Gustav Müller (civil servant)

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Gustav Müller (born February 19, 1866 in Wasseralfingen , † January 22, 1929 in Hamburg ) was a German civil servant and state secretary .

Life

Gustav Müller attended the Latin school in Wasseralfingen and then the grammar school in Hall. He studied finance in Tübingen. Müller was a trainee lawyer at the Württemberg finance and customs administration at the main customs office in Friedrichshafen . From there he moved to the state tax office in Stuttgart . In 1895 he joined the Reich Office of the Interior as a temporary laborer . There, Müller went through the ranks of Government Council (1899), Secret Government Council (1900) and Secret Upper Government Council (1905). From 1913 he held the position of director of the trade and economic department in the Reich Office of the Interior. In November 1919, Müller switched to the newly created Reich Ministry for Reconstruction as Undersecretary of State . In the course of the reform of the ranks he became State Secretary there in 1920. Between 1920 and 1924, Gustav Müller served as Reich Minister for Reconstruction again and again because the political parties could not find a Reich Minister for this position. In the course of the downsizing of the public service and the dissolution of the Reich Ministry for Reconstruction, Müller retired in 1924. From 1924 until his death, he worked as director of the Hamburger Seeberufsgenossenschaft . Gustav Müller was married.

From 1913 to 1918, Müller acted as a deputy authorized representative to the Federal Council .

The Technical University of Stuttgart awarded Gustav Müller an honorary doctorate in 1921 .

literature

  • Dirk Hainbuch: The Reich Ministry for Reconstruction 1919 to 1924. The settlement of the First World War: reparations, war damage removal, compensation for victims and the reconstruction of the merchant fleet. In: Ina Ulrike Paul and Uwe Puschner: Civilizations & History. Volume 46, Frankfurt am Main 2016, pp. 532-533.
  • Gustav Müller [obituary]. In: Yearbook of the Shipbuilding Society . Volume 31, 1930, pp. 26-27
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil servant and state secretary
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Wasseralfingen
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1929
Place of death Hamburg