The
Prime Minister (Ministerpräsident) of
Prussia existed in one form or another from
1792 until the dissolution of Prussia in
1947. When Prussia was an independent kingdom (until
1701) the Prime Minister functioned as the King's Chief Minister and presided over the Prussian Landtag (parliament). After the unification of
Germany in
1871 until the collapse in
1918 the office of the Prussian Prime Minister was usually held jointly by the
Imperial Chancellor. Under the
Weimar Republic the Prime Minister was head of the state government (a more traditional parliamentary role). The office ceased to have any real meaning after the
Nazi takeover in
1933, and disappeared along with Prussia itself after
World War II.
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