List of foreign ministers of Prussia

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This page lists Foreign Ministers of Prussia. See also Foreign Minister of Germany, Foreign Minister of Bavaria and Minister President of Prussia. After the creation of the German Empire in 1871, the Imperial Chancellor was normally also Foreign Minister of Prussia. However, during the chancellorship of Prince Hohenlohe (1894–1900), the position was held by the State Secretaries for Foreign Affairs.

Prussian Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 1768–1918

• Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg 1768–1791
• Count August Friedrich Ferdinand von der Goltz 1808–1814
• Prince Karl August von Hardenberg 1814–1818
• Count Christian Günther Bernstorff 1818–1832
• Friedrich Ancillon 1832–1837
• Baron Heinrich Wilhelm Werther 1837–1841
• Count Mortimer Maltzan 1841–1842
• Baron Heinrich von Bülow 1842–1845
• Baron Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz 1845–1848
• Count Adolf Heinrich Arnim-Boitzenburg 19 – 21 March 1848
• Baron Heinrich Alexander von Arnim 21 March – 20 June 1848
• Baron Alexander von Schleinitz 20 – 27 June 1848
• Rudolf von Auerswald 27 June – 7 September 1848
• August Heinrich Hermann von Dönhoff 7 September – 2 November 1848
• Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg 20 November – December 1848
• Franz August Eichmann December 1848 – 23 February 1849
• Count Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff 24 February – 3 May 1849
• Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg 3 May – July 1849
• Baron Alexander von Schleinitz 3July 1849 – 26 September 1850
• Joseph von Radowitz 26 September – 2 November 1850
• Baron Otto Theodor von Manteuffel 2 November 1850 – 5 September 1858
• Baron Alexander von Schleinitz 5 September 1858 – 12 July 1861
• Count Albrecht von Bernstorff 10 October 1861 – 8 October 1862
• Prince Otto von Bismarck 23 November 1862 – 20 March 1890
• Count Leo von Caprivi 20 March 1890 – 29 October 1894
• Baron Adolf Hermann Marschall von Bieberstein 29 October 1894 – 19 October 1897
• Prince Bernhard von Bülow 19 October 1897 – 10 July 1909
• Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 14 July 1909 – 13 July 1917
• Georg Michaelis 16 July – 2 December 1917
• Count Georg von Hertling 2 December 1917 – 3 October 1918
• Prince Maximilian of Baden 3 October – 9 November 1918

Foreign Ministers of Prussia Hertzberg Goltz Hardenberg Bernstorff Ancillon Werther Maltzan H. Bülow Canitz und Dallwitz Arnim-Boitzenburg Arnim Schleinitz Auerswald Dönhoff Brandenburg Eichmann Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow Brandenburg Schleinitz Radowitz Manteuffel Schleinitz Bernstorff Bismarck Caprivi Bieberstein B. Bülow Bethmann Hollweg Michaelis Hertling Baden