List of German colonial ministers

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.

State Secretary for the Imperial Colonial Office
Staatssekretär des Reichskolonialamtes
Service flag of the Colonial Office
Longest serving Wilhelm Solf (20 December 1911 – 13 December 1918)
Imperial Colonial Office
Status	Abolished
Member of	The Cabinet
Reports to	The Chancellor
Formation	1 April 1890
First holder	Friedrich Richard Krauel
Final holder	Johannes Bell
Abolished	20 June 1919

Directors of the Colonial Department in the Foreign Secretariat (1890–1907)

No.	Picture	Director of the Colonial Department	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Krauel, FriedrichFriedrich Richard Krauel (1848–1918)	1 April 1890	30 June 1890	90 days
2		Kayser, PaulPaul Kayser (1845–1898)	30 June 1890	15 October 1896	6 years, 107 days
3		Richthofen, OswaldOswald von Richthofen (1847–1906)	15 October 1896	31 March 1898	1 year, 167 days
4		Richthofen, OswaldGerhard von Buchka (1851–1936)	1 April 1898	12 June 1900	2 years, 72 days
5		Stübel, OscarOscar Wilhelm Stübel (1846–1921)	12 June 1900	18 July 1905	5 years, 36 days
6		Hohenlohe, ErnstPrince Ernst II of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863–1950)	18 July 1905	17 May 1907	1 year, 303 days

State Secretaries for the Colonies (1907–1918)

No.	Picture	State Secretary for the Colonies	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Dernburg, BernhardBernhard Dernburg (1865–1937)	17 May 1907	9 June 1910	3 years, 23 days
2		Lindequist, FriedrichFriedrich von Lindequist (1862–1945)	10 June 1910	3 November 1911	1 year, 146 days
3		Solf, WilhelmWilhelm Solf (1862–1936)	20 December 1911	13 December 1918	6 years, 358 days

Ministers for the Colonies (1918–1919)

No.	Picture	Ministers for the Colonies	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Scheidemann, PhilippPhilipp Scheidemann (1865–1939)	13 December 1918	13 February 1919	62 days	SPD
2		Bell, JohannesJohannes Bell (1868–1949)	13 February 1919	20 June 1919	157 days	Centre

See also

• Imperial Colonial Office
• NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy
• Reichskolonialbund

External links

• German Colonies in Africa
• German Colonies in the Pacific