Federal Minister of the Interior
Bundesminister des Innern
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Incumbent Nancy Faeser since 8 December 2021
Federal Ministry of the Interior
Style	Frau Bundesminister
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	Chancellor of Germany
Seat	Alt-Moabit 140, Berlin
Appointer	The President on advice of the Chancellor
Formation	21 December 1879
First holder	Karl von Hofmann
Website	bmi.bund.de

The Federal Minister of the Interior ( German: Bundesminister des Innern) is the head of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and a member of the Cabinet of Germany.

The current Federal Minister of the Interior is Nancy Faeser, since 8 December 2021. ^[1]

List of officeholders

Secretaries of State for the Interior, 1879–1919

Political Party:    Zentrum

Name (Birth–Death)		Portrait	Party	Term of Office		Chancellor
	Karl von Hofmann [ de] (1827–1910)		N/A	21 December 1879	31 August 1880	Bismarck
	Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (1833–1907)		N/A	1 September 1880	1 July 1897	Bismarck von Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
	Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner (1845–1932)		N/A	1 July 1897	24 June 1907	Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst von Bülow
	Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921)		N/A	24 June 1907	10 July 1909	von Bülow
	Clemens von Delbrück (1856–1921)		N/A	14 July 1909	22 May 1916	von Bethmann Hollweg
	Karl Helfferich (1872–1924)		N/A	22 May 1916	24 October 1917	von Bethmann Hollweg Michaelis
	Max Wallraf (1859–1941)		N/A	25 October 1917	9 November 1918	Michaelis von Hertling ( I) von Baden ( I)
	Karl Trimborn (1854–1921)		Zentrum	14 November 1918	13 February 1919	Ebert ( Council of the People's Deputies)

Ministers of the Interior, 1919–1945

Political Party:    DDP    DNVP    DVP    NSDAP    SPD    Zentrum

No.	Portrait	Minister of the Interior	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Preuß, Hugo Hugo Preuß (1860–1925)	13 February 1919	20 June 1919	127 days	DDP	Scheidemann
2		David, Eduard Eduard David (1863–1930)	21 June 1919	3 October 1919	104 days	SPD	Bauer
3		Koch-Weser, Erich Erich Koch-Weser (1875–1944)	3 October 1919	4 May 1921	1 year, 213 days	DDP	Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach
4		Gradnauer, Georg Georg Gradnauer (1866–1946)	10 May 1921	22 October 1921	165 days	SPD	Wirth I
5		Köster, Adolf Adolf Köster (1883–1930)	26 October 1921	14 November 1922	1 year, 19 days	SPD	Wirth II
6		Oeser, Rudolf Rudolf Oeser (1858–1926)	22 November 1922	12 August 1923	263 days	DDP	Cuno
7		Sollmann, Wilhelm Wilhelm Sollmann (1881–1951)	14 August 1923	3 November 1923	81 days	SPD	Stresemann I
8		Jarres, Karl Karl Jarres (1874–1951)	11 November 1923	15 December 1924	1 year, 34 days	DVp	Stresemann II Marx I– II
9		Schiele, Martin Martin Schiele (1870–1939)	15 January 1925	23 October 1925	281 days	DnVp	Luther I
–		Gessler, Otto Otto Gessler (1875–1955) Acting	23 October 1925	5 December 1925	43 days	DDP	Luther I
10		Külz, Wilhelm Wilhelm Külz (1875–1948)	20 January 1926	17 December 1926	331 days	DDP	Luther II Marx III
11		von Keudell, Walter Walter von Keudell (1884–1973)	January 1927	12 June 1928	1 year, 5 months	DnVp	Marx IV
12		Severing, Carl Carl Severing (1875–1952)	28 June 1928	27 March 1930	1 year, 272 days	SPD	Müller II
13		Wirth, Joseph Joseph Wirth (1879–1956)	30 March 1930	7 October 1931	1 year, 191 days	Centre	Brüning I
14		Groener, Wilhelm Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939)	9 October 1931	30 May 1932	234 days	Independent	Brüning II
15		von Gayl, Wilhelm Wilhelm von Gayl (1879–1945)	1 June 1932	17 November 1932	169 days	DnVp	Papen
16		Bracht, Franz Franz Bracht (1877–1933)	3 December 1932	28 January 1933	56 days	Independent	Schleicher
17		Frick, Wilhelm Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946)	30 January 1933	20 August 1943	10 years, 202 days	NSDAP	Hitler
18		Himmler, Heinrich Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945)	24 August 1943 [2] [3]	29 April 1945	1 year, 248 days	NSDAP	Hitler
19		Giesler, Paul Paul Giesler (1895–1945)	30 April 1945	2 May 1945	2 days	NSDAP	Goebbels
20		Stuckart, Wilhelm Wilhelm Stuckart (1902–1953)	3 May 1945	23 May 1945	20 days	NSDAP	Schwerin von Krosigk

Ministers of the Interior of the GDR, 1949–1990

Political Party:    SED    DSU

No.	Portrait	Minister of the Interior	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Chairman
1		Steinhoff, Karl Karl Steinhoff (1892–1981)	11 October 1949	6 May 1953	3 years, 6 months	SED	Grotewohl
2		Stoph, Willi Willi Stoph (1914–1999)	6 May 1953	1 July 1955	2 years, 1 month	SED	Grotewohl
3		Maron, Karl Karl Maron (1903–1975)	1 July 1955	14 November 1963	8 years, 4 months	SED	Grotewohl
4		Dickel, Friedrich Friedrich Dickel (1913–1993)	14 November 1963	18 November 1989	26 years	SED	Grotewohl Stoph Sindermann Stoph
5		Ahrendt, Lothar Lothar Ahrendt (born 1936)	18 November 1989	12 April 1990	4 months	SED	Modrow
6		Diestel, Peter-Michael Peter-Michael Diestel (born 1952)	12 April 1990	2 October 1990	5 months	DSU	de Maizière

Ministers of the Interior (Bundesminister des Innern), since 1949

Political Party:    CDU    CSU    FDP    SPD

No.	Portrait	Minister of the Interior	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Heinemann, Gustav Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976)	20 September 1949	11 October 1950	1 year, 21 days	CDU	Adenauer I
2		Lehr, Robert Robert Lehr (1883–1956)	11 October 1950	20 October 1953	3 years, 9 days	CDU	Adenauer I
3		Schröder, Gerhard Gerhard Schröder (1910–1989)	20 October 1953	13 November 1961	8 years, 24 days	CDU	Adenauer II– III
4		Höcherl, Hermann Hermann Höcherl (1912–1989)	14 November 1961	25 October 1965	3 years, 345 days	CSU	Adenauer IV– V Erhard I
5		Lücke, Paul Paul Lücke (1914–1976)	26 October 1965	2 April 1968	2 years, 159 days	CDU	Erhard II Kiesinger
6		Benda, Ernst Ernst Benda (1925–2009)	2 April 1968	21 October 1969	1 year, 202 days	CDU	Kiesinger
7		Genscher, Hans-Dietrich Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016)	22 October 1969	16 May 1974	4 years, 216 days	FDP	Brandt I– II
8		Maihofer, Werner Werner Maihofer (1918–2009)	16 May 1974	8 June 1978	4 years, 23 days	FDP	Schmidt I– II
9		Baum, Gerhart Gerhart Baum (born 1932)	8 June 1978	17 September 1982	4 years, 101 days	FDP	Schmidt II– III
10		Schmude, Jürgen Jürgen Schmude (born 1936)	17 September 1982	1 October 1982	14 days	SPD	Schmidt III
11		Zimmermann, Friedrich Friedrich Zimmermann (1925–2012)	4 October 1982	21 April 1989	6 years, 199 days	CSU	Kohl I– II– III
12		Schäuble, Wolfgang Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–2023)	21 April 1989	26 November 1991	2 years, 219 days	CDU	Kohl III– IV
13		Seiters, Rudolf Rudolf Seiters (born 1937)	26 November 1991	7 July 1993	1 year, 223 days	CDU	Kohl IV
14		Kanther, Manfred Manfred Kanther (born 1939)	7 July 1993	27 October 1998	5 years, 112 days	CDU	Kohl IV– V
15		Schily, Otto Otto Schily (born 1932)	27 October 1998	22 November 2005	7 years, 26 days	SPD	Schröder I– II
16 (12)		Schäuble, Wolfgang Wolfgang Schäuble (1942–2023)	22 November 2005	28 October 2009	3 years, 340 days	CDU	Merkel I
17		Maizière, Thomas Thomas de Maizière (born 1954)	28 October 2009	3 March 2011	1 year, 126 days	CDU	Merkel II
18		Friedrich, Hans-Peter Hans-Peter Friedrich (born 1957)	3 March 2011	17 December 2013	2 years, 289 days	CSU	Merkel II
19 (17)		Maizière, Thomas Thomas de Maizière (born 1954)	17 December 2013	14 March 2018	4 years, 87 days	CDU	Merkel III
20		Seehofer, Horst Horst Seehofer (born 1949)	14 March 2018	8 December 2021	3 years, 269 days	CSU	Merkel IV
21		Faeser, Nancy Nancy Faeser (born 1970)	8 December 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 145 days	SPD	Scholz

References

External links

• bmi.bund.de