Karl Heinrich von Boetticher

Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (6 January 1833 – 6 March 1907) was a German conservative politician and statesman. He served as Secretary of the Interior (1880–1897), and Vice Chancellor of Germany (1881–1897).

Biography

Born in Stettin in Pomerania, the son of a judge, Boetticher studied law in the University of Würzburg and the University of Berlin. He was governor of Schleswig in 1876. In 1878 he became a member of the Reichstag for the Free Conservative Party. In 1879, he was lieutenant general of the province of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1880 he succeeded Karl von Hofmann as Secretary of the Interior of the German Empire. In 1881, he also became vice chancellor in Bismarck's cabinet. He held both positions until 1897.

As the representative of Chancellor Bismarck, Boetticher introduced numerous social reforms, and the enactment of the invalid and old-age insurance laws in 1889 was due principally to his energy and executive ability.

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Bötticher, Karl Heinrich von". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. 

Vice Chancellors of Germany
German Empire (1871–1918)	Otto zu Stolberg-Wernigerode Karl Heinrich von Boetticher Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Clemens von Delbrück Karl Helfferich Friedrich von Payer
Weimar Republic (1919–1933)	Eugen Schiffer Bernhard Dernburg Matthias Erzberger Eugen Schiffer Erich Koch-Weser Rudolf Heinze Gustav Bauer Robert Schmidt Karl Jarres Oskar Hergt Hermann Dietrich
Third Reich (1933–1945)	Franz von Papen Hermann Göring
Federal Republic (1949–)	Franz Blücher Ludwig Erhard Erich Mende Hans-Christoph Seebohm Willy Brandt Walter Scheel Hans-Dietrich Genscher Egon Franke Hans-Dietrich Genscher Jürgen Möllemann Klaus Kinkel Joschka Fischer Franz Müntefering Frank-Walter Steinmeier Guido Westerwelle Philipp Rösler Sigmar Gabriel

Interior Ministers of Germany
Imperial Interior Secretaries (1871–1918)	Karl Hofmann Karl Heinrich von Boetticher Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Clemens von Delbrück Karl Helfferich Max Wallraf Karl Trimborn
Weimar Republic (1918–1933)	Friedrich Ebert Hugo Preuß Eduard David Erich Koch-Weser Georg Gradnauer Adolf Köster Rudolf Oeser Wilhelm Sollmann Karl Jarres Martin Schiele Otto Geßler Wilhelm Külz Walter von Keudell Carl Severing Joseph Wirth Wilhelm Groener Wilhelm von Gayl Franz Bracht
Nazi Germany (1933–1945)	Wilhelm Frick Heinrich Himmler Paul Giesler Wilhelm Stuckart
German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)	Karl Steinhoff Willi Stoph Karl Maron Friedrich Dickel Lothar Ahrendt Peter-Michael Diestel
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–)	Gustav Heinemann Robert Lehr Gerhard Schröder Hermann Höcherl Paul Lücke Ernst Benda Hans-Dietrich Genscher Werner Maihofer Gerhart Baum Jürgen Schmude Friedrich Zimmermann Wolfgang Schäuble Rudolf Seiters Manfred Kanther Otto Schily Wolfgang Schäuble Thomas de Maizière Hans-Peter Friedrich