Adolf Hitler has lead a political party.
Adolf Hitler ( [ ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ ] ; 20 April 1889 -- 30 April 1945 ) was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party ( Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei ; NSDAP ) , Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 , and Führer ( `` Leader '' ) of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945 . The National Socialist German Workers ' Party ( , abbreviated NSDAP ) , commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party ( [ ˈnɑːtsi ] ) , was a political party in Germany that was active between 1920 and 1945 and practised the ideology of Nazism . The party 's leader since 1921 , Adolf Hitler , was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg on 30 January 1933 .