Reichsleiter

{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, Template:Translation) was the second-highest political rank in the Nazi Party (NSDAP), subordinate only to the office of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}. {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} also functioned as a paramilitary rank within the NSDAP and was the highest rank attainable in any Nazi organisation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Each {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} reported directly to the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, Adolf Hitler. Men of the rank {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} collectively formed part of the Reichsleitung (Reich leadership) of the NSDAP, which was originally located in the "Brown House" in Munich. Each {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} was in charge of a broad area of responsibility in the party. Hitler originally established the rank of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} on 2 June 1933 and appointed 16 individuals to that rank.<ref>Dietrich Orlow: The Nazi Party 1919-1945: A Complete History, Enigma Books, New York, 2010, p. 263. Template:ISBN.</ref> Subsequently, a further 6 individuals were appointed to the rank between 1933 and 1938: von Epp, Frick, Bormann, Lutze, Hierl and Huhnlein.<ref>"Reichsleiters of the NSDAP" in Axis History Retrieved 27 June 2020. </ref>

List of Reichsleiters

This is the list of men of the rank of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in the Nazi Party set forth in the National Socialist Yearbook:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Max Amann, Head of the Party Publishing House, Eher-Verlag.
• Martin Bormann, Chief of the Party Chancellery.
• Philipp Bouhler, Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP.
• Walter Buch, Chairman of USCHLA, the Supreme Party Court (Oberstes Parteigericht der NSDAP).
• Ricardo Walther Oscar Darré, Chief of the NSDAP Agrarian Office.
• Otto Dietrich, Reich Press Chief of the NSDAP.
• Franz Ritter von Epp, Chief of the NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy (Kolonialpolitisches Amt)
• Karl Fiehler, Chief of the NSDAP Main Office for Municipal Politics.
• Hans Frank, Chief of the NSDAP Legal Office.
• Wilhelm Frick, Leader of the NSDAP parliamentary bloc in the Reichstag.
• Joseph Goebbels, Reich Propaganda Leader of the NSDAP.
• Wilhelm Grimm, Chairman of the Second Chamber of USCHLA, the Supreme Party Court (Oberstes Parteigericht der NSDAP).
• Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer.
• Konstantin Hierl, Leader of the Reich Labor Service.
• Heinrich Himmler, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} and Chief of the German Police.
• Adolf Hühnlein, Korpsführer of the NSKK.
• Robert Ley, Reich Organization Leader of the NSDAP and head of the German Labor Front.
• Viktor Lutze, Chief of Staff of the Sturmabteilung (SA) 1934–1943.
• Ernst Röhm, Chief of Staff of the Sturmabteilung (SA) 1931–1934.
• Alfred Rosenberg, Chief of the NSDAP Office of Foreign Affairs.
• Baldur von Schirach, Reich Youth Leader, Reichsjugendführer of the Hitler Youth (HJ) until August 1940.
• Franz Xaver Schwarz, Reich Treasurer (Reichsschatzmeister) of the NSDAP.