This page lists State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs under the German Empire (1873-1918), and Ministers of Foreign Affairs under succeeding governments thereafter. See also Foreign Minister of Prussia. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the member of the Cabinet of Germany in charge of the Foreign Office. ... This page lists Foreign Ministers of Prussia. ...

State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs, 1873-1918

• Bernhard Ernst von Bülow 1873-1879
• Count Paul von Hatzfeld 1881-1885
• Prince Herbert von Bismarck 1886-1890
• Baron Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein 1890-1897
• Count Bernhard von Bülow 1897-1900
• Baron Oswald von Richthofen 1900-1906
• Heinrich Leonhard von Tschirschky 1906-1907
• Baron Wilhelm von Schoen 1907-1910
• Alfred von Kiderlen-Wächter 1910-1912
• Gottlieb von Jagow 1913-1916
• Arthur Zimmermann 1916-1917
• Richard von Kühlmann 1917-1918
• Paul von Hintze 1918
• Wilhelm Solf 1918

(Nicolaus Heinrich Ferdinand) Herbert von Bismarck, Fürst von Bismarck (28 December 1849 - 18 September 1904) was born in Berlin, the son of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and his wife Johanna, née von Puttkamer. ... Prince Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow ( May 3, 1849– October 28, 1929) was a German statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909. ... Gottlieb von Jagow (1863 - 1935) was a German diplomat. ... Arthur Zimmermann (October 5, 1864 _ June 6, 1940) was Germanys Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from November 22, 1916, until his resignation on August 6, 1917. ... Wilhelm Solf was a German Governor of Samoa in the early 20th century. ...

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 1918-

• Wilhelm Solf 1918
• Count Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau 1918-1919
• Hermann Müller (SPD) 1919-1920
• Adolf Köster (SPD) 1920
• Walter Simons 1920-1921
• Friedrich Rosen 1921
• Joseph Wirth (Z) 1921-1922
• Walther Rathenau (DDP) 1922
• Joseph Wirth (Z) 1922
• Friedrich von Rosenberg 1922-1923
• Gustav Stresemann (DVP) 1923-1929
• Julius Curtius (DVP) 1929-1931
• Heinrich Brüning (Z) 1931-1932
• Baron Konstantin von Neurath 1932-1938
• Joachim von Ribbentrop (NSDAP) 1938-1945
• Arthur Seyss-Inquart (NSDAP) 1945
• Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk 1945
• Konrad Adenauer (CDU) 1951-1955
• Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo (CDU) 1955-1961
• Gerhard Schröder (CDU) 1961-1966
• Willy Brandt (SPD) 1966-1969
• Walter Scheel (FDP) 1969-1974
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) 1974-1982
• Helmut Schmidt (SPD) 1982
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) 1982-1992
• Klaus Kinkel (FDP) 1992-1998
• Joschka Fischer (Green) 1998-

Wilhelm Solf was a German Governor of Samoa in the early 20th century. ... Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau (May 29, 1869 - September 8, 1928) was a German diplomat and the first Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic. ... Hermann Müller may refer to: Hermann Müller, ( 1829- 1883), German botanist whose work provided important evidence for Darwins theory of evolution, and with whom Darwin corresponded. ... The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. ... Walter Simons was president of the German Supreme Court from 1922 - 1929. ... Dr. Karl Joseph Wirth (September 6, 1879–January 3, 1956) was a German Catholic Centre politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922. ... The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum), often called the Catholic Centre Party, was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. ... Walter Rathenau Walther Rathenau (September 29, 1867–June 24, 1922) was a German industrialist and politician who served as Foreign Minister of Germany. ... The German Democratic Party, or Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP), was founded by leaders of the former Progressive Peoples Party (Fortschrittliche Volkspartei) and the left wing of the National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Partei) in the early days of the Weimar Republic. ... Dr. Karl Joseph Wirth (September 6, 1879–January 3, 1956) was a German Catholic Centre politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922. ... Hans von Rosenberg (1874 -- 1937) was a German politician. ... Gustav Stresemann (May 10, 1878 - October 3, 1929) was a German politician and statesman during the Weimar Republic and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. ... The German Peoples Party (Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP) was founded by the more right-wing elements of the old National Liberal Party in the early days of the Weimar Republic, led by Gustav Stresemann. ... Julius Curtius (1877-1948) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1929 to 1931. ... Dr. Heinrich Brüning (November 26, 1885–March 30, 1970) was a German politician who was Chancellor of Germany. ... Konstantin von Neurath Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath (February 2, 1873 – August 14, 1956) was a German diplomat, Foreign Minister of Germany (1932-1938) and Reichsprotektor (Governor) of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1943). ... Joachim von Ribbentrop Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893–October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... Arthur Seyß-Inquart (born Arthur Zajtich) (July 22, 1892 - October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi official in Austria and for wartime Germany in Poland and the Netherlands. ... Count Johann Ludwig (Lutz) Schwerin von Krosigk, EK, (August 22, 1887–March 4, 1977) was a German politician. ... Konrad Adenauer (January 5, 1876–April 19, 1967) was a German statesman. ... The Christian Democratic Union (CDU - Christlich-Demokratische Union) is a political party in Germany, founded after World War II by Konrad Adenauer among others. ... Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo (born June 6, 1904 in Offenbach, d. ... Gerhard Schröder (September 11, 1910 - December 31, 1989) was a German Christian-Democrat politician. ... Willy Brandt (December 18, 1913 – October 8, 1992) was a German politician and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974. ... The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD – Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands) is the second oldest political party of Germany still in existence and also one of the oldest and largest in the world, celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2003. ... Walter Scheel (born July 8, 1919) is a German politician. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | German political parties | Liberal parties ... Hans-Dietrich Genscher (Born March 21, 1927) is a German politician with the FDP and a long-serving Foreign Minister of Germany. ... Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (born December 23, 1918) is a German SPD politician. ... Hans-Dietrich Genscher (Born March 21, 1927) is a German politician with the FDP and a long-serving Foreign Minister of Germany. ... Dr. Klaus Kinkel (born December 17, 1936) is a German politician (FDP). ... Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin Joschka Fischer (born April 12, 1948 near Crailsheim) has been the German foreign minister and deputy chancellor in the red-green coalition since 1998. ... Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (literally: Alliance 90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. ...

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1990

• Georg Dertinger 1949-1953
• Anton Ackermann (acting) 1953
• Lothar Bolz 1953-1965
• Otto Winzer 1965-1975
• Oskar Fischer 1975-1990
• Markus Meckel 1990
• Lothar de Maizière 1990