List of German colonial ministers
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This page lists Colonial Ministers of Imperial Germany. With the loss of Germany's colonies in the Treaty of Versailles
in 1919, the office was abolished. See also lists of incumbents.
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of...
in 1919, the office was abolished. See also lists of incumbents.
Directors of the Colonial Department in the Foreign Secretariat, 1890-1907
- Friedrich Richard Krauel 1890
- Paul Kayser 1890-1896
- Baron Oswald von RichthofenOswald von RichthofenOswald Freiherr von Richthofen, GCVO was a German diplomat and politician, who served as Foreign Secretary and head of the Foreign Office from 23 October 1900 to 17 January 1906.-Background and career:...
1896-1898 - Gerhard von Buchka 1898-1900
- Oscar Wilhelm Stübel 1900-1905
- Prince Ernst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1905-1906
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State Secretaries for the Colonies, 1907-1918
- Bernhard DernburgBernhard DernburgBernhard Dernburg was a German liberal politician and banker. He served as Secretary for Colonial Affairs and head of the Imperial Colonial Office from May 1907 to 9 June 1910, and as Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 17 April to 20 June 1919.-Background and banking...
1907-1910 - Friedrich von Lindequist 1910-1911
- Wilhelm SolfWilhelm SolfWilhelm Heinrich Solf was a German scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman.-Early life:Wilhelm Solf was born into a wealthy and liberal family in Berlin. He attended secondary schools in Anklam in western Pomerania and in Mannheim...
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Ministers for the Colonies, 1918-1919
- Wilhelm SolfWilhelm SolfWilhelm Heinrich Solf was a German scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman.-Early life:Wilhelm Solf was born into a wealthy and liberal family in Berlin. He attended secondary schools in Anklam in western Pomerania and in Mannheim...
1918 - Philipp ScheidemannPhilipp ScheidemannPhilipp Scheidemann was a German Social Democratic politician, who proclaimed the Republic on 9 November 1918, and who became the second Chancellor of the Weimar Republic....
1918-1919 - Johannes Bell 1919
