)	February 1880	February 1881	1 year	Independent
5		Gossler, GustavGustav von Goßler (1838–1902)	February 1881	November 1881	9 months	Independent
6		Levetzow, AlbertAlbert von Levetzow (1827–1903)	November 1881	November 1884	3 years	Independent
7		Wedell, WilhelmWilhelm von Wedell-Piesdorf (1837–1915)	November 1884	November 1888	4 years	Independent
(6)		Levetzow, AlbertAlbert von Levetzow (1827–1903)	November 1888	March 1895	6 years, 4 months	Independent
8		Buol, RudolfRudolf von Buol-Berenberg (1842–1902)	March 1895	December 1898	3 years, 9 months	Independent
9		Ballestrem, FranzFranz von Ballestrem (1834–1910)	December 1898	20 February 1907	8 years, 2 months	Independent
10		Stolberg, UdoUdo zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1840–1910)	20 February 1907	19 February 1910 †	2 years, 11 months	Independent
11		Schwerin, HansHans Graf von Schwerin-Löwitz (1847–1918)	1 March 1910	February 1912	1 year, 11 months	Independent
12		Kaempf, JohannesJohannes Kaempf (1842–1918)	February 1912	25 May 1918 †	6 years, 3 months	Independent
13		Fehrenbach, ConstantinConstantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926)	June 1918	November 1918	5 months	Centre
Presidents of the Weimar National Assembly
1		David, EduardEduard David (1863–1930)	7 February 1919	13 February 1919	6 days	SPD
-		Haussmann, ConradConrad Haussmann (1857–1922) Acting	13 February 1919	14 February 1919	1 day	DDP
2		Fehrenbach, ConstantinConstantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926)	14 February 1919	21 June 1920	1 year, 128 days	Centre
Presidents of the Reichstag
14		Löbe, PaulPaul Löbe (1875–1967)	25 June 1920	27 May 1924	3 years, 337 days	SPD
15		Wallraf, MaxMax Wallraf (1859–1941)	28 May 1924	7 January 1925	225 days	DNVP
(14)		Löbe, PaulPaul Löbe (1875–1967)	7 January 1925	30 August 1932	7 years, 236 days	SPD
16		Göring, HermannHermann Göring (1893–1946)	30 August 1932	23 April 1945	12 years, 236 days	NSDAP

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)

References

• German ministries 1871–1945 – Rulers.org