List of German postal ministers

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

State Secretaries for the Post, 1880–1918

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Government	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Government	Ref.
1		Giesberts, JohannesJohannes Giesberts (1865–1938)	13 February 1919	14 November 1922	3 years, 274 days		Centre	Scheidemann Bauer Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I–II	.
2		Stingl, KarlKarl Stingl (1864–1936)	22 November 1922	12 August 1923	263 days		BVP	Cuno	.
3		Höfle, AntonAnton Höfle (1882–1925)	13 August 1923	15 December 1924	1 year, 124 days		Centre	Stresemann I–II Marx I–II	.
(2)		Stingl, KarlKarl Stingl (1864–1936)	15 January 1925	17 December 1926	1 year, 336 days		BVP	Luther I–II–III	.
4		Schätzel, GeorgGeorg Schätzel (1875–1934)	28 January 1927	30 May 1932	5 years, 123 days		BVP	Marx IV Müller II Brüning I–II	.
5		Eltz, PaulPaul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875–1943)	1 June 1932	2 February 1937	4 years, 246 days		Independent	Papen von Schleicher Hitler	.
6		Ohnesorge, WilhelmWilhelm Ohnesorge (1872–1962)	2 February 1937	30 April 1945	8 years, 87 days		NSDAP	Hitler	.
7		Dorpmüller, JuliusJulius Dorpmüller (1869–1945)	5 May 1945	23 May 1945	18 days		NSDAP	von Krosigk	.

The ministry was abolished at the end of 1997.