Bismarck's cabinet

Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of the Reich in 1873

The Bismarck Cabinet was the government of the German Empire from March 21, 1871 to March 20, 1890 . It served under all three German emperors, Wilhelm I (1871–1888) , Friedrich III. (1888) and Wilhelm II. (1888–1890) .

composition

Bismarck cabinet March 21, 1871 to March 20, 1890
Chancellor		Otto Prince von Bismarck
Vice Chancellor from March 17, 1878		Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode June 1, 1878 to June 20, 1881
		Karl Heinrich von Boetticher
Ministry of Foreign Affairs		Hermann von Thile 1871 to September 30, 1872
		Hermann Ludwig von Balan provisionally
		Bernhard Ernst von Bülow October 9, 1873 - October 20, 1879
		Joseph Maria von Radowitz 1879–1880, provisional
		Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1880, acting
		Friedrich Graf zu Limburg-Stirum 1880–1881, provisional
		Clemens Busch 1881, provisional
		Paul Graf von Hatzfeld zu Trachenberg 1881–1885
		Herbert Fürst von Bismarck from 1885, provisional until 1886
Interior from December 24, 1879		Karl von Hofmann until 1880
		Karl Heinrich von Boetticher
Justice from January 1, 1877		Heinrich von Friedberg until October 30, 1879
		Hermann von Schelling until January 31, 1889
		Otto von Oehlschläger from February 19, 1889
Navy from January 1, 1872		Albrecht von Stosch until March 20, 1883
		Leo Graf von Caprivi until July 5, 1888
		Alexander von Monts until January 19, 1889
		Karl Eduard Heusner
Post from 1880		Heinrich von Stephan
Schatz from 1880		Adolf von Scholz until July 1882
		Franz Emil Emanuel von Burchard until November 1886
		Karl Rudolf Jacobi until September 14, 1888
		Helmuth Freiherr von Maltzahn

Individual evidence

• Regents and Governments of the World, Volume 2.3. Most recent period: 1492-1917, arr. by B. Spuler; 2nd edition, Würzburg, Ploetz, 1962.