Reichsleiter

'''''' (, ) was the second-highest political rank in the Nazi Party (NSDAP), subordinate only to the office of . also functioned as a paramilitary rank within the NSDAP and was the highest rank attainable in any Nazi organisation.

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Military rank.image: Reichsleiter.svg
Military rank.image_size: 100px
Military rank.caption: Flag 1939–1945
Military rank.caption2: Pre and post 1939 insignia
Military rank.image3: Reich-Reichsleiter armband.svg
Military rank.image_size3: 100px
Military rank.caption3: Armband
Military rank.service branch: Nazi Party
Military rank.abbreviation: RL
Military rank.rank: Paramilitary rank
Military rank.formation: 2 June 1933
Military rank.abolished: 8 May 1945

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native label: Reichsleiter
inception: 1933-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1945-00-00

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List of ''Reichsleiters''
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'''' (, ) was the second-highest political rank in the Nazi Party (NSDAP), subordinate only to the office of . also functioned as a paramilitary rank within the NSDAP and was the highest rank attainable in any Nazi organisation.

Each reported directly to the , Adolf Hitler. Men of the rank collectively formed part of the Reichsleitung (Reich leadership) of the NSDAP, which was originally located in the "Brown House" in Munich. Each was in charge of a broad area of responsibility in the party. Hitler originally established the rank of 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: von Epp, Frick, Bormann, Lutze, Hierl and Huhnlein.