List of interior ministers of Prussia explained

This page lists Prussian Ministers of the Interior.

History

Upon the founding of the Prussian Interior Ministry in 1808 until the dissolution of the State of Prussia in 1945. The Prussian Interior Ministers were members of the Prussian State Ministry.

Interior ministers (1808–1934)

Name	Image	Term Start	Term End	Notes
Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten		1808	1810
Karl August von Hardenberg		1810	1814	Also served as Prime Minister from 1804-6, 1807, 1810-1822
	Friedrich von Schuckmann		1814	1834
Wilhelm zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein		1817	1819	Police Minister
Wilhelm von Humboldt		1819	1819
Friedrich von Schuckman		1819	1834
Gustav von Brenn		1834	1838
		1838	1842	Minister of the Interior and Police
	Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg		1842	1845
Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede		1845	1848	^[1]
	Alfred von Auerswald		1848	1848
Friedrich von Kühlwetter		1848	1848
	Franz August Eichmann		1848	1848
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel		1848	1850
	Ferdinand von Westphalen		1850	1858
Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell		1858	1859
	Maximilian von Schwerin-Putzar	\| align="center" \| 1859\| align="center" \| 1862\| \|-\| Gustav von Jagow\| align="center" \|\| align="center" \| 1862\| align="center" \| 1862\| \|-\| \|Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1862\| align="center" \| 1878\| \|-\| Botho August Wendt zu Eulenburg-Wicken\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1878\| align="center" \| 1881\| \|-\| \|Robert Viktor von Puttkamer\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1881\| align="center" \| 1888\| \|-\| Ernst Ludwig Herrfurth\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1888\| align="center" \| 1892\| \|-\| \|Botho August Wendt zu Eulenburg-Wicken\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1892\| align="center" \| 1894\| \|-\| Ernst Matthias von Köller\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1894\| align="center" \| 1895\| \|-\| \|Gustav Wilhelm Eberhard von der Recke von der Horst\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1895\| align="center" \| 1899\| \|-\| Kreuzwendedich Georg von Rheinbaben\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1899\| align="center" \| 1901\| \|-\| \|Hans Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Hammerstein-Loxten\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1901\| align="center" \| 1905\| \|-\| Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1905\| align="center" \| 1907\| \|-\| \|Friedrich Ludwig Elisa von Moltke\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1907\| align="center" \| 1910\| \|-\| Johann (Hans) Nikolaus Michael Louis von Dallwitz\| align="center" \|\| align="center" \| 1910\| align="center" \| 1914\| \|-\| \|Friedrich Wilhelm von Loebell\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1914\| align="center" \| 1917\| \|-\| Wilhelm (Bill) Arnold Drews\| align="center" \|\| align="center" \| 1917\| align="center" \| 1918\| \|-\| \|Rudolf Breitscheid Paul Hirsch\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1918\| align="center" \| 1919\| \|-\| Wolfgang Heine\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1919\| align="center" \| 1920\| \|-\| \|Carl Wilhelm Severing\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1920\| align="center" \| 1921\| ^[2] \|-\| Adolph Alexander Eberhard Dominicus\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1921\| align="center" \| 1921\| \|-\| \|Carl Wilhelm Severing\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1921\| align="center" \| 1926\| \|-\| Albert Grzesinski\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1926\| align="center" \| 1930\| \|-\| \|Heinrich Eugen Waentig\| align="center" \|\| align="center" \| 1930\| align="center" \| 1930\| \|-\| Carl Wilhelm Severing\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1930\| align="center" \| 1932\| \|-\| Franz Bracht\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1932\| align="center" \| 1933\| Reich Commissioner (also Reich Minister of the Interior from December 3, 1932)\|-\| \|Hermann Göring \| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1933\| align="center" \| 1933\| Reich Commissioner\|-\| \|Hermann Göring\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1933\| align="center" \| 1934\| Also Prime Minister from April 11, 1933\|-\| \|Wilhelm Frick\| align="center" \| \| align="center" \| 1934\| align="center" \| 1934\| Reich Minister of the Interior since January 30, 1933\|} See also Interior Ministers of Germany References

Notes and References

Web site: David Hansemann to Prussian Interior Minister Ernst von Bodelschwingh (March 1, 1848) . ghdi.ghi-dc.org . GHDI (German History in Documents and Images) . 26 January 2024.
Web site: Carl Severing Social Democrat, Prussian Minister & Reichstag Member . www.britannica.com . . 26 January 2024 . en.