Reich Chancellor
head of government of Germany, 1871–1945
The Reich Chancellor (German: Reichskanzler) was the chancellor of Germany during the German Reich.
German Empire (all but one were no party members):
- Otto von Bismarck (1871-1890)
- Leo von Caprivi (1890-1894)
- Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1894-1900)
- Bernhard von Bülow (1900-1909)
- Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1909-1917)
- Georg Michaelis (1917)
- Georg von Hertling (1917-1918, Zentrum)
- Max of Baden (1918)
- Friedrich Ebert (1918-1919, SPD, Reich Chancellor/President of the Council of the People's Deputies) [1]
- Philipp Scheidemann (1919, SPD, Reich Minister-President)
- Gustav Bauer (1919-1920, SPD, Reich Minister-President/Reich Chancellor)
- Hermann Müller (1920, SPD)
- Konstantin Fehrenbach (1920-1921, Zentrum)
- Joseph Wirth (1921-1922, Zentrum)
- Wilhelm Cuno (1922-1923, no party)
- Gustav Stresemann (1923, DVP)
- Wilhelm Marx (1923-1925, Zentrum)
- Hans Luther (1925-1926, no party)
- Otto Geßler (1926, DDP, acting)
- Wilhelm Marx (1926-1928, Zentrum)
- Hermann Müller (1928-1930, SPD)
- Heinrich Brüning (1930-1932, Zentrum)
- Franz von Papen (1932, Zentrum/no party)
- Kurt von Schleicher (1932-1933, no party)
- Adolf Hitler (1933-1945, NSDAP)
- Joseph Goebbels (1945, NSDAP)
- Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1945, NSDAP, Leading Minister)
References
change- ↑ Hugo Haase (USPD) and Philipp Scheidemann (SPD) were also briefly Presidents of the Council of the People's Deputies).