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, 1873-1918
- 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
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-
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