Abteilungsleiter (NSDAP)

Abteilungsleiter (section leader), German for department head, was also a mid-level administrative political position of the Nazi Party, often held by staff political officers attached to various Gaue throughout Germany.

[1] The position of Abteilungsleiter was not an actual Nazi Party political rank, but a title held by a Party member in addition to their formal rank.

The position was first created in 1933, after the Nazis had secured power in Germany.

A rank of Unterabteilungsleiter also existed, literally "Junior Section Leader".

This changed upon the outbreak of World War II, when a new system of political armbands were created to denote the position of "Department Leader" to which the former title of Abteilungsleiter was incorporated.