List of German interior ministers facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Federal Minister of the Interior |
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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
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Formation | 21 December 1879 |
First holder | Karl von Hofmann |
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.
Contents
List of officeholders
Secretaries of State for the Interior, 1879–1919
Political Party: Zentrum
Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor | ||
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Karl von Hofmann (1827–1910) |
N/A | 21 December 1879 | 31 August 1880 | Bismarck | ||
Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (1833–1907) |
N/A | 1 September 1880 | 1 July 1897 | Bismarck von Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst |
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Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner (1845–1932) |
N/A | 1 July 1897 | 24 June 1907 | Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst von Bülow |
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Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921) |
N/A | 24 June 1907 | 10 July 1909 | von Bülow | ||
Clemens von Delbrück (1856–1921) |
N/A | 14 July 1909 | 22 May 1916 | von Bethmann Hollweg | ||
Karl Helfferich (1872–1924) |
N/A | 22 May 1916 | 24 October 1917 | von Bethmann Hollweg Michaelis |
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Max Wallraf (1859–1941) |
N/A | 25 October 1917 | 9 November 1918 | Michaelis von Hertling (I) von Baden (I) |
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Karl Trimborn (1854–1921) |
Zentrum | 14 November 1918 | 13 February 1919 | Ebert (Council of the People's Deputies) |
Ministers of the Interior, 1919–1945
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 | (1860–1925) |
Hugo Preuß13 February 1919 | 20 June 1919 | 127 days | DDP | Scheidemann | |
2 | (1863–1930) |
Eduard David21 June 1919 | 3 October 1919 | 104 days | SPD | Bauer | |
3 | (1875–1944) |
Erich Koch-Weser3 October 1919 | 4 May 1921 | 1 year, 213 days | DDP | Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach |
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4 | (1866–1946) |
Georg Gradnauer10 May 1921 | 22 October 1921 | 165 days | SPD | Wirth I | |
5 | (1883–1930) |
Adolf Köster26 October 1921 | 14 November 1922 | 1 year, 19 days | SPD | Wirth II | |
6 | (1858–1926) |
Rudolf Oeser22 November 1922 | 12 August 1923 | 263 days | DDP | Cuno | |
7 | (1881–1951) |
Wilhelm Sollmann14 August 1923 | 3 November 1923 | 81 days | SPD | Stresemann I | |
8 | (1874–1951) |
Karl Jarres11 November 1923 | 15 December 1924 | 1 year, 34 days | DVP | Stresemann II Marx I–II |
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9 | (1870–1939) |
Martin Schiele15 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 | (1875–1948) |
Wilhelm Külz20 January 1926 | 17 December 1926 | 331 days | DDP | Luther II Marx III |
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11 | (1884–1973) |
Walter von KeudellJanuary 1927 | 12 June 1928 | 1 year, 5 months | DNVP | Marx IV | |
12 | (1875–1952) |
Carl Severing28 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 | (1867–1939) |
Wilhelm Groener9 October 1931 | 30 May 1932 | 234 days | Independent | Brüning II | |
15 | (1879–1945) |
Wilhelm von Gayl1 June 1932 | 17 November 1932 | 169 days | DNVP | Papen | |
16 | (1877–1933) |
Franz Bracht3 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 | 29 April 1945 | 1 year, 248 days | NSDAP | Hitler | |
19 | (1895–1945) |
Paul Giesler30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | 2 days | NSDAP | Goebbels | |
20 | (1902–1953) |
Wilhelm Stuckart5 May 1945 | 23 May 1945 | 18 days | NSDAP | Schwerin von Krosigk |
Ministers of the Interior of the GDR, 1949–1990
Political Party: SED DSU
No. | Portrait | Minister of the Interior | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Chairman |
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1 | (1892–1981) |
Karl Steinhoff11 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 | (1903–1975) |
Karl Maron1 July 1955 | 14 November 1963 | 8 years, 4 months | SED | Grotewohl | |
4 | (1913–1993) |
Friedrich Dickel14 November 1963 | 18 November 1989 | 26 years | SED | Grotewohl Stoph Sindermann Stoph |
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5 | (born 1936) |
Lothar Ahrendt18 November 1989 | 12 April 1990 | 4 months | SED | Modrow | |
6 | (born 1952) |
Peter-Michael Diestel12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | 5 months | DSU | de Maizière |
Ministers of the Interior (Bundesminister des Innern), since 1949
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 | (1883–1956) |
Robert Lehr11 October 1950 | 20 October 1953 | 3 years, 9 days | CDU | Adenauer I | |
3 | (1910–1989) |
Gerhard Schröder20 October 1953 | 13 November 1961 | 8 years, 24 days | CDU | Adenauer II–III | |
4 | (1912–1989) |
Hermann Höcherl14 November 1961 | 25 October 1965 | 3 years, 345 days | CSU | Adenauer IV–V Erhard I |
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5 | (1914–1976) |
Paul Lücke26 October 1965 | 2 April 1968 | 2 years, 159 days | CDU | Erhard II Kiesinger |
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6 | (1925–2009) |
Ernst Benda2 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 | (1918–2009) |
Werner Maihofer16 May 1974 | 8 June 1978 | 4 years, 23 days | FDP | Schmidt I–II | |
9 | (born 1932) |
Gerhart Baum8 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 | (born 1957) |
Hans-Peter Friedrich3 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 | (born 1970) |
Nancy Faeser8 December 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 17 days | SPD | Scholz |
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