Gauleiter
- Hans Schemm - September 1928 to 5 March 1935
- Fritz Wächtler - 5 December 1935 to 19 April 1945
- Ludwig Ruckdeschel - 19 April 1945 to May 1945
Ludwig Ruckdeschel was also the deputy Gauleiter from 1 February 1933 to June 1941. In this position, he led the Gau from Hans Schemm's death to the appointment of Fritz Wächtler in 1935. After Wächtler's execution for defeatism by an SS squad in 1945, he became Gauleiter himself.
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