Editing 20 July plot (section)

== Planned government ==
The conspirators had earlier designated positions in secret to form a government that would take office after the assassination of Hitler were it to prove successful. Because of the plot's failure, such a government never rose to power and most of its members were executed.

The following were slated for these roles as of July 1944:{{sfn|Ritter|1956|p=619}}
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* [[Ludwig Beck]] – ''[[Reichsverweser]]'' (or ''[[Luogotenente|Lieutenant-General]] of the Reich'', provisional head of state)
* [[Carl Friedrich Goerdeler]] – [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]
* [[Wilhelm Leuschner]] – [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany|Vice-Chancellor]]
* [[Paul Löbe]] – [[President of the Reichstag|President of the ''Reichstag'']]
* [[Julius Leber]] – [[Reich Ministry of the Interior|Interior Minister]]
* [[Eugen Bolz]] – [[Reich Ministry of Science, Education and Culture|Minister of Education]]
* [[Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg]] or [[Ulrich von Hassell]] – [[Reich Foreign Office|Foreign Minister]]
* [[Ewald Loeser]] – [[Reich Ministry of Finance|Minister of Finance]]
* [[Erwin von Witzleben]] – [[Reich Ministry of War|Minister of War]] and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht
** [[Claus von Stauffenberg]] and [[Friedrich Olbricht]] – [[Secretary of state#Germany|State Secretaries]]
* [[Hans Oster]] – President of the ''[[Reichskriegsgericht]]''
* [[Hans Koch (lawyer)|Hans Koch]] – President of the ''[[Reichsgericht]]''
* [[Karl Blessing]] – President of the ''[[Reichsbank]]''
* [[Paul Lejeune-Jung]] – [[Reich Ministry of Economics|Minister of Economics]]
* [[Andreas Hermes]] – [[Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture|Minister of Food and Agriculture]]
* [[Josef Wirmer]] – [[Reich Ministry of Justice|Minister of Justice]]
* [[Bernhard Letterhaus]] – [[Minister without portfolio]] or for Reconstruction
* [[Henning von Tresckow]] – Chief of Police
* [[Carl-Hans von Hardenberg]] – ''[[Oberpräsident]]'' of Berlin and Brandenburg
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It was planned to include one Austrian politician (probably [[Heinrich Gleißner]] or [[Karl Seitz]]) as minister without portfolio to keep Austria in the Reich.

[[Albert Speer]] was listed in several notes of the conspirators as a possible Minister of Armaments; however, most of these notes stated Speer should not be approached until after Hitler was dead and one conjectural government chart had a question mark beside Speer's name. This (in addition to Speer being one of Hitler's closest and most trusted friends) most likely saved Speer from arrest by the SS.<ref>Speer, Albert. ''Inside the Third Reich''.</ref>

[[Wilhelm, German Crown Prince|Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany]] was also under suspicion as he was touted to be head of state after Hitler. He was placed under the supervision of the Gestapo and his home in the [[Cecilienhof]] at [[Potsdam]] watched.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Müller|first1=Heike|last2=Berndt|first2=Harald|title=Schloss Cecilienhof und die Konferenz von Potsdam 1945 (German)|publisher=Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten|year=2006|isbn=3-910068-16-2}}</ref>{{rp|11–15}}