Lists of political office-holders in Brandenburg

These are lists of political office-holders in Brandenburg.

Margraves and Electors List of margraves and electors of Brandenburg

Minister-presidents List of minister-presidents of Brandenburg

Upper presidents of Brandenburg In 1815 Brandenburg was constituted as the Prussian Province of Brandenburg without a sovereign ruler, but with upper presidents appointed by the central Prussian government. The upper president carried out central prerogatives on the provincial level and supervised the implementation of central policy on the lower levels of administration.

1815–1824: (1765–1828) 1825–1840: (1773–1858) 1840–1842: vacant 1842–1848: (1792–1871) 1848–1849: (1804–1890), per pro 1849–1850: vacant 1849–1850: August Hermann Klemens Freiherr Wolff von Metternich (1803–1872), per pro 1850–1858: Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell (1786–1865) 1859–1862: Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell (1786–1865) 1862: (1806–1884) 1862–1879: (1813–1879) 1879–1899: (1829–1899) 1899–1905: Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921) 1905–1909: August von Trott zu Solz (1855–1938) 1909–1910: (1855–1931) 1910–1914: (1852–1914) 1914–1917: (1860–1930) 1917–1919: (1855–1931) 1919–1933: (1871–1963) 1933–1936: Wilhelm Kube (1887–1943) 1937–1945: Emil Stürtz (1892–1945), since 1936 per pro Land directors of Brandenburg Since 1875, with the strengthening of self-rule within the provinces, the urban and rural counties elected representatives for the provincial diets (Provinziallandtage). These parliaments legislated within the competences transferred to the provinces. The provincial diet of Brandenburg elected a provincial executive body (government), the provincial committee (Provinzialausschuss), and a head of province, the land director (Landesdirektor).In other Prussian provinces the same office used to be called Landeshauptmann (about in ). Cf. article: "Landesdirektor", in: Der Große Brockhaus: Handbuch des Wissens in zwanzig Bänden: 21 vols.; Leipzig: Brockhaus, 151928–1935; Bd. 11 (1932), p. 71. Self-rule was abolished under the Nazi dictatorship.

1876–1896: Albert Erdmann Karl Gerhard von Levetzow (1827–1903), German Conservative Party 1896–1912: Otto von Manteuffel (1844–1913), German Conservative Party 1912–1930: (1865–1945) 1930–1933: (1885–1952) 1933–1944: (1876–1945), NSDAP

See also List of consorts of Brandenburg List of Holy Roman Emperors List of monarchs of Prussia Lists of office-holders Lists of political office-holders in East Germany Lists of political office-holders in Germany

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