Dr Alfred Rosenberg (January 1941) photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann Leader of the Foreign Policy Office of the NSDAP In office 1933–1945 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by None Commissar for Supervision of Intellectual and Ideological Education of the NSDAP (aka Rosenberg office) In office 1934–1945 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by None Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories In office 1941–1945 President Adolf Hitler (Führer) Chancellor Adolf Hitler (Führer) Preceded by Position established Succeeded by None Reichsleiter In office 2 June 1933 – 8 May 1945 Leader Adolf Hitler Personal details Born Alfred Ernst Rosenberg (1893-01-12)12 January 1893 Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire Died 16 October 1946(1946-10-16) (aged 53) Nuremberg, Germany Cause of death Hanging Nationality German Political party National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) Spouse(s) Hilda Leesmann (m. 1915; div. 1923) Hedwig Kramer (m. 1925) Children 2 Alma mater Riga Polytechnical Institute Moscow Highest Technical School Profession Architect, politician, writer Cabinet Hitler Signature