German Reich - Heads of State

Heads of State

Title Head of State from to
German Empire (1871–1918)
German Emperor Wilhelm I 18 January 1871 9 March 1888
German Emperor Frederick III 9 March 1888 15 June 1888
German Emperor Wilhelm II 15 June 1888 18 November 1918
German Reich (1919–1933)
Reichspräsident (President of the Reich) Friedrich Ebert 11 February 1919 28 February 1925
Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg 12 May 1925 2 August 1934
German Reich (1933–1945)
Führer und Reichskanzler (Führer and Chancellor of the Reich) Adolf Hitler 2 August 1934 30 April 1945
Reichspräsident Karl Dönitz 30 April 1945 23 May 1945

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