# Befehlsleiter

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[Gerhard Klopfer](/source/Gerhard_Klopfer), with the [Nazi rank](/source/Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Nazi_Party) of *Befehlsleiter* (Command Leader) in 1942

***Befehlsleiter*** (Command Leader) was a [Nazi Party political rank](/source/Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Nazi_Party) of [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany).

## Ranks

A *Befehlsleiter* was the highest possible party political rank achievable in the [Nazi Party](/source/Nazi_Party) (NSDAP). Only *[Gauleiter](/source/Gauleiter)* (party official) and *[Reichsleiter](/source/Reichsleiter)* (state appointment) were higher, but these titles were not within the Nazi Party's regular promotional pathway because these positions were only by direct appointment from [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler). Until 1939, *[Kreisleiter](/source/Kreisleiter)* and *[Ortsgruppenleiter](/source/Ortsgruppenleiter)*, were the fourth and fifth tier of the Nazi Party hierarchy, but they had become titular positions at the outbreak of the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War).

[Albert Speer](/source/Albert_Speer), the [Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production](/source/Reich_Ministry_of_Armaments_and_War_Production), was promoted to *Befehlsleiter* in 1942 and *Oberbefehlsleiter* in 1944.

### Tiers

1. *Hauptbefehlsleiter* - Head Command Leader

1. *Oberbefehlsleiter* - Higher Command Leader

1. *Befehlsleiter* - Command Leader

## Sources

- Clark, J. (2007). Uniforms of the NSDAP. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing

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