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{{Infobox official post
| post            = Federal Minister
| body            = the Interior
| native_name     = {{small|''Bundesminister des Innern''}}
| insignia        = Bundesadler Bundesorgane.svg
| insigniasize    = 120
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Germany|Coat of arms]]
| flag            = Flag of Germany (state).svg
| flagsize        = 130
| flagcaption     = [[Flag of Germany|State flag]]
| image           = 2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–127.jpg
| incumbent       = [[Alexander Dobrindt]]
| incumbentsince  = 6 May 2025
| department      = [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Federal Ministry of the Interior]]
| style           = ''Herr Bundesminister''
| member_of       = [[Cabinet of Germany|Cabinet]]
| reports_to      = [[Chancellor of Germany]] 
| seat            = Alt-Moabit 140, [[Berlin]]
| appointer       = The [[President of Germany|president]]
| appointer_qualified = on advice of the chancellor
| formation       = 21 December 1879
| first           = [[Karl von Hofmann]]
| website         = {{url|http://www.bmi.bund.de/|bmi.bund.de}}
}}

The '''federal minister of the interior''' ({{langx|de|Bundesminister des Innern}}) is the head of the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|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==
===Secretaries of state for the interior, 1879–1919===
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}|[[Centre Party (Germany)|Zentrum]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! Portrait
! Party
! colspan=2| Term of office
! [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]
|-
|
| {{ill|Karl von Hofmann|de}}<br />{{small|(1827–1910)}}
| [[File:Karl von Hofmann 1867 (IZ 48-150 HScherenberg).jpg|100px]]
| N/A
| 21 December 1879
| 31 August 1880
| [[Otto von Bismarck|Bismarck]]
|-
|
| [[Karl Heinrich von Boetticher]]<br />{{small|(1833–1907)}}
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1981-127-06A, Karl-Heinrich von Boetticher.jpg|100px]]
| N/A
| 1 September 1880
| 1 July 1897
| [[Otto von Bismarck|Bismarck]] <br> [[Leo von Caprivi|Caprivi]] <br> [[Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst|Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst]]
|-
|
| [[Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner]]<br />{{small|(1845–1932)}}
| [[File:Nicola Perscheid - Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner.jpg|100px]]
| N/A
| 1 July 1897	
| 24 June 1907
| [[Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst|Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst]] <br> [[Bernhard von Bülow|Bülow]]
|-
|
| [[Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg]]<br />{{small|(1856–1921)}}
| [[File:Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Portrait.jpg|100px]]
| N/A
| 24 June 1907
| 10 July 1909
| [[Bernhard von Bülow|Bülow]]
|-
|
| [[Clemens von Delbrück]]<br />{{small|(1856–1921)}}
| [[File:Delbrück, Clemens von (1856-1921).jpg|100px]]
| N/A
| 14 July 1909
| 22 May 1916
| [[Bethmann Hollweg]]
|-
|
| [[Karl Helfferich]]<br />{{small|(1872–1924)}}
| [[File:Karl Helfferich.jpg|100px]]		
| N/A
| 22 May 1916
| 24 October 1917
| [[Bethmann Hollweg]] <br> [[Georg Michaelis|Michaelis]]
|-
|
| [[Max Wallraf]]<br />{{small|(1859–1941)}}
| [[File:Max Wallraf 1925.png|100px]]
| N/A
| 25 October 1917
| 9 November 1918
| [[Georg Michaelis|Michaelis]] <br> [[Georg von Hertling|Hertling]]<br />{{small|([[Hertling cabinet|I]])}} <br> [[Prince Maximilian of Baden|Baden]]<br />{{small|([[Baden cabinet|I]])}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}};"|
| {{ill|Karl Trimborn|de}}<br />{{small|(1854–1921)}}
| [[File:Karl Trimborn circa 1915.jpg|100px]]
| [[Centre Party (Germany)|Zentrum]]
| 14 November 1918
| 13 February 1919
| [[Friedrich Ebert|Ebert]]<br />{{small|([[Council of the People's Deputies]])}}
|}

===Ministers of the interior, 1919–1945===
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|German Democratic Party}}|[[German Democratic Party|DDP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|German National People's Party}}|[[DNVP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|German People's Party}}|[[German People's Party|DVP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Nazi Party}}|[[NSDAP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}|[[Centre Party (Germany)|Zentrum]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Officeholder table start
| showorder          = y
| showimage          = y
| image_title        = Portrait
| officeholder_title = Minister of the Interior
| showtermlenght     = y
| showelection       = n
| party_col          = 1
| showcabinet        = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 1
| image             = Hugo Preuß.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Hugo Preuß]]
| officeholder_sort = Preuß, Hugo
| born_year         = 1860
| died_year         = 1925
| term_start        = 13 February 1919
| term_end          = 20 June 1919
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1919|02|13|1919|06|20}}
| alt_party         = German Democratic Party
| cabinet           = [[Scheidemann cabinet|Scheidemann]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 2
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H28785, Dr. Eduard David.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Eduard David]]
| officeholder_sort = David, Eduard
| born_year         = 1863
| died_year         = 1930
| term_start        = 21 June 1919
| term_end          = 3 October 1919
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1919|06|21|1919|10|03}}
| alt_party         = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Bauer cabinet|Bauer]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 3
| image             = Erich Koch-Weser, Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1986-014-10, Kabinett Müller (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Erich Koch-Weser]]
| officeholder_sort = Koch-Weser, Erich
| born_year         = 1875
| died_year         = 1944
| term_start        = 3 October 1919
| term_end          = 4 May 1921
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1919|10|03|1921|05|04}}
| alt_party         = German Democratic Party
| cabinet           = [[Bauer cabinet|Bauer]]<br />[[First Müller cabinet|Müller I]]<br />[[Fehrenbach cabinet|Fehrenbach]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 4
| image             = Georg Gradnauer.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Georg Gradnauer]]
| officeholder_sort = Gradnauer, Georg
| born_year         = 1866
| died_year         = 1946
| term_start        = 10 May 1921
| term_end          = 22 October 1921
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1921|05|10|1921|10|22}}
| alt_party         = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| cabinet           = [[First Wirth cabinet|Wirth I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 5
| image             = Koester adolf 1920s.png
| officeholder      = [[Adolf Köster]]
| officeholder_sort = Köster, Adolf
| born_year         = 1883
| died_year         = 1930
| term_start        = 26 October 1921
| term_end          = 14 November 1922
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1921|10|26|1922|11|14}}
| alt_party         = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Second Wirth cabinet|Wirth II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 6
| image             = Rudolf Oeser LCCN2014716798.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Rudolf Oeser]]
| officeholder_sort = Oeser, Rudolf
| born_year         = 1858
| died_year         = 1926
| term_start        = 22 November 1922
| term_end          = 12 August 1923
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1922|11|22|1923|08|12}}
| alt_party         = German Democratic Party
| cabinet           = [[Cuno cabinet|Cuno]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 7
| image             = Sollman LCCN2014716495.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Wilhelm Sollmann]]
| officeholder_sort = Sollmann, Wilhelm
| born_year         = 1881
| died_year         = 1951
| term_start        = 14 August 1923
| term_end          = 3 November 1923
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1923|08|14|1923|11|03}}
| alt_party         = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| cabinet           = [[First Stresemann cabinet|Stresemann I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 8
| image             = Dr. Jarres LCCN2014716741 (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Karl Jarres]]
| officeholder_sort = Jarres, Karl
| born_year         = 1874
| died_year         = 1951
| term_start        = 11 November 1923
| term_end          = 15 December 1924
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1923|11|11|1924|12|15}}
| alt_party         = German People's Party
| cabinet           = [[Second Stresemann cabinet|Stresemann II]]<br />[[First Marx cabinet|Marx I]]–[[Second Marx cabinet|II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 9
| image             = Martin Schiele 1925 (Bundesarchiv Bild 102-02063 cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Martin Schiele]]
| officeholder_sort = Schiele, Martin
| born_year         = 1870
| died_year         = 1939
| term_start        = 15 January 1925
| term_end          = 23 October 1925
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1925|01|15|1925|10|23}}
| alt_party         = German National People's Party
| cabinet           = [[First Luther cabinet|Luther I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = –
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1968-100-04A, Otto Karl Geßler.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Otto Gessler]]
| officeholder_sort = Gessler, Otto
| born_year         = 1875
| died_year         = 1955
| term_start        = 23 October 1925
| term_end          = 5 December 1925
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1925|10|23|1925|12|05}}
| acting            = y
| alt_party         = German Democratic Party
| cabinet           = [[First Luther cabinet|Luther I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 10
| image             = Fotothek df pk 0000190 018 Porträt des Vorsitzenden der LDP Dr. Wilhelm Külz.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Wilhelm Külz]]
| officeholder_sort = Külz, Wilhelm
| born_year         = 1875
| died_year         = 1948
| term_start        = 20 January 1926
| term_end          = 17 December 1926
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1926|01|20|1926|12|17}}
| alt_party         = German Democratic Party
| cabinet           = [[Second Luther cabinet|Luther II]]<br />[[Third Marx cabinet|Marx III]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 11
| image             = Walter von Keudell.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Walter von Keudell]]
| officeholder_sort = Keudell, Walter von
| born_year         = 1884
| died_year         = 1973
| term_start        = January 1927
| term_end          = 12 June 1928
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1927|01|01|1928|06|12}}
| alt_party         = German National People's Party
| cabinet           = [[Third Marx cabinet|Marx IV]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 12
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R11405, Carl Severing.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Carl Severing]]
| officeholder_sort = Severing, Carl
| born_year         = 1875
| died_year         = 1952
| term_start        = 28 June 1928
| term_end          = 27 March 1930
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1928|06|28|1930|03|27}}
| alt_party         = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Second Müller cabinet|Müller II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 13
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 146III-105, Joseph Wirth.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Joseph Wirth]]
| officeholder_sort = Wirth, Joseph
| born_year         = 1879
| died_year         = 1956
| term_start        = 30 March 1930
| term_end          = 7 October 1931
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1930|03|30|1931|10|07}}
| alt_party         = Centre Party (Germany)
| cabinet           = [[First Brüning cabinet|Brüning I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 14
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-01049, Wilhelm Groener.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Wilhelm Groener]]
| officeholder_sort = Groener, Wilhelm
| born_year         = 1867
| died_year         = 1939
| term_start        = 9 October 1931
| term_end          = 30 May 1932
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1931|10|09|1932|05|30}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
| cabinet           = [[Second Brüning cabinet|Brüning II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 15
| image             = Wilhelm Freiherr von Gayl.JPG
| officeholder      = [[Wilhelm von Gayl]]
| officeholder_sort = Gayl, Wilhelm von
| born_year         = 1879
| died_year         = 1945
| term_start        = 1 June 1932
| term_end          = 17 November 1932
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1932|06|01|1932|11|17}}
| alt_party         = German National People's Party
| cabinet           = [[Papen cabinet|Papen]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 16
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2007-1009-501, Franz Bracht.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Franz Bracht]]
| officeholder_sort = Bracht, Franz
| born_year         = 1877
| died_year         = 1933
| term_start        = 3 December 1932
| term_end          = 28 January 1933
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1932|12|03|1933|01|28}}
| alt_party         = Independent politician
| cabinet           = [[Schleicher cabinet|Schleicher]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 17
| image             = Wilhelm Frick.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Wilhelm Frick]]
| officeholder_sort = Frick, Wilhelm
| born_year         = 1877
| died_year         = 1946
| term_start        = 30 January 1933
| term_end          = 20 August 1943
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1933|01|30|1943|08|20}}
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| cabinet           = [[Hitler cabinet|Hitler]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 18
| image             = Heinrich Himmler (3x4 cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Heinrich Himmler]]
| officeholder_sort = Himmler, Heinrich
| born_year         = 1900
| died_year         = 1945
| term_start        = 24 August 1943<br /><ref>{{cite web | author = US War Department, Office of Strategic Services | title = The Career of Heinrich Himmler | publisher = CIA.gov | date = 2001 | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/THE%20CAREER%20OF%20HEINRICH%20HIMMLER_0001.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170122232650/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/THE%20CAREER%20OF%20HEINRICH%20HIMMLER_0001.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 22, 2017 | access-date = 15 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HIMMLER TO CURB UNREST IN REICH|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/08/25/archives/himmler-to-curb-unrest-in-reich-hitler-names-his-nazi-aide-interior.html|publisher=The New York Times|date=25 August 1943|access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HIMMLER'S PROMOTION|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/08/26/archives/himmlers-promotion.html|publisher=The New York Times|date=26 August 1943|access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref>
| term_end          = 29 April 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1943|08|24|1945|04|29}}
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| cabinet           = [[Hitler cabinet|Hitler]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 19
| image             = Paul Giesler.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Paul Giesler]]
| officeholder_sort = Giesler, Paul
| born_year         = 1895
| died_year         = 1945
| term_start        = 30 April 1945
| term_end          = 3 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|04|30|1945|05|03}}
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| cabinet           = [[Goebbels cabinet|Goebbels]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 20
| image             = Wilhelm Stuckart.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Wilhelm Stuckart]]
| officeholder_sort = Stuckart, Wilhelm
| born_year         = 1902
| died_year         = 1953
| term_start        = 3 May 1945<ref>{{Cite web | title=II/2025 - Das Reichsministerium des Innern {{!}} Gedenk- und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz | url=https://www.ghwk.de/de/presse/newsletter/ii/2025-das-reichsministerium-des-innern | access-date=2025-09-15 | website=www.ghwk.de}}</ref>
| term_end          = 23 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1945|05|03|1945|05|23}}
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| cabinet           = [[Flensburg Government|Schwerin von Krosigk]]
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

===Ministers of the interior of the GDR, 1949–1990===
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Socialist Unity Party of Germany}}|[[SED]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|German Social Union (East Germany)}}|[[German Social Union (East Germany)|DSU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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| showorder          = y
| showimage          = y
| image_title        = Portrait
| officeholder_title = Minister of the Interior
| showtermlenght     = y
| showelection       = n
| showaltofficeholder    = y
| alt_officeholder_title = [[Council of Ministers of East Germany|Chairman]]
| party_col          = 1
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 1
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-10279-0001, Karl Steinhoff.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Karl Steinhoff]]
| officeholder_sort = Steinhoff, Karl
| born_year         = 1892
| died_year         = 1981
| term_start        = 11 October 1949
| term_end          = 6 May 1953
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1949|10|11|1953|05|06}}
| alt_party         = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
| alt_officeholder  = [[Grotewohl]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 2
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H0603-0601-002, Willi Stoph.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Willi Stoph]]
| officeholder_sort = Stoph, Willi
| born_year         = 1914
| died_year         = 1999
| term_start        = 6 May 1953
| term_end          = 1 July 1955
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1953|05|06|1955|07|01}}
| alt_party         = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
| alt_officeholder  = [[Grotewohl]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 3
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-52112-0001, Karl Maron (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Karl Maron]]
| officeholder_sort = Maron, Karl
| born_year         = 1903
| died_year         = 1975
| term_start        = 1 July 1955
| term_end          = 14 November 1963
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1955|07|01|1963|11|14}}
| alt_party         = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
| alt_officeholder  = [[Grotewohl]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 4
| image             = Friedrich Dickel 1983.PNG
| officeholder      = [[Friedrich Dickel]]
| officeholder_sort = Dickel, Friedrich
| born_year         = 1913
| died_year         = 1993
| term_start        = 14 November 1963
| term_end          = 18 November 1989
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1963|11|14|1989|11|18}}
| alt_party         = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
| alt_officeholder  = [[Grotewohl]]
| alt_officeholder2 = [[Stoph]]
| alt_officeholder3 = [[Horst Sindermann|Sindermann]]
| alt_officeholder4 = [[Stoph]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 5
| image             = 
| officeholder      = [[Lothar Ahrendt]]
| officeholder_sort = Ahrendt, Lothar
| born_year         = 1936
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 18 November 1989
| term_end          = 12 April 1990
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1989|11|18|1990|04|12}}
| alt_party         = Socialist Unity Party of Germany
| alt_officeholder  = [[Hans Modrow|Modrow]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 6
| image             = KAS-Diestel, Peter-Michael-Bild-15158-1 (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Peter-Michael Diestel]]
| officeholder_sort = Diestel, Peter-Michael
| born_year         = 1952
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 12 April 1990
| term_end          = 2 October 1990
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1990|04|12|1990|10|02}}
| alt_party         = German Social Union (East Germany)
| alt_officeholder  = [[Lothar de Maizière|de Maizière]]
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

===Ministers of the interior (''Bundesminister des Innern''), since 1949===
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Christian Social Union in Bavaria}}|[[Christian Social Union in Bavaria|CSU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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| showimage          = y
| image_title        = Portrait
| officeholder_title = Minister of the Interior
| showtermlenght     = y
| showelection       = n
| party_col          = 1
| showcabinet        = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 1
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F028544-0006, Gustav Heinemann.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Gustav Heinemann]]
| officeholder_sort = Heinemann, Gustav
| born_year         = 1899
| died_year         = 1976
| term_start        = 20 September 1949
| term_end          = 11 October 1950
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1949|09|20|1950|10|11}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[First Adenauer cabinet|Adenauer I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 2
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P004377, Robert Lehr.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Robert Lehr]]
| officeholder_sort = Lehr, Robert
| born_year         = 1883
| died_year         = 1956
| term_start        = 11 October 1950
| term_end          = 20 October 1953
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1950|10|11|1953|10|20}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[First Adenauer cabinet|Adenauer I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 3
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F008145-0002, Gerhard Schröder (crop).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Gerhard Schröder (CDU)|Gerhard Schröder]]
| officeholder_sort = Schröder, Gerhard
| born_year         = 1910
| died_year         = 1989
| term_start        = 20 October 1953
| term_end          = 13 November 1961
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1953|10|20|1961|11|13}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Second Adenauer cabinet|Adenauer II]]–[[Third Adenauer cabinet|III]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 4
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-92106-0011, Hermann Höcherl.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Hermann Höcherl]]
| officeholder_sort = Höcherl, Hermann
| born_year         = 1912
| died_year         = 1989
| term_start        = 14 November 1961
| term_end          = 25 October 1965
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1961|11|14|1965|10|25}}
| alt_party         = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| cabinet           = [[Fourth Adenauer cabinet|Adenauer IV]]–[[Fifth Adenauer cabinet|V]]
| cabinet2          = [[First Erhard cabinet|Erhard I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 5
| image             = KAS-Lücke, Paul-Bild-644-1.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Paul Lücke]]
| officeholder_sort = Lücke, Paul
| born_year         = 1914
| died_year         = 1976
| term_start        = 26 October 1965
| term_end          = 2 April 1968
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1965|10|26|1968|04|02}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Second Erhard cabinet|Erhard II]]
| cabinet2          = [[Kiesinger cabinet|Kiesinger]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 6
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041440-0013, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Ernst Benda.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Ernst Benda]]
| officeholder_sort = Benda, Ernst
| born_year         = 1925
| died_year         = 2009
| term_start        = 2 April 1968
| term_end          = 21 October 1969
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1968|04|02|1969|10|21}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Kiesinger cabinet|Kiesinger]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 7
| image             = Bundesarchiv FDP-Bundesparteitag, Genscher.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]]
| officeholder_sort = Genscher, Hans-Dietrich
| born_year         = 1927
| died_year         = 2016
| term_start        = 22 October 1969
| term_end          = 16 May 1974
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1969|10|12|1974|05|16}}
| alt_party         = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| cabinet           = [[First Brandt cabinet|Brandt I]]–[[Second Brandt cabinet|II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 8
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F042278-0004, Prof. Dr. Werner Maihofer.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Werner Maihofer]]
| officeholder_sort = Maihofer, Werner
| born_year         = 1918
| died_year         = 2009
| term_start        = 16 May 1974
| term_end          = 8 June 1978
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1974|05|16|1978|06|08}}
| alt_party         = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| cabinet           = [[First Schmidt cabinet|Schmidt I]]–[[Second Schmidt cabinet|II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 9
| image             = Gerhart Baum 1980 by Olaf Kosinsky (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Gerhart Baum]]
| officeholder_sort = Baum, Gerhart
| born_year         = 1932
| died_year         = 2025
| term_start        = 8 June 1978
| term_end          = 17 September 1982
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1978|06|08|1982|09|17}}
| alt_party         = Free Democratic Party (Germany)
| cabinet           = [[Second Schmidt cabinet|Schmidt II]]–[[Third Schmidt cabinet|III]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 10
| image             = Jürgen Schmude-01 retouched.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Jürgen Schmude]]
| officeholder_sort = Schmude, Jürgen
| born_year         = 1936
| died_year         = 2025
| term_start        = 17 September 1982
| term_end          = 1 October 1982
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1982|09|17|1982|10|01}}
| alt_party         = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Third Schmidt cabinet|Schmidt III]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 11
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F085285-0011a, Bonn Friedrich Zimmermann.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Friedrich Zimmermann]]
| officeholder_sort = Zimmermann, Friedrich
| born_year         = 1925
| died_year         = 2012
| term_start        = 4 October 1982
| term_end          = 21 April 1989
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1982|10|04|1989|04|21}}
| alt_party         = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| cabinet           = [[First Kohl cabinet|Kohl I]]–[[Second Kohl cabinet|II]]–[[Third Kohl cabinet|III]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 12
| image             = KAS-Düsseldorf-Bild-19042-1 (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]
| officeholder_sort = Schäuble, Wolfgang
| born_year         = 1942
| died_year         = 2023
| term_start        = 21 April 1989
| term_end          = 26 November 1991
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1989|04|21|1991|11|26}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Third Kohl cabinet|Kohl III]]–[[Fourth Kohl cabinet|IV]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 13
| image             = RudolfSeiters.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Rudolf Seiters]]
| officeholder_sort = Seiters, Rudolf
| born_year         = 1937
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 26 November 1991
| term_end          = 7 July 1993
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1991|11|26|1993|07|07}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Fourth Kohl cabinet|Kohl IV]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 14
| image             = Manfred Kanther.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Manfred Kanther]]
| officeholder_sort = Kanther, Manfred
| born_year         = 1939
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 7 July 1993
| term_end          = 27 October 1998
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1993|07|07|1998|10|27}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Fourth Kohl cabinet|Kohl IV]]–[[Fifth Kohl cabinet|V]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 15
| image             = Otto schily.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Otto Schily]]
| officeholder_sort = Schily, Otto
| born_year         = 1932
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 27 October 1998
| term_end          = 22 November 2005
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|1998|10|27|2005|11|22}}
| alt_party         = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| cabinet           = [[First Schröder cabinet|Schröder I]]–[[Second Schröder cabinet|II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = {{small|(12)}}
| image             = WSchaeuble.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Wolfgang Schäuble]]
| officeholder_sort = Schäuble, Wolfgang
| born_year         = 1942
| died_year         = 2023
| term_start        = 22 November 2005
| term_end          = 28 October 2009
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2005|11|22|2009|10|28}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[First Merkel cabinet|Merkel I]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 16
| image             = Maiziere 2010.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Thomas de Maizière]]
| officeholder_sort = Maizière, Thomas
| born_year         = 1954
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 28 October 2009
| term_end          = 3 March 2011
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2009|10|28|2011|03|03}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Second Merkel cabinet|Merkel II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 17
| image             = Hans-Peter Friedrich 2012 (cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Hans-Peter Friedrich]]
| officeholder_sort = Friedrich, Hans-Peter
| born_year         = 1957
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 3 March 2011
| term_end          = 17 December 2013
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2011|03|03|2013|12|17}}
| alt_party         = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| cabinet           = [[Second Merkel cabinet|Merkel II]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = {{small|(16)}}
| image             = 2017-05-10 Thomas de Maizière (re-publica 17) by Sandro Halank.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Thomas de Maizière]]
| officeholder_sort = Maizière, Thomas
| born_year         = 1954
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 17 December 2013
| term_end          = 14 March 2018
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2013|12|17|2018|03|14}}
| alt_party         = Christian Democratic Union of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Third Merkel cabinet|Merkel III]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 18
| image             = 12-07-17-landtagsprojekt-bayern-RalfR-001.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Horst Seehofer]]
| officeholder_sort = Seehofer, Horst
| born_year         = 1949
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 14 March 2018
| term_end          = 8 December 2021
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2018|03|14|2021|12|08}}
| alt_party         = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| cabinet           = [[Fourth Merkel cabinet|Merkel IV]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 19
| image             = Portrait of Nancy Faeser 2023 (3x4 cropped).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Nancy Faeser]]
| officeholder_sort = Faeser, Nancy
| born_year         = 1970
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 8 December 2021
| term_end          = 6 May 2025
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2021|12|8|2025|5|6}}
| alt_party         = Social Democratic Party of Germany
| cabinet           = [[Scholz cabinet|Scholz]]
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = 20
| image             = 2025-05-05 Unterzeichnung des Koalitionsvertrages der 21. Wahlperiode des Bundestages by Sandro Halank–127.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Alexander Dobrindt]]
| officeholder_sort = Dobrindt, Alexander
| born_year         = 1970
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 6 May 2025
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|2025|5|6}}
| alt_party         = Christian Social Union in Bavaria
| cabinet           = [[Merz cabinet|Merz]]
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bmi.bund.de/ bmi.bund.de]

{{Interior Ministers of Germany}}

[[Category:Lists of government ministers of Germany|Interior]]
[[Category:Interior ministers of Germany|*]]