List of Prussian trade ministers

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List of Prussian trade ministers .

In the first half of the 19th century this area of ​​responsibility was run as a department (section) of the Ministry of the Interior. However, several leaders already carried the title of "minister" or were called "trade ministers" by contemporaries.

On April 17, 1848, an independent ministry was formed. The official title was: "Minister for Trade, Industry and Public Works".

The service building in Berlin-Mitte was the former gold and silver factory at Wilhelmstrasse  79. In 1854/55 the building was raised by one floor according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler , and in 1868 a new building at the adjacent Wilhelmstrasse 80 was added.

On April 17, 1878, the area of ​​public works (infrastructure) was spun off (see list of Prussian ministers of public works ). Accordingly, the remaining title was "Minister for Trade and Industry". Nevertheless, both ministries were still run in personal union until 1879.

In 1932, with the so-called “ Preußenschlag ”, the designation “Minister for Economics and Labor” was introduced.

In 1740, when King Friedrich II took office, the “Department for Factories, Commerce and Manufactures” was founded, which in the administrative structure at that time corresponded to a Ministry of Economics. The responsible ministers (who mostly covered other areas of responsibility) were also called trade ministers. There were also ministers before, but they were responsible for many areas.

Surname Taking office Resignation
Johann Andreas Kraut 1713 1723

Johann Andreas Kraut Robert von Patow August von der Heydt Albert von Maybach Otto von Bismarck Theodor von Möller Walther Schreiber Hjalmar shaft Hermann Goering Walther Funk

Samuel of Marshal 1740
Erasmus Robert von Patow on an interim basis April 17, 1848 June 25, 1848
Karl August Milde June 25, 1848 September 21, 1848
August von der Heydt December 4, 1848 May 18, 1862
Heinrich Wilhelm von Holtzbrinck May 1862 October 8, 1862
Heinrich Friedrich August von Itzenplitz
from October 8, 1862 on an interim basis 		December 1862 May 13, 1873
Heinrich Karl Julius von Achenbach May 13, 1873 March 3, 1878
Albert von Maybach March 30, 1878 July 14, 1879
Karl von Hofmann from March 14, 1879 on an interim basis July 14, 1879 23 August 1880
Otto von Bismarck in personal union with his offices as Prime Minister and Reich Chancellor 1880 1890
Hans Hermann von Berlepsch January 31, 1890 June 27, 1896
Ludwig Brefeld June 26, 1896 May 5, 1901
Theodor Adolf von Möller May 5, 1901 October 18, 1905
Clemens von Delbrück November 4, 1905 July 14, 1909
Reinhold von Sydow July 15, 1909 October 5, 1918
Otto Fischbeck October 5, 1918 November 1, 1921
Wilhelm Siering November 7, 1921 January 23, 1925
Walther Carl Rudolf Schreiber February 18, 1925 July 20, 1932
Friedrich Ernst Reich Commissioner July 22, 1932 February 4, 1933
Alfred Hugenberg Reich Commissioner February 4, 1933 June 29, 1933
Kurt Schmitt Reich Commissioner June 30, 1933 January 30, 1935
Hjalmar Schacht Reichskommissar
as managing director from August 3, 1934 		January 31, 1935 November 26, 1937
Hermann Göring Reich Commissioner November 26, 1937 January 15, 1938
Walther Funk Reich Commissioner February 5, 1938 1938
Franz Seldte Minister of Labor Reichskommissar 4th January 1935 1938

Remarks

  • Different times are sometimes mentioned in the literature. This is because they refer to provisional assumption of office, appointment by the king and prime minister, formal inauguration; the same applies to a request for dismissal, approval of farewell and transfer of office / appointment of a successor. This can lead to gaps or overlaps, especially in turbulent times and if the predecessor is ill.
  • Other first names were sometimes used during his lifetime, as it later became naturalized in literature. Therefore the full name is given.

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