List of administrators of Allied-occupied Germany

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Allied occupation zones in Germany, 1945-1949. The territories east of the Oder-Neisse line (under Polish and Soviet administration/annexation), as well as the detached Saar Protectorate (under French protection), are shown in cream. Bremen was an American enclave within the British zone. Berlin was a four-power area within the Soviet zone. Map-Germany-1945.svg
Allied occupation zones in Germany, 1945–1949. The territories east of the Oder–Neisse line (under Polish and Soviet administration/annexation), as well as the detached Saar Protectorate (under French protection), are shown in cream. Bremen was an American enclave within the British zone. Berlin was a four-power area within the Soviet zone.

This article lists the administrators of Allied-occupied Germany, which represented the Allies of World War II in Allied-occupied Germany (German : Alliierten-besetztes Deutschland) from the end of World War II in Europe in 1945 [1] [2] [3] until the establishment of West Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; German : Bundesrepublik Deutschland) and East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German : Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR) in 1949. [4]

Contents

Officeholders

Source: [5]

American zone

Military governors
No.PortraitGovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
General Dwight D. Eisenhower.jpg
Eisenhower, Dwight General of the Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1890–1969)
8 May 194510 November 1945186 daysFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Pattonphoto.jpg
Patton, GeorgeGeneral
George S. Patton
(1885–1945)
Acting
11 November 194525 November 194514 daysFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
2
Joseph T McNarney.jpg
McNarney, JosephGeneral
Joseph T. McNarney
(1893–1972)
26 November 19455 January 19471 year, 40 daysFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
3
Lucius-d-clay-80-87.jpg
Clay, LuciusGeneral
Lucius D. Clay
(1898–1978)
6 January 194714 May 19492 years, 128 daysFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Clarence huebner.jpg
Huebner, Clarence Lieutenant general
Clarence R. Huebner
(1888–1972)
Acting
15 May 194921 September 1949129 daysFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
High Commissioners
No.PortraitHigh CommissionerTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
John J. McCloy - Project Gutenberg etext 20587.jpg
McCloy, John John J. McCloy
(1895–1989)
21 September 19491 August 19522 years, 315 days
2
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Donnelly, Walter Walter J. Donnelly
(1896–1970)
1 August 195211 December 1952132 days
No image.png
Reber, Samuel Samuel Reber
(1903–1971)
Acting
11 December 195210 February 195361 days
3
James B Conant 1948 cropped.jpg
Conant, James James B. Conant
(1893–1978)
10 February 19535 May 19552 years, 84 days

British zone

Military governors
No.PortraitGovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Bernard Law Montgomery.jpg
Montgomery, Bernard Field marshal
Bernard Montgomery
(1887–1976)
[lower-alpha 1]
22 May 194530 April 1946343 daysFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
2
Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas.jpg
Douglas, Sholto Air chief marshal
Sir Sholto Douglas
(1893–1969)
1 May 194631 October 19471 year, 183 daysEnsign of the Royal Air Force.svg  Royal Air Force
3
SirBrianRobertson.jpg
Robertson, Brian General
Sir Brian Robertson
(1896–1974)
1 November 194721 September 19491 year, 324 daysFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
High Commissioners
No.PortraitHigh CommissionerTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
SirBrianRobertson.jpg
Robertson, Brian General
Sir Brian Robertson
(1896–1974)
21 September 194924 June 1950276 daysFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
2
The Inter-allied Control Commission in Germany, 1944 TR2528.jpg
Kirkpatrick, Ivone Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick
(1897–1964)
24 June 195029 September 19533 years, 97 daysnone
3
Photograph of President Truman signing the document implementing the North Atlantic Treaty at his desk in the Oval... - NARA - 200163.jpg
Millar, Frederick Sir Frederick Millar
(1900–1989)
29 September 19535 May 19551 year, 218 daysnone

French zone

Military commander
No.PortraitCommanderTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1946).jpg
de Lattre, Jean Army general
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
(1889–1952)
8 May 1945July 19451 monthFlag of France.svg  French Army
Military governor
No.PortraitGovernorTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Bezoek van de Franse generaal J.P. Koenig aan de Stormschool Bloemendaal. NL-HlmNHA 54004047 (cropped).JPG
Kœnig, Marie-Pierre Army general
Marie-Pierre Kœnig
(1898–1970)
July 194521 September 19494 years, 2 monthsFlag of France.svg  French Army
High Commissioner
No.PortraitHigh CommissionerTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Andre Francois-Poncet 1931b.jpg
François-Poncet, André André François-Poncet
(1887–1978)
21 September 19495 May 19555 years, 226 days

Soviet zone

Military commanders
No.PortraitCommanderTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
N/A
Zhukov LIFE.jpg
Zhukov, Georgy Marshal of the Soviet Union
Georgy Zhukov
(1896–1974)
Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front
(in Brandenburg and Berlin )
April 19459 June 19452 monthsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Army
N/A
Konstanty Rokossowski, 1945.jpg
Rokossovsky, KonstantinMarshal of the Soviet Union
Konstantin Rokossovsky
(1896–1968)
Commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front
(in Mecklenburg )
April 19459 June 19452 monthsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Army
N/A
Ivan Stepanovich Konev.jpg
Konev, IvanMarshal of the Soviet Union
Ivan Konev
(1897–1973)
Commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front
(in Saxony )
April 19459 June 19452 monthsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Army
Chief Administrators of the Soviet Military Administration
No.PortraitChief AdministratorTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Zhukov LIFE.jpg
Zhukov, Georgy Marshal of the Soviet Union
Georgy Zhukov
(1896–1974)
9 June 194510 April 1946305 daysFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Army
2
Vasily Sokolovsky.jpg
Sokolovsky, VasilyMarshal of the Soviet Union
Vasily Sokolovsky
(1897–1968)
10 April 194629 March 19492 years, 353 daysFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Army
3
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov.jpg
Chuikov, Vasily Army general
Vasily Chuikov
(1900–1982)
29 March 194910 October 1949195 daysFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Army
Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission
No.PortraitChairmanTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov.jpg
Chuikov, Vasily Army general
Vasily Chuikov
(1900–1982)
10 October 194928 May 19533 years, 230 daysFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Army
High Commissioners
No.PortraitHigh CommissionerTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Vladimir Semyonov 1970.jpg
Semyonov, Vladimir Vladimir Semyonov
(1911–1992)
28 May 195316 July 19541 year, 49 days
2
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-S89526, Berlin, Botschafter Puschkin zu Prasident Pieck.jpg
Pushkin, Georgy Georgy Pushkin
(1909–1963)
16 July 195420 September 19551 year, 66 days

See also

Notes

  1. From 1 January 1946, Bernard Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.

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