Name Position SS number Joined SS Party number Reichsführer-SS (1925–1945) Julius Schreck First Reichsführer-SS 1925–1926 Hitler's chauffeur Later held the ranks of SS-Standartenführer and SS-Oberführer Posthumously awarded the ranks SS-Brigadeführer and SS-Ehrenführer of the SS Regiment Munich 5 Leader of the Stoßtrupp-Hitler, forerunner of the SS (1923); officially joined SS (1925) 53 Joseph Berchtold Second Reichsführer-SS 1926–1927 Co-leader of the Stoßtrupp-Hitler; forerunner of the SS (1923) 750 Erhard Heiden Third Reichsführer-SS 1927–1929 Member of the Stoßtrupp-Hitler, forerunner of the SS (1923); officially joined SS (1925) 74 Heinrich Himmler Fourth Reichsführer-SS 1929–1945 Chief of German Police Minister of the Interior Chief of the replacement Army 168 2 August 1925 14303 Karl Hanke Final Reichsführer-SS 1945 203013 15 February 1933 102606