Edmund Kaufmann
Edmund Kaufmann (born February 13, 1893 in Sandhausen near Heidelberg ; † November 12, 1953 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician (initially ZENTRUM , later CDU and FDP / DVP ).
After studying law and obtaining a doctorate, Kaufmann embarked on an administrative career. In 1923 he was elected mayor of the city of Singen (Hohentwiel) . In 1928 the ZENTRUM was elected to the Baden state parliament . He had to give up both political offices after the National Socialists came to power in 1933.
After the Second World War , Kaufmann was a co-founder of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate and was appointed regional president in Mainz , then he became ministerial director in the Ministry of Economics of the then Württemberg-Baden state . Georg Rückert became his successor as regional president . In 1949 Kaufmann became his finance minister and at the same time regional district president of the northern Baden region . From 1950 he was a member of the state parliament of Württemberg-Baden until the state was dissolved in 1952. In 1951 Kaufmann had to give his ministerial office to Dr. Karl Frank , who belonged to the Democratic People's Party (DVP), the party of the then Prime Minister Reinhold Maier . Kaufmann then became president of the Badischer Sparkassenverband.
In 1952, Kaufmann left the CDU and joined the FDP / DVP . In the same year he was elected to the state constitutional assembly for the new south-western state of Baden-Württemberg , but he resigned from this office on June 16, 1953 for health reasons. From 1952 to 1953 he was also a member of the provisional cabinet of Prime Minister Reinhold Maier as Parliamentary State Secretary for the drafting and implementation of the constitution. Shortly after leaving this position, Kaufmann died in Stuttgart at the age of 60.
The legal philosopher Arthur Kaufmann was his son.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Edmund Kaufmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography about Eduard Kaufmann on LEO-BW
- Speeches by Edmund Kaufmann in the Baden State Parliament in the digital collections of the Baden State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaufmann, Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sandhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1953 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |