List of German foreign ministers
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This page lists State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs under the German Empire (1871-1919), Reich Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1919-1945) and Federal Ministers of Foreign Affairs in West Germany (1945-1990) and the reunified Germany from 1990 onwards.
See also: Foreign Minister of Prussia, Foreign Minister of the GDR, Foreign Office (Germany)
[edit] State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs (Außenstaatssekretäre), 1871-1919 |
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| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann von Thile (1812–1889) | 21 March 1871 | 30 September 1872 | |
| 2 | Hermann Ludwig von Balan (1812–1874)1 | 3 October 1872 | 9 October 1873 | |
| 3 | Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (1815–1879) | 9 October 1873 | 20 October 1879 | |
| 4 | Josef Maria von Radowitz (1839–1912)1 | 6 November 1879 | 17 April 1880 | |
| 5 | Chlodwig Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819-1901)1 | 20 April 1880 | 1 September 1880 | |
| 6 | Friedrich Graf zu Limburg Stirum (1835–1912)1 | 1 September 1880 | 25 June 1881 | |
| 7 | Clemens Busch (1834–1895)1 | 25 June 1881 | 16 July 1881 | |
| 8 | Paul Graf von Hatzfeld zu Trachenberg (1831–1901) | 16 July 1881 | 24 October 1885 | |
| 9 | Herbert Fürst von Bismarck (1849–1904)2 | 24 October 1885 | 26 March 1890 | |
| 10 | Adolf Freiherr Marschall von Bieberstein (1842–1912) | 31 March 1890 | 19 October 1897 | |
| 11 | Bernhard Graf von Bülow (1849–1929) | 20 October 1897 | 23 October 1900 | |
| 12 | Oswald Freiherr von Richthofen (1847–1906) | 23 October 1900 | 17 January 1906 | |
| 13 | Heinrich Leonhard von Tschirschky und Bögendorff (1858–1916) | 24 January 1906 | 25 October 1907 | |
| 14 | Wilhelm Freiherr von Schoen (1851–1933) | 26 October 1907 | 27 June 1910 | |
| 15 | Alfred von Kiderlen-Wächter (1852–1912) | 27 June 1910 | 30 December 1912 | |
| 16 | Gottlieb von Jagow (1863–1935) | 11 January 1913 | 22 November 1916 | |
| 17 | Arthur Zimmermann (1864–1940) | 22 November 1916 | 6 August 1917 | |
| 18 | Richard von Kühlmann (1873–1948) | 6 August 1917 | 9 July 1918 | |
| 19 | Paul von Hintze (1864–1941) | 9 July 1918 | 3 October 1918 | |
| 20 | Wilhelm Solf (1862–1936) | 3 October 1918 | 13 December 1918 | |
| 21 | Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869–1928) | 13 December 1918 | 13 February 1919 | |
| 1 Held office only provisionally. 2 Held office provisionally until May 17, 1886. |
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[edit] Reich Foreign Ministers (Reichsminister des Auswärtigen), 1919-1945 |
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| No. | Name | Begin of office | End of office | Party |
| 1 | Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869–1928) | February 13th 1919 | June 20th 1919 | none |
| 2 | Hermann Müller (1876–1931) | June 21st 1919 | March 26th 1920 | SPD |
| 3 | Adolf Köster (1883–1930) | April 10th 1920 | June 8th 1921 | SPD |
| 4 | Walter Simons (1861–1937) | June 25th 1920 | May 4th 1921 | none |
| 5 | Friedrich Rosen (1856–1935) | May 10th 1921 | October 22nd 1921 | none |
| 6 | Joseph Wirth (1879–1956) | October 26th 1921 | January 31st 1922 | Zentrum |
| 7 | Walther Rathenau (1867–1922) | February 1st 1922 | June 21st 1922 | DDP |
| 8 | Joseph Wirth (1879–1956) | June 21st 1922 | November 14th 1922 | Zentrum |
| 9 | Friedrich von Rosenberg (1874–1937) | November 22nd 1922 | August 11th 1923 | none |
| 10 | Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929) | August 13th 1923 | October 3rd 1929 | DVP |
| 11 | Julius Curtius (1877–1948) | October 4th 1929 | October 9th 1931 | DVP |
| 12 | Heinrich Brüning (1885–1970) | October 9th 1931 | May 30th 1932 | Zentrum |
| 13 | Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath (1873–1956) | June 1st 1932 | February 4th 1938 | none (NSDAP after 1937) |
| 14 | Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946) | February 4th 1938 | April 30th 1945 | NSDAP |
| 15 | Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892–1946) | April 30th 1945 | May 2nd 1945 | NSDAP |
| 16 | Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887–1977) | May 2nd 1945 | May 23rd 1945 | none |
[edit] Federal Foreign Ministers (Bundesminister des Auswärtigen), since 1951 |
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| No. | Name | Begin of office | End of office | Party |
| 1 | Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) | March 15th 1951 | June 6th 1955 | CDU |
| 2 | Heinrich von Brentano (1904-1964) | June 6th 1955 | October 17th 1961 | CDU |
| 3 | Gerhard Schröder (1910-1989) | November 14th 1961 | November 30th 1966 | CDU |
| 4 | Willy Brandt (1913-1992) | December 1st 1966 | October 20th 1969 | SPD |
| 5 | Walter Scheel (*1919) | October 21st 1969 | May 15th 1974 | FDP |
| 6 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher (*1927) | May 17th 1974 | September 17th 1982 | FDP |
| 7 | Helmut Schmidt (*1918) | September 17th 1982 | October 1st 1982 | SPD |
| 8 | Hans-Dietrich Genscher (*1927) | October 1st 1982 | May 17th 1992 | FDP |
| 9 | Klaus Kinkel (*1936) | May 18th 1992 | October 26th 1998 | FDP |
| 10 | Joschka Fischer (*1948) | October 27th 1998 | November 22nd 2005 | GRÜNE |
| 11 | Frank-Walter Steinmeier (*1956) | November 22nd 2005 | Incumbent | SPD |
