List of German naval ministers
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State Secretaries for the Navy, 1872–1918
- Albrecht von StoschAlbrecht von StoschAlbrecht von Stosch was a German General der Infanterie and Admiral who served as first Chief of the newly created Imperial German admiralty from 1872 to 1883....
1872–1883 - Leo von CapriviLeo von CapriviGeorg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprera de Montecuccoli was a German major general and statesman, who succeeded Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany...
1883–1888 - Karl Eduard HeusnerKarl Eduard HeusnerKarl Eduard Heusner was a Vice-Admiral of the German Imperial Navy ....
1888–1890 - Fritz von Hollmann 1890–1897
- Alfred von TirpitzAlfred von TirpitzAlfred von Tirpitz was a German Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916. Prussia never had a major navy, nor did the other German states before the German Empire was formed in 1871...
1897–1916 - Eduard von CapelleEduard von CapelleAdmiral Eduard von Capelle was a German Navy officer and Navy Minister from Celle.-Career:Capelle served in the Reichsmarineamt from 1891 and in 1904 became Director of the Administration Department. In 1914 he became under-secretary...
1916–1918 - Paul Behnke 1918