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The Prime Minister (Ministerpräsident) of Prussia existed in one form or another from 1792 until the dissolution of Prussia in 1947. When Prussia was an independent kingdom (until 1871) the Prime Minister functioned as the King's Chief Minister and presided over the Prussian Landtag (parliament). After the unification of Germany in 1871 until the collapse in 1918 the office of the Prussian Prime Minister was usually held jointly by the Imperial Chancellor. Under the Weimar Republic the Prime Minister was head of the state government (a more traditional parliamentary role). The office ceased to have any real meaning after the Nazi takeover in 1933, and disappeared along with Prussia herself after World War II.
| Chief Minister of Prussia, 1792 - 1848 | ||
| Chief Minister | Years | |
| Count Christian Heinrich Kurt von Haugwitz | 1792 - April 1804 | |
| Count Karl August von Hardenberg | April 1804 - February 1806 | |
| Count Christian Heinrich Kurt von Haugwitz | February - November 1806 | |
| Karl Friedrich von Beyme | November 1806 - 26 April 1807 | |
| Count Karl August von Hardenberg | 26 April - 14 July 1807 | |
| Baron Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom Stein | 3 October 1807 - 24 November 1808 | |
| Count Karl Friedrich Ferdinand Alexander von Dohna-Schlobitten | 24 November 1808 - 4 June 1810 | |
| Prince Karl August von Hardenberg | 4 June 1810 - June 1822 | |
| Otto Karl Friedrich von Voss | June 1822 - 30 June 1823 | |
| Count Karl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich und Lottum | 30 June 1823 - 14 February 1841 | |
| Ludwig Gustav von Thile | 9 March 1841 - 19 March 1848 | |
| Minister-President of Prussia, 1848 - 1918 | ||
| Prime Minister | Years | |
| Count Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg | 19 March - 29 March 1848 | |
| Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen | 29 March - 25 June 1848 | |
| Rudolf Ludwig Cäsar von Auerswald | 25 June - 21 September 1848 | |
| Ernst von Pfuel | 21 September - 1 November 1848 | |
| Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg | 2 November 1848 - 6 November 1850 | |
| Baron Otto Theodor von Manteuffel | 19 December 1850 - 6 November 1858 | |
| Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | 6 November 1858 - 12 March 1862 | |
| Prince Adolf of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen | 12 March - 23 September 1862 | |
| Otto von Bismarck | 23 September 1862 - 1 January 1873 | |
| Count Albrecht von Roon | 1 January - 9 November 1873 | |
| Prince Otto von Bismarck | 9 November 1873 - 20 March 1890 | |
| Leo von Caprivi | 20 March 1890 - 23 March 1892 | |
| Count Botho zu Eulenburg | 23 March 1892 - 29 October 1894 | |
| Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | 29 October 1894 - 17 October 1900 | |
| Count Bernhard von Bülow | 17 October 1900 - 14 July 1909 | |
| Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg | 14 July 1909 - 16 July 1917 | |
| Georg Michaelis | 16 July - 2 December 1917 | |
| Count Georg von Hertling | 2 December 1917 - 3 October 1918 | |
| Prince Maximilian of Baden | 3 October - 9 November 1918 | |
| Minister-President of Prussia, 1918 - 1945 | ||
| Prime Minister | Years | Party |
| Friedrich Ebert | 9 - 11 November 1918 | SPD |
| Paul Hirsch | 11 November 1918 - 27 March 1920 | SPD |
| Otto Braun | 27 March 1920 - 21 April 1921 | SPD |
| Adam Stegerwald | 21 April - 5 November 1921 | Zentrum |
| Otto Braun | 5 November 1921 - 18 February 1925 | SPD |
| Wilhelm Marx | 18 February - 6 April 1925 | Zentrum |
| Otto Braun | 6 April 1925 - (ousted by military coup- Staatstreich July 20,1932) 10 April 1933 | SPD |
| Franz von Papen (Reichskomissar) | 20 July - 3 December 1932 | |
| Kurt von Schleicher (Reichskomissar) | 3 December 1932 - 28 January 1933 | |
| Franz von Papen (Reichskomissar) | 30 January - 10 April 1933 | |
| Hermann Göring | 10 April 1933 - 24 April 1945 | NSDAP |
Notes: From 20 July 1932 Otto Braun was in opposition to the Reichskomissar.