Minister President of Prussia

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Minister President of Prussia
Ministerpräsident
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Coat of arms of Prussia
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0057, Otto von Bismarck.jpg
Longest serving
Otto von Bismarck

23 September 1862–1 January 1873
9 November 1873–20 March 1890
Residence Berlin
Appointer King of Prussia (1848–1918)
Landtag of Prussia (1918–1933)
Precursor Chief minister of Prussia
Formation 19 March 1848
First holder Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg
Final holder Hermann Göring
Abolished 23 April 1945

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The office of Minister President (German: Ministerpräsident), or Prime Minister, of Prussia existed from 1848, when it was formed by King Frederick William IV during the 1848–49 Revolution, until the abolition of Prussia in 1947 by the Allied Control Council.

History of the office

Under the Kingdom of Prussia the Minister President functioned as the chief minister of the King, and presided over the Landtag (the Prussian legislature established in 1848). After the unification of Germany in 1871 and until the collapse in 1918, the office of the Prussian Minister President was usually held by the Chancellor of the German Empire, beginning with the tenure of Otto von Bismarck.

Under the Free State of Prussia the Minister President was the head of the state government in a more traditional parliamentary role during the Weimar Republic. The office ceased to have any real meaning except as a kind of political patronage title after the takeover by the national government in 1932 (Preußenschlag), and after Nazi Germany dismantled Prussia as a state in 1935 (Reichsstatthaltergesetz). Eventually, the office was abolished along with Prussia itself by the Allies after World War II.

Chief Ministers of the Kingdom of Prussia (1702–1848)

List of Ministers President of Prussia (1848–1947)

Ministers-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1848–1918)

Political Party:       Zentrum       None

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office Days
AHArnimB.jpg Count Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg
(1803–1868)
19 March 1848 29 March 1848 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Camphausen.jpeg Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen
(1803–1890)
29 March 1848 20 June 1848 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Rudolf von Auerswald Haase BNF Gallica.jpg Rudolf von Auerswald
(1795–1866)
25 June 1848 8 September 1848 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Pfuel.jpg Ernst von Pfuel
(1779–1866)
21 September 1848 1 November 1848 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
FWvBrandenburg.jpg Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg
(1792–1850)
2 November 1848 6 November 1850 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Manteuffel, Otto Theodor von (1805-1882).jpg Baron Otto Theodor von Manteuffel
(1805–1882)
9 December 1850 6 November 1858 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Karl Anton von Hohenzollern.jpg Prince Karl Anton von Hohenzollern
(1811–1885)
6 November 1858 12 March 1862 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
80px Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
(1797–1873)
17 March 1862 23 September 1862 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0057, Otto von Bismarck.jpg Prince Otto von Bismarck
(1815–1898)
1st term
23 September 1862 1 January 1873 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Albrecht Graf von Roon by Gustav Gräf.jpg Count Albrecht von Roon
(1803–1879)
1 January 1873 9 November 1873 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0057, Otto von Bismarck.jpg Prince Otto von Bismarck
(1815–1898)
2nd term
9 November 1873 20 March 1890 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R09316, Leo Graf von Caprivi.jpg Count Leo von Caprivi
(1831–1899)
20 March 1890 22 March 1892 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Botho Wendt zu Eulenburg.jpg Count Botho zu Eulenburg
(1831–1912)
22 March 1892 26 October 1894 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
80px Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(1819–1901)
29 October 1894 17 October 1900 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
80px Prince Bernhard von Bülow
(1849–1929)
17 October 1900 14 July 1909 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg.jpg Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
(1856–1921)
14 July 1909 13 July 1917 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2004-0720-500, Georg Michaelis.jpg Georg Michaelis
(1857–1936)
14 July 1917 1 November 1917 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
Georg von Hertling.jpg Count Georg von Hertling
(1843–1919)
1 November 1917 30 September 1918 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Centre
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R04103, Prinz Max von Baden.jpg Prince Maximilian of Baden
(1867–1929)
3 October 1918 9 November 1918 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan

Ministers-President of the Free State of Prussia (1918–1947)

Political Party:       SPD       Zentrum       NSDAP       None

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office Days
Ministers-President of the Free State of Prussia in the Weimar Republic
No image.svg Paul Hirsch
(1868–1940)
12 November 1918 27 March 1920 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Social Democratic Party of Germany
No image.svg Heinrich Ströbel
(1869-1944)
12 November 1918
co-prime minister
9 January 1919 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany
80px Otto Braun
(1872–1955)
1st term
27 March 1920 21 April 1921 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Social Democratic Party of Germany
Adam Stegerwald JS2.jpg Adam Stegerwald
(1874–1945)
21 April 1921 5 November 1921 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Centre Party
80px Otto Braun
(1872–1955)
2nd term
5 November 1921 18 February 1925 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Social Democratic Party of Germany
80px Wilhelm Marx
(1863–1946)
18 February 1925 6 April 1925 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Centre Party
80px Otto Braun
(1872–1955)
3rd term
6 April 1925 20 July 1932 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Social Democratic Party of Germany
80px Franz von Papen
(1879–1969)
Reichskommissar Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
20 July 1932 3 December 1932
80px Kurt von Schleicher
(1882–1934)
Reichskommissar Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
3 December 1932 28 January 1933
80px Franz von Papen
(1879–1969)
Reichskommissar Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Non-partisan
30 January 1933 10 April 1933
Hitler portrait crop.jpg Adolf Hitler
(1889–1945)
Reichsstatthalter Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. National Socialist German Workers' Party
30 January 1933 30 January 1935
Minister-President of the Free State of Prussia in Nazi Germany
80px Hermann Göring
(1893–1946)
Ministerpräsident Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. National Socialist German Workers' Party
10 April 1933 23 April 1945
Reichsstatthalter Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
30 January 1935 23 April 1945

See also