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
[Federal [Ministry of Post and Telecommunications|Federal Ministers of Post and Teleommunications]] 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
Minister of Post and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic, 1949–1991
- Friedrich Burmeister: 7 October 1949 – 13 November 1963
- Rudolph Schulze: 14 November 1963 – 7 November 1989
- Klaus Wolf: 18 November 1989 – 12 April 1990
- Emil Schnell: 12 April 1990 – 20 August 1990
- Hans-Jürgen Niehof: 20 August 1990 – 2 October 1990