Gustav Bauer

Gustav Bauer
Bauer in 1920
Chancellor of Germany
(Weimar Republic)
In office
21 June 1919 – 26 March 1920
Minister President: 21 June 1919 – 14 August 1919
PresidentFriedrich Ebert
Preceded byPhilipp Scheidemann
Succeeded byHermann Müller
Vice-Chancellor of Germany
In office
10 May 1921 – 22 November 1922
ChancellorJoseph Wirth
Preceded byRudolf Heinze
Succeeded byRobert Schmidt
Minister of the Treasury
In office
10 May 1921 – 22 November 1922
ChancellorJoseph Wirth
Preceded byGustav Bauer
Succeeded byHeinrich Albert
In office
31 January 1920 – 21 June 1920
ChancellorGustav Bauer
Hermann Müller
Preceded byWilhelm Mayer
Succeeded byHans von Raumer
Minister of Transport
In office
2 May 1920 – 21 June 1920
ChancellorHermann Müller
Preceded byJohannes Bell
Succeeded byWilhelm Groener
Minister of Labour
In office
4 October 1918 – 21 June 1919
Staatssekretär: 4 October 1918 – 13 February 1919
ChancellorMax von Baden
Friedrich Ebert (de facto)
Philipp Scheidemann
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlexander Schlicke
Member of the Reichstag
In office
24 June 1920 – 13 June 1928
ConstituencyMagdeburg
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office
6 February 1919 – 21 May 1920
ConstituencyBreslau
Personal details
Born
Gustav Adolf Bauer

(1870-01-06)6 January 1870
Darkehmen, Province of Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, North German Confederation
Died16 September 1944(1944-09-16) (aged 74)
Berlin, Nazi Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseHedwig Moch

Gustav Adolf Bauer (; 6 January 1870 – 16 September 1944) was a German Social Democratic Party leader and the chancellor of Germany from June 1919 to March 1920. Prior to that, he was minister of labour in the last cabinet of the German Empire and during most of the German Revolution that preceded the formal establishment of the Weimar Republic.

Bauer became minister president of the Weimar National Assembly in June 1919 after Philipp Scheidemann resigned in protest against the Treaty of Versailles. Following the adoption of the Weimar Constitution in August 1919, Bauer's title formally changed to "chancellor". During his term of office, a crucial tax restructuring was enacted, as were a series of important social reforms that affected unemployment relief, maternity benefits and health and old age insurance.

After his cabinet fell in March 1920 as a result of its response to the Kapp Putsch, Bauer served as vice-chancellor, minister of the treasury, and minister of transportation in other cabinets from May 1920 to November 1922. In 1925 he was forced to resign his seat in the Reichstag due to his involvement in the fraud and bribery of the Barmat scandal. He was allowed to resume his seat in 1926. He kept it until 1928 when he retired from public life.


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