Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production
{{Short description|Nazi German ministry}}
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{{Expand German|topic=hist|Reichsministerium für Bewaffnung und Munition|date=March 2019}}
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| jurisdiction = Government of Nazi Germany
| headquarters = Viktoriastraße 11, Berlin
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| employees = 500{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
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The Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production ({{Langx|de|Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion}}) was established on March 17, 1940, in Nazi Germany.{{cite web |title=ÖNB-ALEX - Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I 1867-1945 |url=https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=dra&datum=1940&size=45&page=559 |website=alex.onb.ac.at |access-date=1 September 2022}} Its official name before September 2, 1943, was the 'Reichsministerium für Bewaffnung und Munition' ({{translation|Reich Ministry of Arming and Munitions}}).
Its task was to improve the supply of the Wehrmacht with the necessary supplies of weapons and ammunition.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
Ministers
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan=2| Portrait
! rowspan=2| Name
{{small|(born–died)}}
! colspan=3| Term of office
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party
! rowspan=2| Cabinet
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{{Officeholder table
| order = 1
| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-146-01, Fritz Todt.jpg
| officeholder = Fritz Todt
| officeholder_sort = Todt, Fritz
| born_year = 1891
| died_year = 1942
| died = y
| term_start = 17 March 1940
| term_end = 8 February 1942
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1940|03|17|1942|02|08}}
| party = Nazi Party
| cabinet = Hitler
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{{Officeholder table
| order = 2
| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146II-277, Albert Speer.jpg
| officeholder = Albert Speer
| officeholder_sort = Speer, Albert
| born_year = 1905
| died_year = 1981
| term_start = 8 February 1942
| term_end = 30 April 1945
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1942|02|08|1945|04|30}}
| party = Nazi Party
| cabinet = Hitler
}}
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| officeholder = Karl Saur
| officeholder_sort = Saur, Karl
| born_year = 1902
| died_year = 1966
| term_start = 30 April 1945
| term_end = 5 May 1945
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1945|04|30|1945|05|05}}
| party = Nazi Party
| cabinet = Goebbels
}}
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References
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{{Hitler's Cabinet}}
{{Albert Speer}}
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