' (national leader or Reich leader) was the second-highest political rank of the
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...
(NSDAP), next only to the office of ''
Führer
( ; , spelled or ''Fuhrer'' when the umlaut is not available) is a German word meaning " leader" or " guide". As a political title, it is strongly associated with the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
Nazi Germany cultivated the ("leader princi ...
''. ''Reichsleiter'' also served as a
paramilitary rank within the NSDAP and was the highest position attainable in any Nazi organisation.
The ''Reichsleiter'' reported directly to
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
. The ''Reichsleiter'' formed part of the ''Reichsleitung'' (Reich leadership) of the NSDAP which was originally located in the "
Brown House" in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
. Each ''Reichsleiter'' was in charge of a broad area of responsibility in the party. Hitler originally established the rank of ''Reichsleiter'' on 2 June 1933 and appointed 16 individuals to that rank. Subsequently, a further 6 individuals were appointed to the rank between 1933 and 1938.
List of ''Reichsleiter''
This is the list of ''Reichsleiter'' of the NSDAP set forth in the National Socialist Yearbook:
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Max Amann, Head of the Party Publishing House,
Eher-Verlag
Franz Eher Nachfolger GmbH (''Franz Eher and Successors, LLC'', usually referred to as the Eher-Verlag (''Eher Publishing'')) was the central publishing house of the Nazi Party and one of the largest book and periodical firms during the Third Rei ...
.
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Martin Bormann,
Chief of the Party Chancellery.
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