List of administrators of Allied-occupied Germany
This article lists the administrators of Allied-occupied Germany, which represented the Allies of World War II in Allied-occupied Germany (German: Alliierten-besetztes Deutschland) from the end of World War II in Europe in 1945[1][2][3] until the establishment of West Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) and East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR) in 1949.[4]
Officeholders
[edit]Source:[5]
American zone
[edit]- Military governors
| No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) | 8 May 1945 | 10 November 1945 | 186 days |  United States Army | |
| – | General George S. Patton (1885–1945) Acting | 11 November 1945 | 25 November 1945 | 14 days | United States Army | |
| 2 | General Joseph T. McNarney (1893–1972) | 26 November 1945 | 5 January 1947 | 1 year, 40 days |  United States Air Force | |
| 3 | General Lucius D. Clay (1898–1978) | 6 January 1947 | 14 May 1949 | 2 years, 128 days | United States Army | |
| – | Lieutenant general Clarence R. Huebner (1888–1972) Acting | 15 May 1949 | 21 September 1949 | 129 days | United States Army |
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- High Commissioners
| No. | Portrait | High Commissioner | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John J. McCloy (1895–1989) | 21 September 1949 | 1 August 1952 | 2 years, 315 days | |
| 2 | Walter J. Donnelly (1896–1970) | 1 August 1952 | 11 December 1952 | 132 days | |
| – | Samuel Reber (1903–1971) Acting | 11 December 1952 | 10 February 1953 | 61 days | |
| 3 | James B. Conant (1893–1978) | 10 February 1953 | 5 May 1955 | 2 years, 84 days |
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British zone
[edit]- Military governors
| No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Field marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887–1976) [a] | 22 May 1945 | 30 April 1946 | 343 days |  British Army | |
| 2 | Air chief marshal Sir Sholto Douglas (1893–1969) | 1 May 1946 | 31 October 1947 | 1 year, 183 days |  Royal Air Force | |
| 3 | General Sir Brian Robertson (1896–1974) | 1 November 1947 | 21 September 1949 | 1 year, 324 days | British Army |
- High Commissioners
| No. | Portrait | High Commissioner | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Sir Brian Robertson (1896–1974) | 21 September 1949 | 24 June 1950 | 276 days | British Army | |
| 2 | Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick (1897–1964) | 24 June 1950 | 29 September 1953 | 3 years, 97 days | none | |
| 3 | Sir Frederick Millar (1900–1989) | 29 September 1953 | 5 May 1955 | 1 year, 218 days | none |
French zone
[edit]- Military commander
| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army general Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889–1952) | 8 May 1945 | July 1945 | 1 month |  French Army |
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- Military governor
| No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army general Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898–1970) | July 1945 | 21 September 1949 | 4 years, 2 months | French Army |
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- High Commissioner
| No. | Portrait | High Commissioner | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André François-Poncet (1887–1978) | 21 September 1949 | 5 May 1955 | 5 years, 226 days |
Soviet zone
[edit]- Military commanders
| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front (in Brandenburg and Berlin) | April 1945 | 9 June 1945 | 2 months |  Soviet Army | |
| N/A | Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896–1968) Commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front (in Mecklenburg) | April 1945 | 9 June 1945 | 2 months | Soviet Army | |
| N/A | Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev (1897–1973) Commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front (in Saxony) | April 1945 | 9 June 1945 | 2 months | Soviet Army |
- Chief Administrators of the Soviet Military Administration
| No. | Portrait | Chief Administrator | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) | 9 June 1945 | 10 April 1946 | 305 days | Soviet Army | |
| 2 | Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Sokolovsky (1897–1968) | 10 April 1946 | 29 March 1949 | 2 years, 353 days | Soviet Army | |
| 3 | Army general Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982) | 29 March 1949 | 10 October 1949 | 195 days | Soviet Army |
- Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission
| No. | Portrait | Chairman | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army general Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982) | 10 October 1949 | 28 May 1953 | 3 years, 230 days | Soviet Army |
- High Commissioners
| No. | Portrait | High Commissioner | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Semyonov (1911–1992) | 28 May 1953 | 16 July 1954 | 1 year, 49 days | |
| 2 | Georgy Pushkin (1909–1963) | 16 July 1954 | 20 September 1955 | 1 year, 66 days |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ From 1 January 1946, Bernard Montgomery, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
References
[edit]- ^ "The German Surrender Documents – WWII". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2005.
- ^ Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany Archived 18 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School, Retrieved 14 September 2008
- ^ The Churchill Centre: The End of the War in Europe Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Knowles, Chris (29 January 2014). "Germany 1945-1949: a case study in post-conflict reconstruction". History & Policy. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Allied Military Occupation". worldstatesmen.org. B. Cahoon. Retrieved 1 August 2019.