1. PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS OF THE REICH GOVERNMENT
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LEADER AND REICH CHANCELLOR (Fuehrer und Reichskanzler)
ADOLPH HITLER
Designated SuccessorsHERMANN GOERING, RUDOLF HESS (until 1941)
Successor named to form a Government after the collapse in May 1945KARL DOENITZ
Head of Presidential Chancery (Praesidialkanzlei) and State Minister (Staatsminister)OTTO MEISSNER
REICH CABINET (Reichsregierung)
Chancellor (Reichskanzler)ADOLF HITLER
Vice-ChancellorFRANZ von PAPEN (until 1934)
Reich Ministers:
Reich ChanceryHANS LAMMERS
AirHERMANN GOERING
Armaments and War ProductionALBERT SPEER (predecessor, Todt, Minister for Armaments and Munitions—until 1942)
Church AffairsHERMAN MUHS, Acting (predecessor, Hans Kerrl)
EconomicsWALTER FUNK (predecessors, Schacht, Schmitt, Hugenberg)
EducationBERNARD RUST
FinanceLUTZ GRAF SCHWERIN von KROSIGK
Food and AgricultureHERBERT BACKE, Acting (predecessor, Walter Darré)
Foreign AffairsJOACHIM von RIBBENTROP (predecessor, Constantin von Neurath)
InteriorHEINRICH HIMMLER (predecessor, Wilhelm Frick)
JusticeOTTO THIERACK (predecessor, Schlegelberger—acting, Guertner)
LaborFRANZ SELDTE
Labor ServiceKONSTANTIN HIERL
Occupied Eastern TerritoriesALFRED ROSENBERG
PostsWILHELM OHNESORGE (predecessor, von Eltz-Ruebenach)
PropagandaPAUL JOSEF GOEBBELS
TransportJULIUS DORPMUELLER (predecessor, von Eltz-Ruebenach)
WarWERNER von BLOMBERG (until 1938)
Ministers without Portfolio but with Rank of Reich MinisterKEITEL (predecessor, von Brauchitsch until December 1941)
DOENITZ (predecessor, Raeder)
BORMANN (predecessor, Hess)
HANS FRANK
SEYSS-INQUART (predecessor, Roehm, until 1934)
Ministers after loss of portfolio
FRICK
von NEURATH
SCHACHT
State Ministers acting as Reich Ministers:
Head of the Presidential ChanceryMEISSNER
State Minister for Bohemia-MoraviaKARL HERMANN FRANK
Other Participants in Cabinet Meetings:
Chief of Foreign Organization of PartyERNST WILHELM BOHLE
Prussian Minister of State and FinanceDR. JOHANNES POPITZ
Government Press ChiefOTTO DIETRICH (predecessor, Walter Funk)
Reich Youth LeaderARTHUR AXMANN (predecessor, Baldur von Schirach)
SECRET CABINET COUNCIL (Geheimer Kabinettsrat)
PresidentCONSTANTIN VON NEURATH
SecretaryHANS LAMMERS
MembersJOACHIM von RIBBENTROP, HERMANN GOERING, PAUL JOSEF GOEBBELS, ERICH RAEDER, WILHELM KEITEL, RUDOLF HESS (until 1941), MARTIN BORMANN, WALTER von BRAUCHITSCH
REICH DEFENSE COUNCIL (Reichsverteidigungsrat) (Status in 1938)
ChairmanADOLF HITLER
Reich Minister of Air and Supreme Commander of Air force (Reichsminister der Luftfahrt und Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe)HERMANN GOERING
Supreme Commander of the Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres)WALTER von BRAUCHITSCH
Supreme Commander of the Navy (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine)ERICH RAEDER
Chief of the OKW (Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht)WILHELM KEITEL
Deputy of the Leader (Stellvertreter des Fuehrers)RUDOLF HESS
Chief of Reich Chancery (Chef der Reichskanzlei)HANS LAMMERS
President of Secret Cabinet Council (Praesident des Geheimen Kabinettsrats)CONSTANTIN von NEURATH
Plenipotentiary for Reich Administration (Generalbevollmaechtigter fuer die Reichsverwaltung)WILHELM FRICK
Plenipotentiary for Economics (Generalbevollmaechtigter fuer die Wirtschaft) and Reich Finance Minister (Reichsminister der Finanzen)WALTER FUNK
Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (Reichsminister des Auswaertigen)JOACHIM von RIBBENTROP
Reich Minister of Interior (Reichsminister des Innern)WILHELM FRICK
Reich Minister for Propaganda (Reichsminister fuer Volksaufklaerung und Propaganda)PAUL JOSEF GOEBBELS
President of Reich Bank Directory (Praesident des Reichsbankdirektoriums)HJALMAR SCHACHT
REICH DEFENSE COMMITTEE (Reichsverteidigungsausschuss)
KEITEL, GOERING, SCHACHT, FUNK, FRICK and Defense Officials (RD Referenten)
MINISTERIAL COUNCIL FOR DEFENSE OF THE REICH (Ministerrat fuer die Reichsverteidigung)
ChairmanHERMANN GOERING
SecretaryHANS LAMMERS
Plenipotentiary for Reich AdministrationHEINRICH HIMMLER (predecessor, Wilhelm Frick)
Plenipotentiary for EconomicsWALTER FUNK
Chief of OKWWILHELM KEITEL
Deputy of the FuehrerRUDOLF HESS (followed by Head of the Party Chancery, Martin Bormann)
THREE-MAN COLLEGE (Dreier-Kollegium)
Plenipotentiary for (War) EconomyFUNK (predecessor, Schacht)
Plenipotentiary for AdministrationHIMMLER (predecessor, Frick)
Chief of the OKWKEITEL (predecessor, Minister of War—Blomberg)
OFFICE OF THE DELEGATE FOR THE FOUR YEAR PLAN (Beauftragter fuer den Vierjahresplan)
Delegate (Beauftragter)HERMANN GOERING
State Secretary and Permanent DeputyPAUL KOERNER
Plenipotentiaries—General (Generalbevollmaechtigte):
Control of BuildingALBERT SPEER
Special Chemical ProductionCARL KRAUCH
Economics in SerbiaFRANZ NEUHAUSEN
Metal Mining in the SoutheastFRANZ NEUHAUSEN
ArmamentsALBERT SPEER
ManpowerFRITZ SAUCKEL
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES (Administrators directly responsible to Hitler)
Reich Commissioners:
Netherlands (Reichskommissar fuer die besetzen niederlaendischen Gebiete) Reich CommissionerARTHUR SEYSS-INQUART
Norway (Reichskommissar fuer die besetzten norwegischen Gebiete) Reich CommissionerJOSEF TERBOVEN
Ostland (Reichskommissar fuer das Ostland)HINRICH LOHSE
Ukraine (Reichskommissar fuer die Ukraine)ERICH KOCH
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Reichsprotektorat Boehmen und Maehren) (Czechoslovakia)
Reich ProtectorWILHELM FRICK (predecessor, Constantin von Neurath)
State MinisterKARL HERMANN FRANK
General Government (Generalgouvernement) (Poland)
Governor-GeneralHANS FRANK
Chiefs of Civil Administration:
Alsace—Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung im Elsass)ROBERT WAGNER
Bialystok—Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in Bezirk Bialystok)ERICH KOCH
Carinthia and Carniola—Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in den besetzten Gebieten Kaerntens und Krains)FRIEDRICH RAINER
Lorraine—Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in Lothringen)WILHELM STOEHR (predecessor, Josef Buerckel)
Lower Styria—Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in der Untersteiermark)SIEGFRIED UIBERREITHER
Luxembourg—Chief of Civil Administration (Chef der Zivilverwaltung in Luxemberg)GUSTAV SIMON
Military Administration:
Denmark:
Military CommanderGEORG LINDEMANN (predecessor, Hermann von Hanneken)
PlenipotentiaryWERNER BEST
France:
Military CommanderSTUELPNAGEL
Chief of AdministrationSCHMIDT
Diplomatic RepresentativeOTTO ABETZ
THE REICHSTAG
PresidentHERMANN GOERING
Vice-PresidentHERMANN ESSER
Head of Administration (Ministerialdirigent)KIENAST
POLICE
Reich Leader of SS and Chief of German Police (Reichsfuehrer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei)HEINRICH HIMMLER
Chief of the Order Police (Chef der Ordnungspolizei)WUENNENBERG (predecessor, Kurt Daluege)
Chief of Security Police and SD (Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und SD)ERNST KALTENBRUNNER (predecessor, Reinhardt Heydrich)
Reich Main Security Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt):
ChiefERNST KALTENBRUNNER (predecessor, Reinhardt Heydrich)
Chief of Personnel (Dept. I)ERWIN SCHULZ
Chief of Organization, Administration, and Law (Dept. II)HAENEL (predecessor, Siegert)
Chief of Security Service (SD) (Dept. III)OTTO OHLENDORF
Chief of Secret State Police (Gestapo) (Dept. IV)HEINRICH MUELLER
Chief of Criminal Police (Kripo) (Dept. V)PANZINGER (predecessor, Nebe)
Chief of Security Service (SD) Occupied Territories (Dept. VI)WALTER SCHELLENBERG
Chief of Ideological Research (Dept. VII)DITTEL (predecessor, Six)
Military OfficeWALTER SCHELLENBERG