List of German postal ministers

This article lists German Postal Ministers. See alsolists of incumbents.

State Secretaries for the Post, 1880–1918

• Heinrich von Stephan1880–1897
• Viktor von Podbielski1897–1901
• Reinhold Kraetke1901–1917
• Otto Rüdlin1917–1918

Ministers of Post, 1918–1945

No.	Portrait	Ministers of Post	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Giesberts, JohannesJohannes Giesberts (1865–1938)	13 February 1919	14 November 1922	3 years, 274 days	Centre
2		Stingl, KarlKarl Stingl (1864–1936)	22 November 1922	12 August 1923	263 days	BVP
3		Höfle, AntonAnton Höfle (1882–1925)	13 August 1923	15 December 1924	1 year, 124 days	Centre
(2)		Stingl, KarlKarl Stingl (1864–1936)	15 January 1925	17 December 1926	1 year, 336 days	BVP
4		Schätzel, GeorgGeorg Schätzel (1875–1934)	28 January 1927	30 May 1932	5 years, 123 days	BVP
5		Eltz, PaulPaul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943)	1 June 1932	2 February 1937	4 years, 246 days	Independent
6		Ohnesorge, WilhelmWilhelm Ohnesorge (1872–1962)	2 February 1937	30 April 1945	8 years, 87 days	NSDAP
7		Dorpmüller, JuliusJulius Dorpmüller (1869–1945)	2 May 1945	23 May 1945	21 days	NSDAP

West and East Germany, 1949–1997

Ministers of Post and Communications of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949–1997 Hans Schuberth1949–1953 Siegfried Balke1953–1956 Ernst Lemmer1956–1957 Richard Stücklen1957–1966 Werner Dollinger1966–1969 Georg Leber1969–1972 Lauritz Lauritzen1972 Horst Ehmke1972–1974 Kurt Gscheidle1974–1982 Hans Matthöfer1982 Christian Schwarz-Schilling1982–1992 Wolfgang Bötsch1993–1997 The ministry was abolished at the end of 1997.

Minister of Post and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1991 Friedrich Burmeister:7 October 1949-13 November 1963 (CDU) Rudolph Schulze: 14 November 1963-7 November 1989 (CDU) Klaus Wolf: 18 November 1989-12 April 1990 (CDU) Emil Schnell: 12 April 1990-20 August 1990 (SPD) Hans-Jürgen Niehof: 20 August 1990-2 October 1990 (FDP)

Flags

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  Postal flag (1892-1918)
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  Postal flag (1921-1933)
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  Postal flag (1933-1935)
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  Postal flag Germany
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  Postal flag East Germany