German: '''Kreisleiter''' (pronounced as /de/; "District Leader") was a Nazi Party political rank and title which existed as a political rank between 1930 and 1945 and as a Nazi Party title from as early as 1928. The position of German: Kreisleiter was first formed to provide German election district coordination and, after the Nazi assumption of power, the position became one of county municipal government, effectively replacing the traditional German government establishment.
The rank of German: Kreisleiter was phased out of the Nazi Party in 1939, to be replaced by one of several paramilitary political ranks. After this time, the position of German: Kreisleiter was denoted by a special armband.
The rank of German: Kreisleiter was originally the fourth tier in the Nazi Party hierarchy after the German: [[Führer]], German: [[Reichsleiter]], and German: [[Gauleiter]]. The fifth level beneath the German: Kreisleiter were the German: [[Ortsgruppenleiter]]s.[1]