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Leaders

Minister of State

* Friedrich Freiherr von Feilitzsch (15 November 1918 – 3 December 1918)

Chairman of the State Council

* Heinrich Lorenz ( SPD, 4 December 1918 – 14 March 1919)

State Councillors

* Otto Bönners (14 March 1919 – 22 May 1922) * Konrad Wippermann (22 May 1922 – 28 May 1925) * Erich Steinbrecher (SPD, 28 May 1925 – 7 October 1927) * Heinrich Lorenz (SPD, 7 October 1927 – 7 March 1933) * Hans-Joachim Riecke ( NSDAP, 1 April – 23 May 1933)

State Presidents

* Alfred Meyer (NSDAP, as '' Reichsstatthalter''; 16 May 1933 – 4 April 1945) * Karl Dreier (NSDAP, 25 May 1933 – March 1945)

Minister

* Heinrich Hermann Drake (SPD, 1945 – 30 April 1946) KDR44 Extract Lippe and Schaumberg-Lippe

External links

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Schaumburg-Lippe 1918 establishments in Germany {{Germany-hist-stub