Gustav Bauer

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Gustav Bauer
Chancellor of Germany
In office August 14, 1919 – March 26, 1920
Preceded by	Philipp Scheidemann
Succeeded by	Hermann Müller

Born	6 January 1870
Died	16 September 1944
Political party	SPD

Gustav Adolf Bauer (6 January 1870 – 16 September 1944) was a German Social Democratic Party leader and Chancellor of Germany from 1919 to 1920.

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.

Bauer later served in the governments of Hermann Müller and Joseph Wirth.

[edit] 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

Changes

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.

Political offices
Preceded by: None	Labour Minister of Germany 1918–1919	Succeeded by: Alexander Schlicke
Preceded by: Philipp Scheidemann	Chancellor of Germany 1919–1920	Succeeded by: Hermann Müller
Preceded by: Johannes Bell	Transportation Minister of Germany 1920	Succeeded by: Wilhelm Groener
Preceded by: Rudolf Heinze	Vice Chancellor of Germany 1921–1922	Succeeded by: Robert Schmidt