List of German postal ministers

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

State Secretaries for the Post, 1880–1918

• Heinrich von Stephan 1880–1897
• Viktor von Podbielski 1897–1901
• Reinhold Kraetke 1901–1917
• Otto Rüdlin 1917–1918

Ministers of Post, 1918–1945

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Giesberts, JohannesJohannes Giesberts (1865–1938)	13 February 1919	14 November 1922	3 years, 274 days		Centre	Scheidemann Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I–II	.
2		Stingl, KarlKarl Stingl (1864–1936)	22 November 1922	12 August 1923	263 days		BVP	Cuno	.
3		Höfle, AntonAnton Höfle (1882–1925)	13 August 1923	15 December 1924	1 year, 124 days		Centre	Stresemann I–II Marx I–II	.
(2)		Stingl, KarlKarl Stingl (1864–1936)	15 January 1925	17 December 1926	1 year, 336 days		BVP	Luther I–II–III	.
4		Schätzel, GeorgGeorg Schätzel (1875–1934)	28 January 1927	30 May 1932	5 years, 123 days		BVP	Marx IV Müller II Brüning I–II	.
5		Eltz, PaulPaul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943)	1 June 1932	2 February 1937	4 years, 246 days		Independent	Papen von Schleicher Hitler	.
6		Ohnesorge, WilhelmWilhelm Ohnesorge (1872–1962)	2 February 1937	30 April 1945	8 years, 87 days		NSDAP	Hitler	.
7		Dorpmüller, JuliusJulius Dorpmüller (1869–1945)	2 May 1945	23 May 1945	21 days		NSDAP	von Krosigk	.

West and East Germany, 1949–1997

Ministers of Post and Communications of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949–1997 Hans Schuberth 1949–1953 Siegfried Balke 1953–1956 Ernst Lemmer 1956–1957 Richard Stücklen 1957–1966 Werner Dollinger 1966–1969 Georg Leber 1969–1972 Lauritz Lauritzen 1972 Horst Ehmke 1972–1974 Kurt Gscheidle 1974–1982 Hans Matthöfer 1982 Christian Schwarz-Schilling 1982–1992 Wolfgang Bötsch 1993–1997 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