Goebbels cabinet

Cabinet of Joseph Goebbels
2nd Cabinet of Nazi Germany
30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945
Date formed	30 April 1945 (1945-04-30)
Date dissolved	2 May 1945 (1945-05-02)
People and organisations
Head of state	Karl Dönitz
Head of government	Joseph Goebbels
Member party	Nazi Party
Status in legislature	Sole legal party 855 / 855 (100%)
History
Predecessor	Hitler cabinet
Successor	Flensburg Government

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The Goebbels cabinet was named by Adolf Hitler in his political testament of 30 April 1945.^[1][2] The cabinet was therefore not legitimised according to the Weimar Constitution, which was still formally in force. To replace himself, Hitler named Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsident and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels as Reichskanzler. The cabinet was short-lived as Goebbels killed himself along with his family on 1 May. His government was followed by the Flensburg Government under Dönitz.^[3]