Prime Minister of Prussia

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Prime Minister of Prussia

The office of 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 1701) 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 itself 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
Baron 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
Friedrich Ebert (SPD)	9 - 11 November 1918^{[citation needed]}
Paul Hirsch (SPD)	11 November 1918 - 27 March 1920
Otto Braun (SPD)	27 March 1920 - 21 April 1921
Adam Stegerwald (Centre Party)	21 April - 5 November 1921
Otto Braun (SPD)	5 November 1921 - 18 February 1925
Wilhelm Marx (Centre Party)	18 February - 6 April 1925
Otto Braun (SPD)	6 April 1925 - 20 July 1932 (ousted from power in the Preußenschlag) or 10 April 1933 (formally deposed as Minister-President)
Franz von Papen (Reichskomissar)	20 July - 3 December 1932
Kurt von Schleicher (Reichskomissar)	3 December 1932 - 28 January 1933
Franz von Papen (Independent)	30 January - 10 April 1933
Hermann Göring (NSDAP)	10 April 1933 - 24 April 1945