Gustav Bauer

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(1870-01-06)
Died	16 September 1944 (aged 74)
Political party	SPD
Spouse	Hedwig Moch

Gustav Adolf Bauer (help·info) (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.

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.

•  • e Chancellors of Germany
German Empire (1871–1918)	Otto von Bismarck · Leo von Caprivi · Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst · Bernhard von Bülow · Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg · Georg Michaelis · Georg von Hertling · Prince Maximilian of Baden
Revolutionary period (1918–1919)	Friedrich Ebert
Weimar Republic (1919–1933)	Philipp Scheidemann · Gustav Bauer · Hermann Müller · Konstantin Fehrenbach · Joseph Wirth · Wilhelm Cuno · Gustav Stresemann · Wilhelm Marx · Hans Luther · Wilhelm Marx · Hermann Müller · Heinrich Brüning · Franz von Papen · Kurt von Schleicher
Third Reich (1933–1945)	Adolf Hitler · Joseph Goebbels · Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)	Konrad Adenauer · Ludwig Erhard · Kurt Georg Kiesinger · Willy Brandt · Helmut Schmidt · Helmut Kohl · Gerhard Schröder · Angela Merkel

•  • e The First Müller Cabinet – 27 March 1920 to 21 June 1920
Hermann Müller (Chancellor, SPD) | Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) | Adolf Köster (SPD) | Andreas Blunck (DDP) | Joseph Wirth (Z) | Robert Schmidt (SPD) | Andreas Hermes (Z) | Alexander Schlicke (SPD) | Otto Gessler (DDP) | Johannes Bell (Z) | Gustav Bauer (SPD) | Johannes Giesberts (Z) | Eduard David (SPD)