List of German interior ministers
| Federal Minister of Interior | |
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| Formation | 21 December 1879 |
| First holder | Karl von Hofmann |
| Website | bmi.bund.de |
The Federal Minister of the Interior (German: Bundesminister des Innern) is the head of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and a member of the Cabinet of Germany. The current office holder is Thomas de Maizière.
List of officeholders
Secretaries of State for the Interior, 1879–1919
Political Party: Zentrum
| Name (Born-Died) |
Image | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor | ||
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| Karl von Hofmann (1827–1910) |
N/A | 21 December 1879 | 31 August 1880 | Bismarck | ||
| Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (1833–1907) |
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N/A | 1 September 1880 | 1 July 1897 | Bismarck | |
| Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner (1845–1932) |
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N/A | 1 July 1897 | 24 June 1907 | Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | |
| Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921) |
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N/A | 24 June 1907 | 10 July 1909 | von Bülow | |
| Clemens von Delbrück (1856–1921) |
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N/A | 14 July 1909 | 22 May 1916 | von Bethmann-Hollweg | |
| Karl Helfferich (1872–1924) |
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N/A | 22 May 1916 | 24 October 1917 | von Bethmann-Hollweg | |
| Max Wallraf (1859–1941) |
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N/A | 25 October 1917 | 9 November 1918 | Michaelis von Hertling(I) | |
| Karl Trimborn (1854–1921) |
Zentrum | 14 November 1918 | 13 February 1919 | Ebert (Council of the People's Deputies) | ||
Ministers of the Interior, 1919–1945
Political Party: DDP DNVP DVP NSDP SPD Zentrum
| Name (Born-Died) |
Image | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo Preuß (1860-1925) |
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DDP | 13 February 1919 | 20 June 1919 | Scheidemann (I) | |
| Eduard David (1863-1930) |
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SPD | 21 June 1919 | 3 October 1919 | Bauer(I) | |
| Erich Koch-Weser (1875-1944) |
DDP | 3 October 1919 | 4 May 1921 | Bauer (I) Müller (I) | ||
| Georg Gradnauer (1866-1946) |
SDP | 10 May 1921 | 22 October 1921 | Wirth (I) | ||
| Adolf Köster (1883-1930) |
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SDP | 26 October 1921 | 14 November 1922 | Wirth (II) | |
| Rudolf Oeser (1858-1926) |
DDP | 22 November 1922 | 12 August 1923 | Cuno (I) | ||
| Wilhelm Sollmann (1881-1951) |
SDP | 14 August 1923 | 3 November 1923 | Stresemann (I) | ||
| Karl Jarres (1874-1951) |
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DVP | 11 November 1923 | 15 December 1924 | Stresemann (II) Marx (I, II) | |
| Martin Schiele (1870-1939) |
DNVP | 15 January 1925 | 23 October 1925 | Luther (I) | ||
| Otto Geßler (Acting) (1875-1955) |
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DDP | 23 October 1925 | 5 December 1925 | ||
| Wilhelm Külz |
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DDP | 20 January 1926 | 17 December 1926 | Luther (II) Marx (III) | |
| Walter von Keudell (1884-1973) |
DNVP | January 1927 | 12 June 1928 | Marx (IV) | ||
| Carl Severing (1875-1952) |
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SDP | 28 June 1928 | 27 March 1930 | Müller (II) | |
| Joseph Wirth (1879-1956) |
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Zentrum | 30 March 1930 | 7 October 1931 | Brüning (I) | |
| Wilhelm Groener (1867-1939) |
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Independent | 9 October 1931 | 30 May 1932 | Brüning (II) | |
| Wilhelm von Gayl (1879-1945) |
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DNVP | 1 June 1932 | 17 November 1932 | von Papen (I) | |
| Bracht (1877-1933) |
Independent | 3 December 1932 | 28 January 1933 | von Schleicher (I) | ||
| Wilhelm Frick (1877-1946) |
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NSDP | 30 January 1933 | 20 August 1943 | Hitler (I) | |
| Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) |
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NSDP | 24 August 1943 | 29 April 1945 | ||
| Paul Giesler (1895-1945) |
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NSDP | 30 April 1945 | 2 May 1945 | Donitz (Flensburg) | |
| Wilhelm Stuckart (1902-1953) |
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NSDP | 3 May 1945 | 23 May 1945 | ||
Ministers of the Interior of the GDR, 1949–1990
| Name (Born-Died) |
Image | Party | Term of Office | Chairman | ||
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| Karl Steinhoff (1892-1981) |
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SED | 11 October 1949 | 6 May 1952 | Otto Grotewohl | |
| Willi Stoph (1914-1999) |
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SED | 6 May 1952 | 1 July 1955 | ||
| Karl Maron (1903-1975) |
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SED | 1 July 1955 | 14 November 1963 | ||
| Friedrich Dickel (1913-1993) |
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SED | 14 November 1963 | 7 November 1989 | Otto Grotewohl | |
| Lothar Ahrendt (1936-) |
SED | 7 November 1989 | 12 April 1990 | Hans Modrow | ||
| Peter-Michael Diestel (1952-) |
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DSU | 12 April 1990 | 2 October 1990 | Lothar de Maizière | |
Ministers of the Interior (Bundesminister des Innern), since 1949
Political Party: CDU CSU FDP SPD
| Name (Born-Died) |
Image | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
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| Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976) |
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CDU | 20 September 1949 | 11 October 1950 | Adenauer (I) | |
| Robert Lehr (1883–1956) |
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CDU | 11 October 1950 | 20 October 1953 | ||
| Gerhard Schröder (1910–1989) |
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CDU | 20 October 1953 | 13 November 1961 | Adenauer (II • III) | |
| Hermann Höcherl (1912–1989) |
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CSU | 14 November 1961 | 25 October 1965 | Adenauer (IV • V) Erhard (I) | |
| Paul Lücke (1914–1976) |
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CDU | 26 October 1965 | 2 April 1968 | Erhard (II) Kiesinger (I) | |
| Ernst Benda (1925–2009) |
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CDU | 2 April 1968 | 21 October 1969 | Kiesinger (I) | |
| Hans-Dietrich Genscher (b. 1927) |
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FDP | 22 October 1969 | 16 May 1974 | Brandt (I • II) | |
| Werner Maihofer (1918–2009) |
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FDP | 16 May 1974 | 8 June 1978 | Schmidt (I • II) | |
| Gerhart Baum (b. 1932) |
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FDP | 8 June 1978 | 17 September 1982 | Schmidt (II • III) | |
| Jürgen Schmude (b. 1936) |
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SPD | 17 September 1982 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) | |
| Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012) |
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CSU | 4 October 1982 | 21 April 1989 | Kohl (I • II • III) | |
| Wolfgang Schäuble (b. 1942) |
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CDU | 21 April 1989 | 26 November 1991 | Kohl (III • IV) | |
| Rudolf Seiters (b. 1937) |
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CDU | 26 November 1991 | 7 July 1993 | Kohl (IV) | |
| Manfred Kanther (b. 1939) |
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CDU | 7 July 1993 | 27 October 1998 | Kohl (IV • V) | |
| Otto Schily (b. 1932) |
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SPD | 27 October 1998 | 22 November 2005 | Schröder (I • II) | |
| Wolfgang Schäuble (b. 1942) |
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CDU | 22 November 2005 | 28 October 2009 | Merkel (I) | |
| Thomas de Maizière (b. 1954) |
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CDU | 28 October 2009 | 3 March 2011 | Merkel (II) | |
| Hans-Peter Friedrich (b. 1957) |
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CSU | 3 March 2011 | 17 December 2013 | ||
| Thomas de Maizière (b. 1954) |
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CDU | 17 December 2013 | Incumbent | Merkel (III) | |