Composition
The Reich cabinet consisted of the following Ministers:
| Office | Incumbent | In office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor | Adolf Hitler | 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 | NSDAP |
| Vice-Chancellor | Franz von Papen | 30 January 1933 – 7 August 1934 | none (Centre until 1932) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Konstantin von Neurath | 30 January 1933 – 4 February 1938 | none (NSDAP from 1937) |
| Joachim von Ribbentrop | 4 February 1938 – 30 April 1945 | NSDAP | |
| Minister of the Interior | Wilhelm Frick | 30 January 1933 – 24 August 1943 | NSDAP |
| Heinrich Himmler | 24 August 1943 – 30 April 1945 | ||
| Minister of Finance | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk | 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 | none (NSDAP from 1937) |
| Minister of Justice | Franz Gürtner † | 30 January 1933 – 29 January 1941 | DNVP (NSDAP from 1937) |
| Franz Schlegelberger (acting) | 29 January 1941 – 24 August 1942 | NSDAP | |
| Otto Georg Thierack | 24 August 1942 – 30 April 1945 | ||
| Minister of the Reichswehr (from 1935: of War) | Werner von Blomberg | 30 January 1933 – 5 February 1938 | none |
| Wilhelm Keitel (as Chief of the OKW) | 5 February 1938 – 30 April 1945 | ||
| Minister for Economics | Alfred Hugenberg | 30 January 1933– 29 June 1933 | DNVP |
| Kurt Schmitt | 29 June 1933 – 3 August 1934 | NSDAP | |
| Hjalmar Schacht | 3 August 1934 – 26 November 1937 | none (NSDAP from 1937) | |
| Hermann Göring | 26 November 1937 – 15 January 1938 | NSDAP | |
| Walther Funk | 5 February 1938 – 30 April 1945 | ||
| Minister for Food and Agriculture | Alfred Hugenberg | 30 January 1933– 29 June 1933 | DNVP |
| Richard Walther Darré | 29 June 1933 – 23 May 1942 | NSDAP | |
| Herbert Backe | 23 May 1942 - 30 April 1945 | ||
| Minister for Labour | Franz Seldte | 30 January 1933 – 30 April 1945 | NSDAP (from 30 April 1933) |
| Minister for Postal Affairs | Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach | 30 January 1933 – 2 February 1937 | none |
| Wilhelm Ohnesorge | 2 February 1937 – 30 April 1945 | NSDAP | |
| Minister for Transport | Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach | 30 January 1933 – 2 February 1937 | none |
| Julius Dorpmüller | 2 February 1937 – 30 April 1945 | none (NSDAP from 1941) | |
| Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda | Joseph Goebbels | 13 March 1933 – 30 April 1945 | NSDAP |
| Minister of Aviation | Hermann Göring | 5 May 1933 – 24 April 1945 | NSDAP |
| Minister for Science and Education | Bernhard Rust | 1 May 1934 – 30 April 1945 | NSDAP |
| Minister for Church Affairs | Hanns Kerrl † | 16 July 1935 – 15 December 1941 | NSDAP |
| Hermann Muhs (acting) | 15 December 1941 – 30 April 1945 | ||
| Minister for Armaments and Ammunition (from 1943: for Armaments and War Production) |
Fritz Todt † | 17 March 1940 – 8 February 1942 | NSDAP |
| Albert Speer | 8 February 1942 – 30 April 1945 | ||
| Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories | Alfred Rosenberg | 17 November 1941 - 30 April 1945 | NSDAP |
| Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia | Karl Hermann Frank | 20 August 1943 - 30 April 1945 | NSDAP |
| Ministers without portfolio (from 1938: Reich Ministers) |
Hermann Göring | 30 January 1933 - 28 April 1933 | NSDAP |
| Ernst Röhm (SA Chief) † | 1 December 1933 - 1 July 1934 | ||
| Rudolf Hess (Deputy Führer) | 1 December 1933 - 10 May 1941 | ||
| Hanns Kerrl | 16 April 1934 - 18 July 1935 | ||
| Hans Frank (Governor-General from 1939) | 19 December 1934 - 30 April 1945 | ||
| Hjalmar Schacht | 26 November 1937 - 22 January 1943 | ||
| Otto Meissner (Chief of Presidential Chancellery) | 1 December 1937 - 30 April 1945 | ||
| Hans Lammers (Chief of Reich Chancellery) | 1 December 1937 - 30 April 1945 | ||
| Arthur Seyss-Inquart | 1 May 1939 - 30 April 1945 | ||
| Martin Bormann (Chief of Nazi Party Chancellery) | 12 May 1941 - 30 April 1945 | ||
| Wilhelm Frick (Reich Protector) | 24 August 1943 – 30 April 1945 |
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