The Chief of the Reich Chancellery () was the highest-ranking official of the Reich Chancellery and the principal assistant of the Chancellor of Germany.
List of officeholders Portrait Name Term of office Political party Cabinet Took office Left office Time in office 1 21 March 1871 20 September 1881 German Reich Party Bismarck 2 14 October 1881 19 January 1891 Independent BismarckCaprivi 3 Karl Göring 1 February 1891 31 December 1894 Independent CapriviHohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 4 1 January 1895 15 August 1901 Independent Hohenlohe-SchillingsfürstBülow 5 14 August 1901 18 September 1904 Independent Bülow 6 25 September 1904 14 July 1909 German Conservative Party Bülow 7 20 November 1909 11 August 1917 Independent Bethmann HollwegMichaelis 8 11 August 1917 9 November 1917 Independent Michaelis 9 20 November 1917 17 October 1918 Independent Hertling (7) 18 October 1918 9 November 1918 Independent Baden 10 13 February 1919 3 March 1919 Social Democratic Party of Germany Scheidemann 11 Heinrich Albert 3 March 1919 24 May 1921 Independent ScheidemannBauerMüller IFehrenbachWirth I – Arnold Brecht 24 May 1921 3 August 1921 Independent Wirth I 12 3 August 1921 22 November 1922 Independent Wirth I–II 13 Eduard Hamm 22 November 1922 12 August 1923 German Democratic Party Cuno 14 Werner von Rheinbaben 13 August 1923 17 October 1923 German People's Party Stresemann I–II 15 17 October 1923 23 November 1923 German People's Party Stresemann II 16 Franz Bracht 30 November 1923 18 December 1924 Independent Marx I–II 17 16 January 1925 20 July 1926 German People's Party Luther I–IIMarx III 18 Hermann Pünder 20 July 1926 1 June 1932 Centre Party Marx III–IVMüller IIBrüning I–II 19 Erwin Planck 1 June 1932 30 January 1933 Independent PapenSchleicher 20 Hans Lammers 30 January 1933 24 April 1945 Nazi Party Hitler
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