Franz Krüger (politician)

Franz Kruger

Franz Krüger (born January 1, 1887 in Königsberg , † February 5, 1924 in Berlin ) was a German social democratic politician.

After elementary school, Krüger learned the profession of office assistant and worked as a private secretary, stenographer and office assistant until 1903. He then worked for the local health insurance fund in Königsberg until 1907. Afterwards Kruger was a workers secretary there . In addition, he was a member of the committee of the State Insurance Institute for East Prussia , assessor of the insurance office in Königsberg and on the board of the AOK Königsberg.

Krüger belonged to the SPD and was a city councilor in his hometown from 1912 to 1914 and chairman of the constituency commission from 1913 to 1914. Between 1914 and 1919 Krüger was the managing director of the branch of the free trade union office workers' association in Berlin.

Kruger took after the November Revolution at the Imperial Council Congress in part. From November 1918 he was first secretary of the People's Representative Friedrich Ebert and after his election as Reich President until 1920 director in the presidential office. Kruger was soon the only Social Democrat in this role and the professional officials tried to sideline him. Officially, he was only responsible for less important issues, such as contact with the party and the trade unions, as well as for private affairs. However, since the areas of responsibility were not precisely defined, Krüger also managed to raise further questions.

Between 1919 and 1920 Krüger was a member of the Weimar National Assembly . During this time he was also chairman of the SPD in Greater Berlin . In addition, he was a member of the central executive committee of the party from 1920, first as an assessor and finally as party secretary. Krüger was also a member of the Berlin city council from 1921 to 1924. From 1921 to 1924 he was a member of the Prussian state parliament .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eduard Kolb: Friedrich Ebert as President of the Reich. Munich 1997, p. 75 ( digitized version )

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Krüger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Franz Krüger in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Franz Krüger's biography . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
• Franz Krüger's biography . In: Heinrich Best and Wilhelm H. Schröder : Database of Members of the National Assembly and the German Reichstag 1919–1933 (Biorab – Weimar)