In March 1933, Funk was appointed as a State Secretary ("Staatssekretär") at the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda ("Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda"). In the summer of 1936 when Hitler commissioned Albert Speer for the rebuilding of central Berlin, it was Funk who proposed his new title of "Inspector-General of Buildings for the Renovation of the Reich Capital". On 5 February 1938, Funk became General Plenipotentiary for Economics ("Generalbevollmächtigter für die Wirtschaft"), as well as "Reichsminister" of Economics ("Reichswirtschaftsminister") permanently replacing Hjalmar Schacht, who had resigned on 26 November 1937. Schacht had been engaged in a power struggle with "Reichsmarschall" Hermann Göring, who wanted to tie the ministry more closely to his Four Year Plan Office and who briefly served as Schacht's immediate successor between November 1937 and January 1938.