The Goebbels cabinet was named by Adolf Hitler in his political testament of 30 April 1945.

[1][2] To replace himself, Hitler named Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsident and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels as Reichskanzler.

The cabinet was short-lived as Goebbels killed himself along with his family on 1 May.

His government was followed by the Flensburg Government under Dönitz.

[3] Retaining some members from the previous Hitler cabinet, some members of the Goebbels cabinet would continue in the Dönitz cabinet.