List of interior ministers of Prussia

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This page lists Prussian Ministers of the Interior.

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Upon the founding of the Prussian Interior Ministry in 1808 until the dissolution of the State of Prussia in 1945. The Prussian Interior Ministers were members of the Prussian State Ministry.

Interior ministers (1808–1934)

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten 18081810
Karl August von Hardenberg Charles Augustus, Prince Hardenberg (1750-1822), after Thomas Lawrence.jpg 18101814Also served as Prime Minister from 1804-6, 1807, 1810-1822
Friedrich von Schuckmann Friedrich-Schuckmann.jpg 18141834
Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Wilhelm Ludwig Georg z. Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein.jpg 18171819Police Minister
Wilhelm von Humboldt Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) - Charles William, Baron von Humboldt (1767-1835) - RCIN 404936 - Royal Collection.jpg 18191819
Friedrich von Schuckman 18191834
Gustav von Brenn 18341838
Gustav Adolf Rochus von Rochow 18381842Minister of the Interior and Police
Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg AHArnimB.jpg 18421845
Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede Ernst von Bodelschwingh 2 (cropped).JPG 18451848 [1]
Alfred von Auerswald Alfred von Auerswald 1847 (IZ 09-164).jpg 18481848
Friedrich von Kühlwetter Friedrich Cristian Hubert Kuhlwetter.jpg 18481848
Franz August Eichmann Franz August Eichmann.JPG 18481848
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel Otto Theodor von Manteuffel.jpg 18481850
Ferdinand von Westphalen 18501858
Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell EHFlottwell.jpg 18581859
Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar Paulskirche Schwerin-Putzar.jpg 18591862
Gustav von Jagow 18621862
Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg Friedrich Albrecht Graf zu Eulenburg (1815-1881).jpg 18621878
Botho August Wendt zu Eulenburg-Wicken Botho Wendt zu Eulenburg.jpg 18781881
Robert Viktor von Puttkamer Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0291, Robert Viktor von Puttkamer.jpg 18811888
Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth.jpg 18881892
Botho August Wendt zu Eulenburg-Wicken Botho Wendt zu Eulenburg.jpg 18921894
Ernst Matthias von Köller Ernst-Matthias von Koller.jpg 18941895
Gustav Wilhelm Eberhard von der Recke von der Horst Eberhard von der Recke von der Horst.JPG 18951899
Kreuzwendedich Georg von Rheinbaben Georg von Rheinbaben.jpg 18991901
Hans Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Hammerstein-Loxten Hammerstein-loxten-hans-von-in-wolfram-georg-die-wissenschaftlichen-vereine-in-elsass-lothringen-1871-1918-in-ders-hrsg-wissenschaft-kunst-und-literatur-in-elsass-lothringen-1871-1918-frankfurt-a-m-els-lothr-institut-1934-s115.jpg 19011905
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Portrait.jpg 19051907
Friedrich Ludwig Elisa von Moltke Friedrich Moltke 1907.jpg 19071910
Johann (Hans) Nikolaus Michael Louis von Dallwitz 19101914
Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12673, Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell.jpg 19141917
Wilhelm (Bill) Arnold Drews 19171918
Rudolf Breitscheid
Paul Hirsch
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13412, Otto Braun und Rudolf Breitscheid.jpg 19181919
Wolfgang Heine Portrait of Wolfgang Heine by Hermann Struck.jpg 19191920
Carl Wilhelm Severing Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R11405, Carl Severing Trim.jpg 19201921 [2]
Adolph Alexander Eberhard Dominicus Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13051, Gunther Groenhoff und Alexander Dominicus.jpg 19211921
Carl Wilhelm Severing Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R11405, Carl Severing Trim.jpg 19211926 [2]
Albert Grzesinski Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13676, Albert Grzesinski.jpg 19261930
Heinrich Waentig Heinrich Waentig 1921.jpg 19301930
Carl Wilhelm Severing Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R11405, Carl Severing Trim.jpg 19301932 [2]
Franz Bracht Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2007-1009-501, Franz Bracht.jpg 19321933Reich Commissioner (also Reich Minister of the Interior from December 3, 1932)
Hermann Göring Goeringcaptivity.jpg 19331933Reich Commissioner
Hermann Göring Goeringcaptivity.jpg 19331934Also Prime Minister from April 11, 1933
Wilhelm Frick Wilhelm Frick 72-919.jpg 19341934Reich Minister of the Interior since January 30, 1933

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