List of German postal ministers

This article lists German Postal Ministers. See also lists of incumbents.

State Secretaries for the Post, 1880–1918

 * Heinrich von Stephan 1880–1897
 * Viktor von Podbielski 1897–1901
 * Reinhold Kraetke 1901–1917
 * Otto Rüdlin 1917–1918

West and East Germany, 1949–1997
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Ministers of Post and Communications of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949–1997

 * Hans Schuberth 1949–1953
 * Siegfried Balke 1953–1956
 * Ernst Lemmer 1956–1957
 * Richard Stücklen 1957–1966
 * Werner Dollinger 1966–1969
 * Georg Leber 1969–1972
 * Lauritz Lauritzen 1972
 * Horst Ehmke 1972–1974
 * Kurt Gscheidle 1974–1982
 * Hans Matthöfer 1982
 * Christian Schwarz-Schilling 1982–1992
 * Wolfgang Bötsch 1993–1997

The ministry was abolished at the end of 1997.


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Minister of Post and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic, 1949-1991

 * Friedrich Burmeister: 7 October 1949-13 November 1963 (CDU)
 * Rudolph Schulze: 14 November 1963-7 November 1989 (CDU)
 * Klaus Wolf: 18 November 1989-12 April 1990 (CDU)
 * Emil Schnell: 12 April 1990-20 August 1990 (SPD)
 * Hans-Jürgen Niehof: 20 August 1990-2 October 1990 (FDP)
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