Minister of Foreign Affairs (Bavaria)

This is a list of foreign ministers of Bavaria.

Friedrich Krafft Freiherr von Crailsheim, longest-serving Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bavaria, in office from 1880 to 1903.
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of Office Note
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Maximilian Franz Joseph von Berchem
(1702–1777)
1745 18 November 1777 c. 32 years
2 Matthäus von Vieregg
(1719–1802)
18 November 1777 21 February 1799 21 years, 95 days
3 Maximilian Graf von Montgelas
(1759–1838)
21 February 1799 2 February 1817 17 years, 347 days
4 Heinrich Alois von Reigersberg
(1770–1865)
2 February 1817 1823 c. 5 years
5 Aloys Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen
(1820–1890)
2 Februar 1817 13 Oktober 1825 8 years, 253 days
6 Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Thürheim
(1763–1832)
1 Januar 1827 28 April 1827 117 days
7 Georg Friedrich von Zentner
(1752–1835)
28 April 1827 1 September 1828 1 year, 132 days
8 Josef Ludwig von Armansperg
(1787–1853)
1 September 1828 31 December 1831 3 years, 121 days
9 Friedrich August von Gise
(1783–1860)
2 January 1832 26 May 1846 14 years, 144 days
10 Count
Otto von Bray-Steinburg
(1807–1899)
26 May 1846 13 February 1847 263 days
11 Georg Ludwig von Maurer
(1790–1872)
1 March 1847 29 November 1847 273 days
12 Ludwig von Oettingen-Wallerstein
(1791–1870)
1 December 1847 12 March 1848 102 days
13 Klemens August Graf von Waldkirch
(1806–1858)
14 March 1848 29 April 1848 46 days
14 Count
Otto von Bray-Steinburg
(1807–1899)
29 April 1848 18 April 1849 354 days
15 Baron
Ludwig von der Pfordten
(1811–1880)
22 December 1849 1 May 1859 9 years, 130 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
16 Karl von Schrenck von Notzing
(1806–1884)
1 May 1859 4 October 1864 5 years, 156 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
17 Max von Neumayr
(1808–1881)
4 October 1864 4 December 1864 61 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
18 Baron
Ludwig von der Pfordten
(1811–1880)
4 December 1864 29 December 1866 2 years, 25 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
19 Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
(1819–1901)
31 December 1866 7 March 1870 3 years, 66 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
20 Count
Otto von Bray-Steinburg
(1807–1899)
8 March 1870 25 June 1871 1 year, 109 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
21 Friedrich von Hegnenberg-Dux
(1810–1872)
21 August 1871 2 June 1872 286 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
22 Adolph von Pfretzschner
(1820–1901)
1 October 1872 4 March 1880 7 years, 155 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
23 Friedrich Krafft Graf von Crailsheim
(1841–1926)
4 March 1880 1 March 1903 22 years, 362 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
24 Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz
(1850–1922)
1 March 1903 9 February 1912 8 years, 345 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
25 Georg von Hertling
(1843–1919)
9 February 1912 10 November 1917 5 years, 274 days Centre Party;
Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
26 Otto Ritter von Dandl
(1868–1942)
11 November 1917 7 November 1918 361 days Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
27 Kurt Eisner 8 November 1918 21 February 1919 105 days Independent Social Democratic Party
Also Minister-President of Bavaria
28 Johannes Hoffmann
(1867–1930)
18 March 1919 13 March 1920 361 days Social Democratic Party;
Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
29 Gustav von Kahr
(1862–1934)
16 March 1920 11 September 1921 1 year, 179 days Bavarian People's Party
Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
30 Hugo Graf von Lerchenfeld-Köfering
(1871–1944)
21 September 1921 2 November 1922 1 year, 42 days Bavarian People's Party
Also Minister-President of Bavaria
31 Eugen von Knilling
(1856–1927)
8 November 1922 5 May 1924 1 year, 179 days Bavarian People's Party;
Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
32 Heinrich Held
(1868–1938)
28 June 1924 15 March 1933 8 years, 260 days Bavarian People's Party
Also Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
33 Franz Ritter von Epp
(1868–1947)
16 March 1933 12 April 1933 27 days Nazi Party
Also Reichsstatthalter

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