How many Nazi ministers were in Hitler’s first coalition cabinet?

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Third Reich — Nazi Party Adolf Hitler addressing a rally in Germany, c. 1933.

In Adolf Hitler’s first coalition cabinet, the Nazi Party held only 3 out of 11 seats.12

These positions were held by:
* Adolf Hitler: Chancellor12
* Wilhelm Frick: Reichsminister of the interior12
* Hermann Göring: Reichsminister without portfolio12

While the cabinet initially included other conservative figures—such as Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen and Alfred Hugenberg—the Nazi presence was later strengthened by the addition of Joseph Goebbels as minister of public enlightenment and propaganda in March 1933.32