'brigade leader') was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that was used between 1932 and 1945.

The rank was first created due to an expansion of the SS and assigned to those officers in command of SS-Brigaden.

In 1933, the SS-Brigaden were changed in name to SS-Abschnitte; however, the rank of Brigadeführer remained the same.

In both of those organizations, Brigadeführer was the equivalent to a Generalmajor and ranked above an Oberst in the German Army or police.

Brigadeführer in the Waffen-SS or police also wore the shoulder insignia of a Generalmajor and were referred to as such after their SS rank (e.g. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und Polizei).