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)

Name	Image	Term Start	Term End	Notes
Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg		1768	1791
August Friedrich Ferdinand von der Goltz		1808	1814
Karl August von Hardenberg		1814	1818
Christian Günther von Bernstorff		1818	1832
Friedrich Ancillon		1832	1837
Heinrich Wilhelm von Werther		1837	1841
Mortimer von Maltzahn		1841	1842
Heinrich von Bülow		1842	1845
Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz		1845	March 1848
Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg		19 March 1848	21 March 1848	Government instability brought on by German revolutions of 1848–1849
Heinrich Alexander von Arnim		21 March 1848	19 June 1848
Alexander von Schleinitz		19 June 1848	25 June 1848	First term
Rudolf von Auerswald		25 June 1848	21 September 1848
August Hermann von Dönhoff		21 September 1848	8 November 1848
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg		8 November 1848	4 December 1848	First term
Hans Adolf Karl von Bülow (1807-1869)		4 December 1848	24 February 1849
Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow		24 February 1849	30 April 1849
Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg		30 April 1849	21 July 1849	Second term
Alexander von Schleinitz		21 July 1849	1850	Second term
Joseph von Radowitz		1850	1850
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel		1850	1858
Alexander von Schleinitz		1858	1861	Third term
Albrecht von Bernstorff		1861	1862
Otto von Bismarck		1862	1890	^[1]
		1890	1890	^[2]
Leo von Caprivi		1890	1894
Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein		1894	1897
Bernhard von Bülow		1897	1909
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg		1909	1917
Georg Michaelis		1917	1917
Georg von Hertling		1917	1918
Max von Baden		1918	1918	^[3] ^[4]

See also

• Foreign Minister of Germany
• Foreign Minister of Bavaria
• Minister President of Prussia
• List of interior ministers of Prussia

External links

• Announcement: From the Royal Majesty of Prussia to His Foreign Ministers Concerning The Violence Perpetrated by the Austrian Crown and Its Allies Without Justification from Yale University

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.