List of officials of the Reich Chancellery during the Weimar Republic
The following article provides an overview of the most important officials of the Reich Chancellery during the Weimar Republic . The article is divided into twenty sections, each of which represents the composition of the official apparatus of the German government headquarters surrounding the current Reich Cabinet.
The information in this article follows the relevant overview representations, referred to as "Cabinet Members and Officials of the Reich Chancellery", which are included at the end of each volume of the source edition of the Reich Chancellery files published by the Federal Archives and the Institute for Contemporary History for the governments dealt with in the respective volume .
Scheidemann cabinet
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Scheidemann cabinet (February 13, 1919 to June 20, 1919) |
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|---|---|---|
| Undersecretary of State of the Reich Chancellery | Curt Baake (until March 3, 1919) | |
| Undersecretary of State of the Reich Chancellery | Heinrich Albert (since March 3, 1919) | |
| Ministerial Director | Anton Meyer-Gerhard (until February 28, 1919, then vacant) | |
| Reich Press Chief | Ulrich Rauscher | |
| Deputy of the Reich Press Chief: | Robert Breuer | |
| Speaker | Walter Oehme (until March 1919) | |
| Speaker | Arnold Köster (until May 7, 1919) | |
| Speaker | Privy Councilor Adolf Schlettwein | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Dr. Arnold Brecht | |
| Speaker | Councilor Hans-Jürgen von Bornstedt | |
| Office director | Privy Councilor Johannes Pinkow (until March 19, 1919) | |
| Office director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag (since March 19, 1919) | |
Cabinet peasant
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Bauer cabinet (June 21, 1919 to March 27, 1920) |
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|---|---|---|
| Undersecretary of State of the Reich Chancellery | Heinrich Albert | |
| Speaker | Privy Councilor Dr. Arnold Brecht | |
| Speaker | Privy Councilor Adolf Schlettwein | |
| Speaker | Privy Councilor Karl Wever | |
| Speaker | Councilor Hans-Jürgen von Bornstedt | |
| Speaker | Councilor Franz Kempner | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Ulrich Rauscher | |
| Office director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
Cabinet Müller I
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Cabinet Müller I (March 27, 1920 to June 21, 1920) |
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|---|---|---|
| Undersecretary of State (since May 1920) of the Reich Chancellery | Heinrich Albert | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Dr. Arnold Brecht | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Wever | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Hans-Jürgen von Bornstedt | |
| Speaker | Councilor Franz Kempner | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Ulrich Rauscher | |
| Office director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
Fehrenbach cabinet
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Fehrenbach cabinet (June 25, 1920 to May 4, 1921) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Heinrich Albert | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Arnold Brecht | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Wever | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Hans-Jürgen von Bornstedt | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Franz Kempner | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Head of the United Press Department of the Reich Government | Legation Councilor / Ministerial Director Friedrich Heilbron | |
Cabinet Wirth I.
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Wirth Cabinet (May 10, 1921 to October 25, 1921) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Heinrich Albert (until May 24, 1921) | |
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery (entrusted with the conduct of business) | Ministerialrat Arnold Brecht (May 24, 1921 to August 3, 1921) | |
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Heinrich Hemmer (since August 3, 1921) | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Arnold Brecht | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Wever | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Hans-Jürgen von Bornstedt | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Karl Eugen Offermann (since December 1, 1921) | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Head of the United Press Department of the Reich Government | Ministerial Director Oscar Müller | |
Cabinet Wirth II
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Wirth II cabinet (October 26, 1921 to November 14, 1922) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Heinrich Hemmer | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Arnold Brecht (until November 30, 1921) | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Wever | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Hans-Jürgen von Bornstedt | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Head of the United Press Department of the Reich Government | Ministerial Director Oscar Müller | |
Cuno's cabinet
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Cuno's cabinet (November 22, 1922 to August 12, 1923) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Eduard Hamm | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Legation Councilor Arthur Schmidt-Elskop (appointed until January 16, 1923) | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Friedrich Heilbron | |
| Head of department | Ministerialrat Karl Wever | |
| Head of department | Ministerialrat Hans-Jürgen von Bornstedt | |
| Head of department | Ministerialrat Franz Kempner | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Speaker | Councilor Max von Stockhausen | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Richard Wienstein (since April 18, 1923) | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Walter Grävell (since July 1923) | |
| Personal assistant to the Reich Chancellor | Attaché Freiherr von Bibra (since January 3, 1923) | |
| Office director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
Cabinet Stresemann I
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Stresemann I cabinet (August 3, 1923 to October 4, 1923) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Werner von Rheinbaben | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerialrat Franz Kempner (since August 28, 1923) | |
| Speaker | Legation Councilor / Ministerial Councilor Otto Kiep | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Speaker | Councilor Max von Stockhausen | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Walter Graevell | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Arnold Kalle (since August 31, 1923) | |
| Representative of the Reich Government in Munich: | State Secretary at disposition Envoy Edgar Haniel von Haimhausen | |
| Personal assistant to the Reich Chancellor | Heinrich Ehlers | |
| Personal shorthand typist for the Reich Chancellor | Charlotte Dommisch | |
Cabinet Stresemann II
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Stresemann II cabinet (October 6, 1923 to November 30, 1923) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Werner von Rheinbaben (until October 17, 1923) | |
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Adolf Kempkes (since October 17, 1923) | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerialrat Franz Kempner | |
| Speaker | Legation Councilor Otto Kiep | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Speaker | Councilor Max von Stockhausen | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Walter Graevell | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Arnold Kalle (since August 31, 1923) | |
| Representative of the Reich Government in Munich: | State Secretary for Edgar Haniel von Haimhausen | |
| Personal assistant to the Reich Chancellor | Heinrich Ehlers | |
| Personal shorthand typist for the Reich Chancellor | Charlotte Dommisch | |
Marx I cabinet
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Marx I cabinet (November 30, 1923 to May 26, 1924) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Franz Bracht | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerial Director Franz Kempner | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Otto Kiep | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Speaker | Senior Councilor Walter Graevell | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Walter Graevell | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Captain Erwin Planck | |
| Personal assistant to the Reich Chancellor | Councilor Max von Stockhausen | |
| Office director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Karl Spiecker | |
Marx II cabinet
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Marx II cabinet (May 27, 1924 to January 15, 1925) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Franz Bracht | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerial Director Franz Kempner | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Otto Kiep | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Speaker | Senior Councilor Walter Graevell | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Walter Graevell | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Captain Erwin Planck | |
| Personal assistant to the Reich Chancellor | Councilor Max von Stockhausen | |
| Office director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Karl Spiecker | |
Luther I cabinet
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Luther I cabinet (January 16, 1925 to December 5, 1925) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Franz Kempner | |
| Representative of the State Secretary | Ministerial Director Hermann Pünder | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Kurt Wachsmann | |
| Speaker | Senior Councilor Walter Graevell | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Captain Erwin Planck | |
| Personal assistant to the Reich Chancellor | Upper Government Councilor Max von Stockhausen | |
| Office director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Otto Kiep | |
Luther II cabinet
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Luther II cabinet (January 20, 1926 to May 18, 1926) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Franz Kempner | |
| Representative of the State Secretary | Ministerial Director Hermann Pünder | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Kurt Wachsmann | |
| Speaker | Senior Councilor Walter Graevell | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Captain Erwin Planck | |
| Personal assistant to the Reich Chancellor | Upper Government Councilor Max von Stockhausen | |
| Office director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Otto Kiep | |
Marx III cabinet
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Marx III cabinet (May 18, 1926 to February 1, 1927) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Franz Kempner (until July 20, 1926) | |
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Hermann Pünder (since July 20, 1926) | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerial Director Hermann Pünder (until July 20, 1926) | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerial Director Karl Eugen Offermann (since July 20, 1926) | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Karl Eugen Offermann (until July 27, 1926) | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Kurt Wachsmann (until October 1926) | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Heinrich Vogels (since October 1926) | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Othmar Feßler (since October 1926) | |
| Speaker | Senior Councilor Walter Grävell (until July 1, 1926) | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Max von Stockhausen | |
| Speaker | Councilor / Oberregierungsrat Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor / Upper Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Councilor Erwin Planck | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Otto Kiep (until November 4, 1926) | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Walter Zechlin (since November 4, 1926) | |
Marx IV cabinet
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Marx IV cabinet (February 1, 1927 to June 12, 1928) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Hermann Pünder | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerial Director Karl Eugen Offermann (until June 2, 1927) | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerial Director Viktor von Hagenow (since June 2, 1927) | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Heinrich Vogels | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Othmar Feßler | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Max von Stockhausen (until August 31, 1927) | |
| Speaker | Councilor / Higher Government Council (October 1, 1927) Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor (October 1, 1927) Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor / Upper Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Councilor Erwin Planck | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Walter Zechlin | |
Cabinet Müller II
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Cabinet Müller II (1928 to 1930) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Hermann Pünder | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerial Director Karl Eugen Offermann | |
| Deputy State Secretary | Ministerial Director Viktor von Hagenow | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Heinrich Vogels | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Othmar Feßler | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Councilor / Higher Government Council (1929) Erwin Planck | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Personal secretary to the Reich Chancellor | Felicita foot | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Walter Zechlin | |
| Representative of the Reich government in Munich | Edgar Haniel von Haimhausen | |
Cabinet Brüning I
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Cabinet Brüning I (March 31, 1930 to October 9, 1931) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Werner Pünder | |
| Joint service with Reich Chancellor and State Secretary | Ministerial Director Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Ministerial Director Viktor von Hagenow | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Othmar Feßler | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Heinrich Vogels | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Senior Councilor Erwin Planck | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Joseph Krebs (Ministerial Officer) (since April 1, 1931) | |
| Office director of the Reich Chancellery | Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Walter Zechlin | |
Cabinet Brüning II
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Cabinet Brüning II (October 10, 1931 to June 1, 1932) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Werner Pünder | |
| Joint service with Reich Chancellor and State Secretary | Ministerial Director Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Ministerial Director Viktor von Hagenow | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Othmar Feßler | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Heinrich Vogels | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Senior Councilor Erwin Planck | |
| Speaker | Government Councilor Joseph Krebs (Ministerial Officer) | |
| Office director of the Reich Chancellery | Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Walter Zechlin | |
Papen's cabinet
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Papen's cabinet (June 1, 1932 to December 3, 1932) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Erwin Planck | |
| Joint service with Reich Chancellor and State Secretary | Ministerial Director Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Ministerialdirektor Viktor von Hagenow (put into temporary retirement on July 1, 1932) | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Othmar Feßler | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Heinrich Vogels | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Higher Government Councilor Hans Thomsen | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Oberregierungsrat Joseph Krebs (Ministerial Officer) | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Heinrich Ritter von Kaufmann-Asser (until August 17, 1932) | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | since August 17, 1932: Ministerialdirektor Erich Marcks | |
Schleicher's cabinet
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Schleicher's cabinet (December 3, 1932 to January 30, 1933) |
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|---|---|---|
| State Secretary of the Reich Chancellery | Erwin Planck | |
| Joint service with Reich Chancellor and State Secretary | Ministerial Director Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Othmar Feßler | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Heinrich Vogels | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Richard Wienstein | |
| Speaker | Ministerialrat Edwin Pukass | |
| Speaker | Senior Government Councilor Curt Walter | |
| Speaker | Upper Government Councilor Otto Westphal | |
| Speaker | Higher Government Councilor Hans Thomsen | |
| Ministerial Office Director | Hofrat Rudolf Ostertag | |
| Press chief of the Reich government | Ministerial Director Erich Marcks | |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brecht was responsible for: (1) Foreign: Western Europe and the United States as well as general; (2) Internal affairs: relationship between the Reich and the Länder, general internal politics, unrest and exceptional regulations; (3) Economy: General questions (economic principles, import and export policy, value date and positions of the RWiM); (4) justice; (5) Reichsbank.
- ↑ Wever was responsible for: (1) budget and cash matters; (2) Ministry of Finance; (3) RMin. d. Inside; (4) Home Service Center; (5) accommodation of the authorities; (6) shipping; (7) Non-Prussian federal states (Specialia)
- ↑ Bornstedt was responsible for: (1) Foreign countries, except Western Europe and the United States; (2) Occupied, ceded and voting areas; (3) Reichswehr; (4) Ministry of Transport; (5) nutrition; (6) mail; (7) Prussia
- ↑ Kempner was responsible for: (1) Ministry of Labor; (2) Economy: Specialia; (3) Department of Reconstruction; (4) Treasury.