List of German interior ministers

Federal Minister of the Interior Bundesminister des Innern
Coat of Arms of the German Government
State flag of Germany
Incumbent Horst Seehofer since 14 March 2018
Federal Ministry of the Interior
Reports to	The Federal Chancellor
Appointer	The President, upon advice of the Federal Chancellor
Formation	21 December 1879
First holder	Karl von Hofmann
Website	bmi.bund.de

The Federal Minister of the Interior (German: Bundesminister des Innern) is the head of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and a member of the Cabinet of Germany. The current office holder is Horst Seehofer.

List of officeholders

Secretaries of State for the Interior, 1879–1919

Political Party:   Zentrum

Name (Birth–Death)		Portrait	Party	Term of Office		Chancellor
	Karl von Hofmann (1827–1910)		N/A	21 December 1879	31 August 1880	Bismarck
	Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (1833–1907)		N/A	1 September 1880	1 July 1897	Bismarck von Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
	Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner (1845–1932)		N/A	1 July 1897	24 June 1907	Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst von Bülow
	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921)		N/A	24 June 1907	10 July 1909	von Bülow
	Clemens von Delbrück (1856–1921)		N/A	14 July 1909	22 May 1916	von Bethmann-Hollweg
	Karl Helfferich (1872–1924)		N/A	22 May 1916	24 October 1917	von Bethmann-Hollweg Michaelis
	Max Wallraf (1859–1941)		N/A	25 October 1917	9 November 1918	Michaelis von Hertling (I) von Baden (I)
	Karl Trimborn (1854–1921)		Zentrum	14 November 1918	13 February 1919	Ebert (Council of the People's Deputies)

Ministers of the Interior, 1919–1945

Political Party:   DDP   DNVP   DVP   NSDAP   SPD   Zentrum

Name (Birth–Death)		Portrait	Party	Term of Office		Chancellor (Cabinet)
	Hugo Preuß (1860–1925)		DDP	13 February 1919	20 June 1919	Scheidemann (I)
	Eduard David (1863–1930)		SPD	21 June 1919	3 October 1919	Bauer (I)
	Erich Koch-Weser (1875–1944)		DDP	3 October 1919	4 May 1921	Bauer (I) Müller (I) Fehrenbach (I)
	Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946)		SPD	10 May 1921	22 October 1921	Wirth (I)
	Adolf Köster (1883–1930)		SPD	26 October 1921	14 November 1922	Wirth (II)
	Rudolf Oeser (1858–1926)		DDP	22 November 1922	12 August 1923	Cuno (I)
	Wilhelm Sollmann (1881–1951)		SDP	14 August 1923	3 November 1923	Stresemann (I)
	Karl Jarres (1874–1951)		DVP	11 November 1923	15 December 1924	Stresemann (II) Marx (I • II)
	Martin Schiele (1870–1939)		DNVP	15 January 1925	23 October 1925	Luther (I)
	Otto Gessler (1875–1955) Acting Minister		DDP	23 October 1925	5 December 1925
	Wilhelm Külz (1875–1948)		DDP	20 January 1926	17 December 1926	Luther (II) Marx (III)
	Walter von Keudell (1884–1973)		DNVP	January 1927	12 June 1928	Marx (IV)
	Carl Severing (1875–1952)		SPD	28 June 1928	27 March 1930	Müller (II)
	Joseph Wirth (1879–1956)		Zentrum	30 March 1930	7 October 1931	Brüning (I)
	Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939)		Independent	9 October 1931	30 May 1932	Brüning (II)
	Wilhelm von Gayl (1879–1945)		DNVP	1 June 1932	17 November 1932	von Papen (I)
	Franz Bracht (1877–1933)		Independent	3 December 1932	28 January 1933	von Schleicher (I)
	Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946)		NSDAP	30 January 1933	20 August 1943	Hitler (I)
	Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945)		NSDAP	24 August 1943	29 April 1945
	Paul Giesler (1895–1945)		NSDAP	30 April 1945	2 May 1945	Donitz (Flensburg)
	Wilhelm Stuckart (1902–1953)		NSDAP	3 May 1945	23 May 1945

Ministers of the Interior of the GDR, 1949–1990

Political Party:   SED   DSU

Name (Birth–Death)		Portrait	Party	Term of Office		Chairman
	Karl Steinhoff (1892–1981)		SED	11 October 1949	6 May 1952	Grotewohl
	Willi Stoph (1914–1999)		SED	6 May 1952	1 July 1955
	Karl Maron (1903–1975)		SED	1 July 1955	14 November 1963
	Friedrich Dickel (1913–1993)		SED	14 November 1963	7 November 1989	Grotewohl Stoph Sindermann Stoph
	Lothar Ahrendt (1936–)		SED	7 November 1989	12 April 1990	Modrow
	Peter-Michael Diestel (1952–)		DSU	12 April 1990	2 October 1990	de Maizière

Ministers of the Interior (Bundesminister des Innern), since 1949

Political Party:   CDU   CSU   FDP   SPD

Name (Birth–Death)		Portrait	Party	Term of Office		Chancellor (Cabinet)
	Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976)		CDU	20 September 1949	11 October 1950	Adenauer (I)
	Robert Lehr (1883–1956)		CDU	11 October 1950	20 October 1953
	Gerhard Schröder (1910–1989)		CDU	20 October 1953	13 November 1961	Adenauer (II • III)
	Hermann Höcherl (1912–1989)		CSU	14 November 1961	25 October 1965	Adenauer (IV • V) Erhard (I)
	Paul Lücke (1914–1976)		CDU	26 October 1965	2 April 1968	Erhard (II) Kiesinger (I)
	Ernst Benda (1925–2009)		CDU	2 April 1968	21 October 1969	Kiesinger (I)
	Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016)		FDP	22 October 1969	16 May 1974	Brandt (I • II)
	Werner Maihofer (1918–2009)		FDP	16 May 1974	8 June 1978	Schmidt (I • II)
	Gerhart Baum (1932–)		FDP	8 June 1978	17 September 1982	Schmidt (II • III)
	Jürgen Schmude (1936–)		SPD	17 September 1982	1 October 1982	Schmidt (III)
	Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012)		CSU	4 October 1982	21 April 1989	Kohl (I • II • III)
	Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–)		CDU	21 April 1989	26 November 1991	Kohl (III • IV)
	Rudolf Seiters (1937–)		CDU	26 November 1991	7 July 1993	Kohl (IV)
	Manfred Kanther (1939–)		CDU	7 July 1993	27 October 1998	Kohl (IV • V)
	Otto Schily (1932–)		SPD	27 October 1998	22 November 2005	Schröder (I • II)
	Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–)		CDU	22 November 2005	28 October 2009	Merkel (I)
	Thomas de Maizière (1954–)		CDU	28 October 2009	3 March 2011	Merkel (II)
	Hans-Peter Friedrich (1957–)		CSU	3 March 2011	17 December 2013
	Thomas de Maizière (1954–)		CDU	17 December 2013	14 March 2018	Merkel (III)
	Horst Seehofer (1949–)		CSU	14 March 2018	Incumbent	Merkel (IV)

References

External links

• bmi.bund.de