Chief of the Reich Chancellery
Chef der Reichskanzlei (German)
Longest serving
Hans Lammers
30 January 1933–24 April 1945
Reich Chancellery
TypeState Secretary (until 1937), Reich Minister (from 1937)
StatusAbolished
Reports toChancellor
Formation1878
First holderChristoph von Tiedemann
Final holderHans Lammers
Abolished1945
Superseded byChief of the Federal Chancellery

The Chief of the Reich Chancellery (German: Chef der Reichskanzlei) was the highest-ranking official of the Reich Chancellery and the principal assistant of the Chancellor of Germany.

List of officeholders

No. Portrait Name
(born–died)		 Term of office Political party Cabinet Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Christoph von Tiedemann
(1836–1907)		 21 March 1871 20 September 1881 10 years, 183 days German Reich Party Bismarck [1]
2 Franz Johannes von Rottenburg
(1845–1907)		 14 October 1881 19 January 1891 9 years, 97 days Independent Bismarck
Caprivi		 [2]
3 Karl Göring
(1829–1905)		 1 February 1891 31 December 1894 3 years, 333 days Independent Caprivi
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
4 Kurt von Wilmowsky
(1850–1941)		 1 January 1895 15 August 1901 6 years, 226 days Independent Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
Bülow		 [3]
5 Alfred von Conrad
(1852–1914)		 14 August 1901 18 September 1904 3 years, 35 days Independent Bülow
6 Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell
(1855–1931)		 25 September 1904 14 July 1909 4 years, 292 days German Conservative Party Bülow [4]
7 Arnold Wahnschaffe
(1865–1941)		 20 November 1909 11 August 1917 7 years, 264 days Independent Bethmann Hollweg
Michaelis
8 Hans Joachim von Graevenitz
(1874–1938)		 11 August 1917 9 November 1917 90 days Independent Michaelis
9 Wilhelm von Radowitz
(1875–1939)		 20 November 1917 17 October 1918 331 days Independent Hertling
(7) Arnold Wahnschaffe
(1865–1941)		 18 October 1918 9 November 1918 22 days Independent Baden
10 Curt Baake
(1864–1940)		 13 February 1919 3 March 1919 18 days Social Democratic Party of Germany Scheidemann [5]
11 Heinrich Albert
(1874–1960)		 3 March 1919 24 May 1921 2 years, 82 days Independent Scheidemann
Bauer
Müller I
Fehrenbach
Wirth I		 [5][6]
[7][8]
[9]
– Arnold Brecht
(1884–1977)
acting		 24 May 1921 3 August 1921 71 days Independent Wirth I [9]
12 Heinrich Hemmer
(1886–1942)		 3 August 1921 22 November 1922 1 year, 111 days Independent Wirth I–II [9]
13 Eduard Hamm
(1881–1944)		 22 November 1922 12 August 1923 263 days German Democratic Party Cuno [10]
14 Werner von Rheinbaben
(1878–1975)		 13 August 1923 17 October 1923 65 days German People's Party Stresemann I–II [11]
15 Adolf Kempkes
(1871–1931)		 17 October 1923 23 November 1923 37 days German People's Party Stresemann II [11]
16 Franz Bracht
(1877–1933)		 30 November 1923 18 December 1924 1 year, 18 days Independent Marx I–II [12]
17 Franz Kempner
(1879–1945)		 16 January 1925 20 July 1926 1 year, 185 days German People's Party Luther I–II
Marx III		 [13][14]
18 Hermann Pünder
(1888–1976)		 20 July 1926 1 June 1932 5 years, 317 days Centre Party Marx III–IV
Müller II
Brüning I–II		 [14][15]
[16]
19 Erwin Planck
(1893–1945)		 1 June 1932 30 January 1933 243 days Independent Papen
Schleicher		 [17][18]
20 Hans Lammers
(1879–1962)		 30 January 1933 24 April 1945 12 years, 84 days Nazi Party Hitler

References

  1. ↑ "Tiedemann, Christoph von (1836-1907)". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Rottenburg, Franz von (1845-1907)". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Wilmowsky, Kurt Freiherr von (1850-1941)". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Loebell, Friedrich Wilhelm von (1855-1931)". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Die Beamten der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "Beamte der Reichskanzlei". bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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