Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture
No Reichsminister Took office Left office Time in office Party Cabinet
1 Schmidt , Robert Robert Schmidt ( 1864-1943 ) 13 February 1919 26 March 1920 1 year , 42 days SPD Scheidemann Bauer
2 Hermes , Andreas Andreas Hermes ( 1878-1964 ) 27 March 1920 10 March 1922 1 year , 348 days Centre Müller I Fehrenbach Wirth I Wirth II
3 Fehr , Anton Anton Fehr [ de ] ( 1881-1954 ) 31 March 1922 21 November 1922 256 days BB Wirth II
4 Müller , Karl Karl Müller ( 1884-1964 ) 22 November 1922 25 November 1922 4 days Centre Cuno
5 Luther , Hans Hans Luther ( 1879-1962 ) 1 December 1922 4 October 1923 317 days Independent Cuno Stresemann I
6 Kanitz , Gerhard Gerhard Graf von Kanitz [ de ] ( 1885-1949 ) 6 October 1923 5 December 1925 2 years , 62 days Independent Stresemann I Marx I Stresemann II Marx II Luther I
7 Haslinde , Heinrich Heinrich Haslinde [ de ] ( 1881-1958 ) 20 January 1926 17 December 1926 331 days Centre Luther II Marx III
8 Schiele , Martin Martin Schiele ( 1870-1939 ) 28 January 1927 12 June 1928 1 year , 136 days DNVP Luther II Marx IV
9 Dietrich , Hermann Hermann Dietrich ( 1879-1954 ) 28 June 1928 27 March 1930 1 year , 272 days DDP Luther II Müller II
( 8 ) Schiele , Martin Martin Schiele ( 1870-1939 ) 30 March 1930 30 May 1932 2 years , 61 days DNVP CNBL Brüning I Brüning II
10 Braun , Magnus Magnus Freiherr von Braun ( 1878-1972 ) 1 June 1932 28 January 1933 241 days DNVP Papen Schleicher
11 Hugenberg , Alfred Alfred Hugenberg ( 1865-1951 ) 30 January 1933 29 June 1933 150 days DNVP Hitler
12 Darré , Richard Richard Walther Darré ( 1895-1953 ) 30 June 1933 23 May 1942 8 years , 327 days NSDAP Hitler
13 Backe , Herbert Herbert Backe ( 1896-1947 ) 23 May 1942 23 May 1945 3 years , 0 days NSDAP Hitler Goebbels Schwerin von Krosigk
Reich Minister
The Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture (, abbreviated RMEL) was responsible for agricultural policy of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933 and during the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945. It was under the office of the Secretary of State. On 1 January 1935, the ministry was merged with the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture, Domains and Forestry, founded in 1879. In 1938 it was renamed Reich and Prussian Ministry of Food and Agriculture. After the end of National Socialism in 1945 and the occupation, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture was established in 1949 as a successor in the western Federal Republic of Germany.