The federal minister of the interior () is the head of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and a member of the Cabinet of Germany.
The current federal minister of the interior is Alexander Dobrindt, since 6 May 2025.
List of officeholders
German Reich (1871–1945) Secretaries of state for the interior (1879–1919) Political party:
Name Portrait Party Term of office Chancellor N/A 21 December 1879 31 August 1880 Bismarck Karl Heinrich von Boetticher N/A 1 September 1880 1 July 1897 Bismarck Caprivi Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner N/A 1 July 1897 24 June 1907 Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Bülow Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg N/A 24 June 1907 10 July 1909 Bülow Clemens von Delbrück N/A 14 July 1909 22 May 1916 Bethmann Hollweg Karl Helfferich N/A 22 May 1916 24 October 1917 Bethmann Hollweg Michaelis Max Wallraf N/A 25 October 1917 9 November 1918 Michaelis Hertling Baden Karl Trimborn Zentrum 14 November 1918 13 February 1919 Ebert
Ministers of the interior (1919–1945) Political party:
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) Ministers of the interior Political party:
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present) Ministers of the interior (Bundesminister des Innern), since 1949 Political party:
Timeline
German Reich
German Democratic Republic
Federal Republic of Germany
References
External links bmi.bund.de