List of people serving as chief of the Reich 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 [de] (1836–1907)
|
21 March 1871
|
20 September 1881
|
10 years, 183 days
|
|
German Reich Party
|
Bismarck
|
[1]
|
2
|
|
Franz Johannes von Rottenburg [de] (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 [de] (1850–1941)
|
1 January 1895
|
15 August 1901
|
6 years, 226 days
|
|
Independent
|
Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bülow
|
[3]
|
5
|
|
Alfred von Conrad [de] (1852–1914)
|
14 August 1901
|
18 September 1904
|
3 years, 35 days
|
|
Independent
|
Bülow
|
|
6
|
|
Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell [de] (1855–1931)
|
25 September 1904
|
14 July 1909
|
4 years, 292 days
|
|
German Conservative Party
|
Bülow
|
[4]
|
7
|
|
Arnold Wahnschaffe [de] (1865–1941)
|
20 November 1909
|
11 August 1917
|
7 years, 264 days
|
|
Independent
|
Bethmann Hollweg Michaelis
|
|
8
|
|
Hans Joachim von Graevenitz [de] (1874–1938)
|
11 August 1917
|
9 November 1917
|
90 days
|
|
Independent
|
Michaelis
|
|
9
|
|
Wilhelm von Radowitz [de] (1875–1939)
|
20 November 1917
|
17 October 1918
|
331 days
|
|
Independent
|
Hertling
|
|
(7)
|
|
Arnold Wahnschaffe [de] (1865–1941)
|
18 October 1918
|
9 November 1918
|
22 days
|
|
Independent
|
Baden
|
|
10
|
|
Curt Baake [de] (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 [de] (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 [de] (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 [de] (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