' (national leader or Reich leader) was the second-highest political rank of the

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(NSDAP), next only to the office of ''

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''. ''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

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. The ''Reichsleiter'' formed part of the ''Reichsleitung'' (Reich leadership) of the NSDAP which was originally located in the " Brown House" in

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. 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: * Max Amann, Head of the Party Publishing House,

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. * Martin Bormann, Chief of the Party Chancellery. * Philipp Bouhler, Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP. *

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, 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

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''(Kolonialpolitisches Amt)'' * Karl Fiehler, Chief of the NSDAP Main Office for Municipal Politics. *

Hans Frank Hans Michael Frank (23 May 1900 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and lawyer who served as head of the General Government in Nazi-occupied Poland during the Second World War. Frank was an early member of the German Workers' Par ...

, Chief of the NSDAP Legal Office. * Wilhelm Frick, Leader of the NSDAP parliamentary bloc in the '' Reichstag''. *

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, Reich Propaganda Leader of the NSDAP. *

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, 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, '' Reichsführer-SS'' and Chief of the German Police. *

Adolf Hühnlein Adolf Hühnlein (12 September 1881 – 18 June 1942) was a German soldier and Nazi Party (NSDAP) official. He was the '' Korpsführer'' (Corps Leader) of the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) from 1933 until his death in 1942. Early years H� ...

, ''

Korpsführer ''Korpsführer'' was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was the highest rank used by the National Socialist Motor Corps and the National Socialist Flyers Corps. Translated as "Corps Leader", the rank of ''Korpsführer'' was held by the single o ...

'' of the NSKK. * Robert Ley, Reich Organization Leader of the NSDAP and head of the German Labor Front. *

Viktor Lutze Viktor Lutze (28 December 1890 – 2 May 1943) was a German Nazi Party functionary and the commander of the '' Sturmabteilung'' ("SA") who succeeded Ernst Röhm as '' Stabschef'' and '' Reichsleiter''. He died from injuries received in a c ...

Chief of Staff The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporti ...

of the Sturmabteilung (SA) 1934–1943. *

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of the Sturmabteilung (SA) 1931–1934. * Alfred Rosenberg, Chief of the

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. *

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, Reich Youth Leader, '' Reichsjugendführer'' of the

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(HJ) until August 1940. * Franz Xaver Schwarz, Reich Treasurer ''(Reichsschatzmeister)'' of the NSDAP.

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