This article lists foreign ministers of Prussia.
History After the creation of the German Empire in 1871, the imperial chancellor was normally also foreign minister of the Kingdom of Prussia. However, during the chancellorship of Prince Hohenlohe (1894–1900), the position was held by the state secretaries for foreign affairs. The main building of the office was at Wilhelmstrasse.
Foreign ministers (1768–1918) Name Portrait Took office Left office Notes Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg 1768 1791 August Friedrich Ferdinand von der Goltz 1808 1814 Karl August von Hardenberg 1814 1818 Christian Günther von Bernstorff 1818 1832 Friedrich Ancillon 1832 1837 Heinrich Wilhelm von Werther 1837 1841 Mortimer von Maltzan 1841 1842 Heinrich von Bülow 1842 1845 Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz 1845 March 1848 Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg 19 March 1848 21 March 1848 Government instability brought on by German revolutions of 1848–1849 Heinrich Alexander von Arnim 21 March 1848 19 June 1848 Alexander von Schleinitz 19 June 1848 25 June 1848 First term Rudolf von Auerswald 25 June 1848 21 September 1848 August Heinrich Hermann von Dönhoff 21 September 1848 8 November 1848 Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg 8 November 1848 4 December 1848 First term 4 December 1848 24 February 1849 Heinrich Friedrich von Arnim-Heinrichsdorff-Werbelow 24 February 1849 30 April 1849 Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg 30 April 1849 21 July 1849 Second term Alexander von Schleinitz 21 July 1849 1850 Second term Joseph von Radowitz 1850 1850 Otto Theodor von Manteuffel 1850 1858 Alexander von Schleinitz 1858 1861 Third term Albrecht von Bernstorff 1861 1862 Otto von Bismarck 1862 1890 Herbert von Bismarck 1890 1890 Leo von Caprivi 1890 1894 Adolf Marschall von Bieberstein 1894 1897 Bernhard von Bülow 1897 1909 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg 1909 1917 Georg Michaelis 1917 1917 Georg von Hertling 1917 1918 Max von Baden 1918 1918
See also Foreign Minister of Germany Foreign Minister of Bavaria Minister President of Prussia List of interior ministers of Prussia
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Announcement: From the Royal Majesty of Prussia to His Foreign Ministers Concerning The Violence Perpetrated by the Austrian Crown and Its Allies Without Justification from Yale University