Gustav Bauer

Office:	Chancellor of Germany
Term of Office:	August 14, 1919–March 26, 1920
Predecessor:	Philipp Scheidemann
Successor:	Hermann Müller
Date of Birth:	6 January 1870
Date of Death:	16 September 1944
Political Party:	SPD
Profession:

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Born in Darkehmen near Königsberg in East Prussia, Bauer, who rose to notice through his leadership of a white-collar trade union, served from 1908 to 1918 as chairman of the General Commission of Trade Unions for all of Germany. A member of the Reichstag, Bauer entered Prince Max of Baden's government in October 1918 as Minister of Labour, a role which he continued to hold in the government of Philipp Scheidemann after the war. When Scheidemann resigned in June 1919 to protest the Treaty of Versailles, Bauer became Chancellor, serving until March 1920, when he resigned shortly after the failure of the Kapp Putsch. Ozyorsk (Russian: Озёрск, German: Darkehmen) is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia. ... Former German name of the city of Kaliningrad. ... East Prussia (German: Ostpreu en; Polish: Prusy Wschodnie; Russian: Восточная Пруссия — Vostochnaya Prussiya) was a province of Kingdom of Prussia, situated on the territory of former Ducal Prussia. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Reichstag (German for Imperial Diet) was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. ... Prince Maximilian of Baden (Max von Baden) (10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929) was the cousin and heir of Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden, and succeeded Frederick as head of the Grand Ducal House in 1928. ... Philipp Scheidemann ( 26 July 1865– 29 November 1939) was a German Social Democratic politician, who was responsible for the proclamation of the Republic on 9 November 1918, and who became the first Chancellor of the Weimar Republic. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The word Putsch literally means a thrust or blow. ...

Bauer later served in the governments of Hermann Müller and Joseph Wirth. Hermann Müller may refer to: Hermann Müller, (1829-1883), German botanist whose work provided important evidence for Darwins theory of evolution, and with whom Darwin corresponded. ... Dr. Karl Joseph Wirth (September 6, 1879–January 3, 1956) was a German Catholic Centre politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922. ...

Cabinet June 1919 - March 1920

• Gustav Bauer (SPD) - Minister-President (after 14 August 1919 Chancellor)
• Matthias Erzberger (Z) - Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister
• Hermann Müller (SPD) - Foreign Minister
• Dr. Eduard David (SPD) - Interior Minister
• Rudolf Wissell (SPD) - Economics Minister
• Robert Schmidt (SPD) - Food Minister
• Dr. Alexander Schlicke (SPD) - Labour Minister
• Dr. Johannes Bell (Z) - Transportation Minister and Colonial Minister
• Johannes Giesberts (Z) - Postal Minister
• Wilhelm Mayer (Z) - Treasury Minister
• Gustav Noske (SPD) - Defence Minister

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• July 15, 1919 - Robert Schmidt succeeds Wissell as Economics Minister. Schmidt remains Food Minister.
• October 3, 1919 - Dr. Eugen Schiffer (DDP) enters the cabinet as Justice Minister and succeeds Erzberger as Vice-Chancellor. Erzberger remains Finance Minister. Dr. Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) succeeds David as Interior Minister. David remains in the cabinet as Minister without Portfolio.
• October 25, 1919 - Otto Gessler (DDP) enters the cabinet as Reconstruction Minister.
• November 7, 1919 - The Colonial Office is abolished. Bell remains Transportation Minister.
• January 30, 1920 - Mayer resigns as Treasury Minister.
• March 12, 1920 - Erzberger resigns as Finance Minister.