A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition government
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Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a German politician, convicted war criminal, and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany. Appointed Deputy to the Führer in 1933, Hess held that position until 194
Minister without portfolio
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Hess (right) with his geopolitics professor, Karl Haushofer, c. 1920
Hitler, Emil Maurice, Hermann Kriebel, Hess, and Friedrich Weber at Landsberg Prison in 1924
Hess (2nd from left, behind Heinrich Himmler) was an early supporter of the Nazi Party.