List of German naval ministers

The term naval minister denotes the Reich ministers to whom the Reichsflotte was subordinate in the provisional central authority in 1848/1849 . In addition, this is the colloquial term for the heads of the Imperial Admiralty or the State Secretaries (comparable to ministers, but without ministerial responsibility ) in the Imperial Navy Office of the German Empire. The Reichsmarineamt emerged in 1889 from the Imperial Admiralty, which was dissolved in 1888, and became part of the Reichswehr Ministry in 1919.

During the 46 years in which the heads of the Imperial Admiralty and the State Navy Secretaries represented naval affairs to the Reich Chancellor, eight military men performed this task.

Reich Minister of the Navy in the Provisional Central Authority (1848/1849)

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Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)
Arnold Duckwitz (as Minister of Commerce)	August 5, 1848	May 16, 1849
August Jochmus	May 22, 1849	December 20, 1849

Head of the Imperial Admiralty (1872–1888)

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Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)
Albrecht von Stosch	1872	1883
Leo of Caprivi	1883	1888

State Secretaries in the Imperial Navy Office of the German Empire (1889–1919)

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Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)
Karl Eduard Heusner	1889	1890
Friedrich von Hollmann	1890	1897
Alfred von Tirpitz	1897	1916
Eduard von Capelle	1916	1918
Paul Behncke	1918	1918
Ernst Karl August Klemens Ritter von Mann	1918	1919