List of German State Secretaries for Alsace-Lorraine

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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:

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Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)
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