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This article is part of the series Politics of Prussia |
| Minister President of Prussia |
| German General Staff |
| Prussian Minister of War |
| Foreign Minister of Prussia |
| Interior Minister of Prussia |
The office of Minister President (German: Ministerpräsident) or Prime Minister of Prussia existed in one form or another from 1702 until the dissolution of Prussia in 1947. When Prussia was an independent kingdom (since 1701) the Minister President or Prime Minister functioned as the King's Chief Minister and presided over the Prussian Landtag (the Prussian parliament established in 1848). After the unification of Germany in 1871 until the collapse in 1918 the office of the Prussian Prime Minister was usually held jointly by the Imperial Chancellor. Under the Weimar Republic the Prime Minister was head of the state government (a more traditional parliamentary role). The office ceased to have any real meaning except as a kind of nobility title after the Nazi dismantlement of Prussia as a state in 1935, and disappeared along with Prussia itself after World War II.
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| Name | Picture | Period of office | Party |
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| Minister-Presidents of the Free State of Prussia in the Weimar Republic | |||
| Friedrich Ebert | 9 November 1918 - 11 November 1918 |
Social Democratic Party of Germany | |
| Paul Hirsch | 11 November 1918 - 27 March 1920 |
Social Democratic Party of Germany | |
| Otto Braun | 27 March 1920 - 21 April 1921 |
Social Democratic Party of Germany | |
| Adam Stegerwald | 21 April 1921 - 5 November 1921 |
Centre Party | |
| Otto Braun | 5 November 1921 - 18 February 1925 |
Social Democratic Party of Germany | |
| Wilhelm Marx | 18 February 1925 - 6 April 1925 |
Centre Party | |
| Otto Braun | 6 April 1925 - 20 July 1932 |
Social Democratic Party of Germany | |
| Franz von Papen | Reichskommisar 20 July - 3 December 1932 |
None | |
| Kurt von Schleicher | Reichskommisar 3 December 1932 - 28 January 1933 |
None | |
| Minister-Presidents of the Free State of Prussia in the Third Reich | |||
| Franz von Papen | 30 January - 10 April 1933 |
None | |
| Hermann Göring | Ministerpräsident 10 April 1933 - 24 April 1945 Reichsstatthalter 1935 - 24 April 1945 |
National Socialist German Workers' Party | |
| Adolf Hitler | Reichsstatthalter 25 April 1933 - 1935 |
National Socialist German Workers' Party | |
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