List of German foreign ministers
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.
State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs, 1873-1918Bernhard Ernst von Bülow 1873-1879Count Paul von Hatzfeld 1881-1885Prince Herbert von Bismarck 1886-1890Baron Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein 1890-1897Count Bernhard von Bülow 1897-1900Baron Oswald von Richthofen 1900-1906Heinrich Leonhard von Tschirschky 1906-1907Baron Wilhelm von Schoen 1907-1910Alfred von Kiderlen-Wächter 1910-1912Gottlieb von Jagow 1913-1916Arthur Zimmermann 1916-1917Richard von Kühlmann 1917-1918Paul von Hintze 1918Wilhelm Solf 1918
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 1918-Wilhelm Solf 1918Count Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau 1918-1919Hermann Müller (SPD) 1919-1920Adolf Köster (SPD) 1920Walter Simons 1920-1921Friedrich Rosen 1921Joseph Wirth (Z) 1921-1922Walther Rathenau (DDP) 1922Joseph Wirth (Z) 1922Friedrich von Rosenberg 1922-1923Gustav Stresemann (DVP) 1923-1929Julius Curtius (DVP) 1929-1931Heinrich Brüning (Z) 1931-1932Baron Konstantin von Neurath 1932-1938Joachim von Ribbentrop (NSDAP) 1938-1945Arthur Seyss-Inquart (NSDAP) 1945Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk 1945Konrad Adenauer (CDU) 1951-1955Heinrich von Brentano di Tremezzo (CDU) 1955-1961Gerhard Schröder (CDU) 1961-1966Willy Brandt (SPD) 1966-1969Walter Scheel (FDP) 1969-1974Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) 1974-1982Helmut Schmidt (SPD) 1982Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) 1982-1992Klaus Kinkel (FDP) 1992-1998Joschka Fischer (Green) 1998-
Georg Dertinger 1949-1953Anton Ackermann (acting) 1953Lothar Bolz 1953-1965Otto Winzer 1965-1975Oskar Fischer 1975-1990Markus Meckel 1990Lothar de Maizière 1990
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