List of foreign ministers of Prussia explained

This article lists foreign ministers of Prussia.

History

After the creation of the German Empire in 1871, the Imperial Chancellor was normally also Foreign Minister of Prussia. However, during the chancellorship of Prince Hohenlohe (1894–1900), the position was held by the State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs.

Foreign ministers (1768–1918)

NameImageTerm StartTerm EndNotes
Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg17681791
August Friedrich Ferdinand von der Goltz18081814
Karl August von Hardenberg18141818
Christian Günther von Bernstorff18181832
Friedrich Ancillon18321837
Heinrich Wilhelm von Werther18371841
Mortimer von Maltzahn18411842
Heinrich von Bülow18421845
Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz1845March 1848
Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg19 March 184821 March 1848Government instability brought on by German revolutions of 1848–1849
Heinrich Alexander von Arnim21 March 184819 June 1848
Alexander von Schleinitz19 June 184825 June 1848First term
Rudolf von Auerswald25 June 184821 September 1848
August Hermann von Dönhoff21 September 18488 November 1848
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg8 November 18484 December 1848First term
Hans Adolf Karl von Bülow (1807-1869)4 December 184824 February 1849
Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow24 February 184930 April 1849
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg30 April 184921 July 1849Second term
Alexander von Schleinitz21 July 18491850Second term
Joseph von Radowitz18501850
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel18501858
Alexander von Schleinitz18581861Third term
Albrecht von Bernstorff18611862
Otto von Bismarck18621890[1]
18901890[2]
Leo von Caprivi18901894
Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein18941897
Bernhard von Bülow18971909
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg19091917
Georg Michaelis19171917
Georg von Hertling19171918
Max von Baden19181918[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Fermor . Robert Matthews Heron- . Prussia in Relation to the Foreign Policy of England . 1875 . Hatchards . 26 January 2024 . en.
  2. Book: Lerman . Katharine . Bismarck Profiles in Power . 14 January 2014 . . 978-1-317-90061-0 . 26 January 2024 . en.
  3. Book: Winter . Jay . The Cambridge History of the First World War: Volume 2, The State . 9 January 2014 . . 978-1-316-02553-6 . 46 . 26 January 2024 . en.
  4. News: Littlefield . Walter . Prince Max of Baden Tells How Wilhelm Fell in 1918; The Former Chancellor Discusses the "Peace Drive" and the Kaiser's Abdication PRINZ MAX VON BADEN. "Erinnerunyen und Dokumente" ("Reminiscences and Documents." By Max Prince of Baden). With portrait, frontispiece and maps. Pp. 690. Stuttgart, Berlin und Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. . 26 January 2024 . . 29 May 1927.