List of German interior ministers

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Federal Minister of the Interior
Bundesminister des Innern
Bundesadler Bundesorgane.svg
Flag of Germany (state).svg
2019-01-18 Konstituierende Sitzung Hessischer Landtag SPD Faeser 3863 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Nancy Faeser
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
AppointerThe President
on advice of the Chancellor
Formation21 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.

Contents

The current Federal Minister of the Interior is Nancy Faeser, since 8 December 2021. [1]

List of officeholders

Secretaries of State for the Interior, 1879–1919

Political Party:   Zentrum

Name
(Birth–Death)
PortraitPartyTerm of Office Chancellor
Karl von Hofmann  [ de ]
(1827–1910)
Karl von Hofmann 1867 (IZ 48-150 HScherenberg).jpg N/A21 December 187931 August 1880 Bismarck
Karl Heinrich von Boetticher
(1833–1907)
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1981-127-06A, Karl-Heinrich von Boetticher.jpg N/A1 September 18801 July 1897 Bismarck
von Caprivi
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner
(1845–1932)
Nicola Perscheid - Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner.jpg N/A1 July 189724 June 1907 Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
von Bülow
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
(1856–1921)
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Portrait.jpg N/A24 June 190710 July 1909 von Bülow
Clemens von Delbrück
(1856–1921)
Delbruck, Clemens von (1856-1921).jpg N/A14 July 190922 May 1916 von Bethmann Hollweg
Karl Helfferich
(1872–1924)
Karl Helfferich.jpg N/A22 May 191624 October 1917 von Bethmann Hollweg
Michaelis
Max Wallraf
(1859–1941)
Max Wallraf 1925.png N/A25 October 19179 November 1918 Michaelis
von Hertling
(I)
von Baden
(I)
Karl Trimborn
(1854–1921)
Karl Trimborn circa 1915.jpg Zentrum 14 November 191813 February 1919 Ebert
(Council of the People's Deputies)

Ministers of the Interior, 1919–1945

Political Party:   DDP    DNVP    DVP    NSDAP    SPD    Zentrum

No.PortraitMinister of the InteriorTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyCabinet
1
Hugo Preuss.jpg
Preuß, Hugo Hugo Preuß
(1860–1925)
13 February 191920 June 1919127 days DDP Scheidemann
2
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H28785, Dr. Eduard David.jpg
David, Eduard Eduard David
(1863–1930)
21 June 19193 October 1919104 days SPD Bauer
3
Erich Koch-Weser, Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1986-014-10, Kabinett Muller (cropped).jpg
Koch-Weser, Erich Erich Koch-Weser
(1875–1944)
3 October 19194 May 19211 year, 213 days DDP Bauer
Müller I
Fehrenbach
4
No image.png
Gradnauer, Georg Georg Gradnauer
(1866–1946)
10 May 192122 October 1921165 days SPD Wirth I
5
Koester adolf 1920s.png
Köster, Adolf Adolf Köster
(1883–1930)
26 October 192114 November 19221 year, 19 days SPD Wirth II
6
Rudolf Oeser LCCN2014716798.jpg
Oeser, Rudolf Rudolf Oeser
(1858–1926)
22 November 192212 August 1923263 days DDP Cuno
7
Sollman LCCN2014716495.jpg
Sollmann, Wilhelm Wilhelm Sollmann
(1881–1951)
14 August 19233 November 192381 days SPD Stresemann I
8
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01175, Karl Jarres.jpg
Jarres, Karl Karl Jarres
(1874–1951)
11 November 192315 December 19241 year, 34 days DVP Stresemann II
Marx III
9
Martin Schiele 1925 (Bundesarchiv Bild 102-02063 cropped).jpg
Schiele, Martin Martin Schiele
(1870–1939)
15 January 192523 October 1925281 days DNVP Luther I
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-100-04A, Otto Karl Gessler.jpg
Gessler, Otto Otto Gessler
(1875–1955)
Acting
23 October 19255 December 192543 days DDP Luther I
10
Fotothek df pk 0000190 018 Portrat des Vorsitzenden der LDP Dr. Wilhelm Kulz.jpg
Külz, Wilhelm Wilhelm Külz
(1875–1948)
20 January 192617 December 1926331 days DDP Luther II
Marx III
11
Walter von Keudell.jpg
von Keudell, Walter Walter von Keudell
(1884–1973)
January 192712 June 19281 year, 5 months DNVP Marx IV
12
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R11405, Carl Severing.jpg
Severing, Carl Carl Severing
(1875–1952)
28 June 192827 March 19301 year, 272 days SPD Müller II
13
Bundesarchiv Bild 146III-105, Joseph Wirth.jpg
Wirth, Joseph Joseph Wirth
(1879–1956)
30 March 19307 October 19311 year, 191 days Centre Brüning I
14
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01049, Wilhelm Groener.jpg
Groener, Wilhelm Wilhelm Groener
(1867–1939)
9 October 193130 May 1932234 days Independent Brüning II
15
Wilhelm Freiherr von Gayl.JPG
von Gayl, Wilhelm Wilhelm von Gayl
(1879–1945)
1 June 193217 November 1932169 days DNVP Papen
16
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2007-1009-501, Franz Bracht.jpg
Bracht, Franz Franz Bracht
(1877–1933)
3 December 193228 January 193356 days Independent Schleicher
17
Wilhelm Frick.jpg
Frick, Wilhelm Wilhelm Frick
(1877–1946)
30 January 193320 August 194310 years, 202 days NSDAP Hitler
18
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S72707, Heinrich Himmler.jpg
Himmler, Heinrich Heinrich Himmler
(1900–1945)
24 August 1943 [2] [3] 29 April 19451 year, 248 days NSDAP Hitler
19
Paul Giesler.jpg
Giesler, Paul Paul Giesler
(1895–1945)
30 April 19452 May 19452 days NSDAP Goebbels
20
Wilhelm Stuckart at the Ministries Trial.jpg
Stuckart, Wilhelm Wilhelm Stuckart
(1902–1953)
3 May 194523 May 194520 days NSDAP Schwerin von Krosigk

Ministers of the Interior of the GDR, 1949–1990

Political Party:   SED    DSU

No.PortraitMinister of the InteriorTook officeLeft officeTime in officeParty Chairman
1
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-10279-0001, Karl Steinhoff.jpg
Steinhoff, Karl Karl Steinhoff
(1892–1981)
11 October 19496 May 19533 years, 6 months SED Grotewohl
2
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H0603-0601-002, Willi Stoph.jpg
Stoph, Willi Willi Stoph
(1914–1999)
6 May 19531 July 19552 years, 1 month SED Grotewohl
3
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-52112-0001, Karl Maron (cropped).jpg
Maron, Karl Karl Maron
(1903–1975)
1 July 195514 November 19638 years, 4 months SED Grotewohl
4
Friedrich Dickel 1983.PNG
Dickel, Friedrich Friedrich Dickel
(1913–1993)
14 November 196318 November 198926 years SED Grotewohl
Stoph
Sindermann
Stoph
5
No image.png
Ahrendt, Lothar Lothar Ahrendt
(born 1936)
18 November 198912 April 19904 months SED Modrow
6
KAS-Diestel, Peter-Michael-Bild-15158-1 (cropped).jpg
Diestel, Peter-Michael Peter-Michael Diestel
(born 1952)
12 April 19902 October 19905 months DSU de Maizière

Ministers of the Interior (Bundesminister des Innern), since 1949

Political Party:   CDU    CSU    FDP    SPD

No.PortraitMinister of the InteriorTook officeLeft officeTime in officePartyCabinet
1
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F028544-0006, Gustav Heinemann.jpg
Heinemann, Gustav Gustav Heinemann
(1899–1976)
20 September 194911 October 19501 year, 21 days CDU Adenauer I
2
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P004377, Robert Lehr.jpg
Lehr, Robert Robert Lehr
(1883–1956)
11 October 195020 October 19533 years, 9 days CDU Adenauer I
3
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F008145-0002, Gerhard Schroder (crop).jpg
Schröder, Gerhard Gerhard Schröder
(1910–1989)
20 October 195313 November 19618 years, 24 days CDU Adenauer IIIII
4
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-92106-0011, Hermann Hocherl.jpg
Höcherl, Hermann Hermann Höcherl
(1912–1989)
14 November 196125 October 19653 years, 345 days CSU Adenauer IVV
Erhard I
5
KAS-Lucke, Paul-Bild-644-1.jpg
Lücke, Paul Paul Lücke
(1914–1976)
26 October 19652 April 19682 years, 159 days CDU Erhard II
Kiesinger
6
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041440-0013, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Ernst Benda.jpg
Benda, Ernst Ernst Benda
(1925–2009)
2 April 196821 October 19691 year, 202 days CDU Kiesinger
7
Bundesarchiv FDP-Bundesparteitag, Genscher.jpg
Genscher, Hans-Dietrich Hans-Dietrich Genscher
(1927–2016)
22 October 196916 May 19744 years, 216 days FDP Brandt III
8
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F042278-0004, Prof. Dr. Werner Maihofer.jpg
Maihofer, Werner Werner Maihofer
(1918–2009)
16 May 19748 June 19784 years, 23 days FDP Schmidt III
9
Gerhart Baum 1980 by Olaf Kosinsky (cropped).jpg
Baum, Gerhart Gerhart Baum
(born 1932)
8 June 197817 September 19824 years, 101 days FDP Schmidt IIIII
10
Jurgen Schmude-01 retouched.jpg
Schmude, Jürgen Jürgen Schmude
(born 1936)
17 September 19821 October 198214 days SPD Schmidt III
11
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F085285-0011a, Bonn Friedrich Zimmermann.jpg
Zimmermann, Friedrich Friedrich Zimmermann
(1925–2012)
4 October 198221 April 19896 years, 199 days CSU Kohl IIIIII
12
KAS-Dusseldorf-Bild-19042-1 (cropped).jpg
Schäuble, Wolfgang Wolfgang Schäuble
(1942–2023)
21 April 198926 November 19912 years, 219 days CDU Kohl IIIIV
13
RudolfSeiters.jpg
Seiters, Rudolf Rudolf Seiters
(born 1937)
26 November 19917 July 19931 year, 223 days CDU Kohl IV
14
Manfred Kanther.jpg
Kanther, Manfred Manfred Kanther
(born 1939)
7 July 199327 October 19985 years, 112 days CDU Kohl IVV
15
Otto schily.jpg
Schily, Otto Otto Schily
(born 1932)
27 October 199822 November 20057 years, 26 days SPD Schröder III
16
(12)
WSchaeuble.jpg
Schäuble, Wolfgang Wolfgang Schäuble
(1942–2023)
22 November 200528 October 20093 years, 340 days CDU Merkel I
17
Maiziere 2010.jpg
Maizière, Thomas Thomas de Maizière
(born 1954)
28 October 20093 March 20111 year, 126 days CDU Merkel II
18
Hans-Peter Friedrich 2012 (cropped).jpg
Friedrich, Hans-Peter Hans-Peter Friedrich
(born 1957)
3 March 201117 December 20132 years, 289 days CSU Merkel II
19
(17)
2017-05-10 Thomas de Maiziere (re-publica 17) by Sandro Halank.jpg
Maizière, Thomas Thomas de Maizière
(born 1954)
17 December 201314 March 20184 years, 87 days CDU Merkel III
20
12-07-17-landtagsprojekt-bayern-RalfR-001.jpg
Seehofer, Horst Horst Seehofer
(born 1949)
14 March 20188 December 20213 years, 269 days CSU Merkel IV
21
2019-01-18 Konstituierende Sitzung Hessischer Landtag SPD Faeser 3863 (cropped).jpg
Faeser, Nancy Nancy Faeser
(born 1970)
8 December 2021Incumbent2 years, 19 days SPD Scholz

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