List of German State Secretaries for Alsace-Lorraine
State Secretaries for Alsace-Lorraine were the State Secretaries of the Reich Office for Alsace-Lorraine , who performed the task of today's minister .
The Reichsamt existed from 1879 to 1918. In 1918 the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine declared itself independent through its state parliament and on November 11, 1918 a sovereign Alsace-Lorraine was proclaimed. Then Alsace-Lorraine became part of France .
State Secretaries in the Reich Ministry for Alsace-Lorraine of the German Empire (1879–1918)
During the 39 years in which the Reich Office existed, eight state secretaries presided over it:
Surname | Term of office (beginning) | Term of office (end) |
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Karl Joseph Benjamin Herzog | 1879 | 1880 |
Karl von Hofmann | 1880 | 1887 |
Maximilian von Puttkamer | 1887 | 1901 |
Ernst Matthias von Köller | 1901 | 1908 |
Hugo Freiherr Zorn von Bulach | 1908 | 1914 |
Siegfried Freiherr von Roedern | 1914 | 1916 |
Georg Freiherr von Tschammer and Quaritz | 1916 | 1918 |
Karl Hauss | 1918 | 1918 |