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Members of Hitler's cabinet

Hitler Cabinet
Flag of the German Reich (1935–1945).svg
cabinet of Germany
1933–1945
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Date formed 30 January 1933
Date dissolved 30 April 1945
People and organisations
Head of government Adolf Hitler
Deputy head of government Franz von Papen (30 January 1933 – 7 August 1934)
Hermann Göring (10 February 1941 - 23 April 1945)
Head of state Paul von Hindenburg (until 2 August 1934)
Adolf Hitler (1934-1945)
Member party Nazi Party
German National People's Party (dissolved on 27 June 1933)
Status in legislature Nazi led coalition government (to June 1933)
Nazi single-party government (after 1933)
Opposition party Centre Party
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Communist Party
Opposition leader Otto Wels
History
Election(s) German federal election, November 1932
Legislature term(s) 7th legislature of the Reichstag
Predecessor Cabinet von Schleicher
Successor Cabinet Schwerin von Krosigk

The Hitler Cabinet de jure formed the government of Nazi Germany between 30 January 1933 and 30 April 1945 upon the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of the German Reich by president Paul von Hindenburg – contrived by the national conservative politician Franz von Papen, who reserved the office of the Vice-Chancellor for himself. Originally a coalition of Hitler's Nazi Party and the national conservative German National People's Party, it became an exclusively Nazi cabinet when the DNVP was intimidated into dissolving itself.

The Enabling Act of 1933, passed two months after Hitler took office, gave the cabinet the power to make laws without legislative consent for four years. In effect, this power was vested in Hitler, and for all intents and purposes it made Hitler a dictator. After the Enabling Act's passage, serious deliberations more or less ended at cabinet meetings. It met only sporadically after 1934, and last met in full on February 4, 1938. Nonetheless, it grew immensely in size on paper, due to the addition of the commanders of the armed services and several ministers without portfolio.

The Reich cabinet consisted of the following Ministers:

As the Third Reich government was disintegrating at the end of the Second World War and following Hitler's death on 30 April 1945, it was succeeded by the short-lived Cabinet Schwerin von Krosigk of the Flensburg government.


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