This page lists German Postal Ministers. see also lists of incumbents.
State Secretaries for the Post, 1880-1918
- Heinrich von Stephan 1880-1897
- Viktor von Podbielski 1897-1901
- Reinhold Kraetke 1901-1917
- Otto Rüdlin 1917-1918
Ministers of Post, 1918-1945
- Otto Rüdlin 1918-1919
- Johannes Giesberts 1919-1922
- Karl Stingl 1922-1923
- Anton Höfle 1923-1925
- Karl Stingl 1925-1927
- Georg Schätzel 1927-1932
- Baron Paul Eltz von Rübenach 1932-1937
- Wilhelm Ohnesorge 1937-1945
- Julius Dorpmüller 1945
Ministers of Post and Communications of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1949-1997
- Hans Schuberth 1949-1953
- Siegfried Balke 1953-1956
- Ernst Lemmer 1956-1957
- Richard Stücklen 1957-1966
- Werner Dollinger 1966-1969
- Georg Leber 1969-1972
- Lauritz Lauritzen 1972
- Horst Ehmke 1972-1974
- Kurt Gscheidle 1974-1982
- Hans Matthöfer 1982
- Christian Schwarz-Schilling 1982-1992
- Wolfgang Bötsch 1993-1997
The ministry was abolished at the end of 1997.