Hermann Kissler

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Hermann Kissler

Franz Hermann Kißler (born November 7, 1882 in Oberbehme ; † December 4, 1953 ) was a German manager.

Life

He was born in Oberbehme, a large homestead southwest of Löhne near Bielefeld . Kißler studied law and political science. In 1916 he entered the service of the Prussian Ministry of Finance. This was followed by a rapid rise to become a member of the General Directorate of the Prussian Sea Trade , which from 1918 traded as the Prussian State Bank . In 1921 he became its vice-president.

Because of his participation in the introduction of the Rentenmark , he was appointed to the board of the Deutsche Rentenbank, which was founded in October 1923 by the Rentenbank Ordinance.

During this time three German central banks ( Reichsbank , Deutsche Rentenbank and Golddiskontbank ) worked in parallel.

After founding the Golddiskontbank in April 1924, which satisfied the credit needs of the German economy, Kißler was appointed to its supervisory board.

When the Deutsche Rentenbank tried to establish an independent agricultural credit institute against the resistance of the mortgage banks and the Preußenkasse, the then Reich Food Minister Gerhard Graf von Kanitz Kißler appointed Kissler as an expert on the committee for the drafting of the draft law to establish the Deutsche Rentenbank-Kreditanstalt (RKA ). Kissler saw in this foundation a fertilization of the agricultural credit market. After the founding of the RKA (by law in August 1925) he was appointed to its board.

He engaged in negotiations with the National City Bank NY on the RKA's first foreign loan. In 1927 he campaigned for the exemption of the 3rd RKA America loan from capital gains tax at the Reich Ministry of Food.

Kissler joined the NSDAP in 1937 . The party and Reichsnährstand have dominated the RKA committees since 1933. Before that, Kißler had repeatedly opposed SS requests to use the bank's funds for purposes other than those intended. He justified his entry into the party, combined with the assurance of the opposing side that he would not have to attend party events, by pushing back purely National Socialist interests from agricultural necessities on the board of the RKA.

In the time between the end of the war and the currency reform , he pushed through his plans to revive the Rentenbank land charge in agriculture under the trust of the RKA. Later he aimed at the merger of Deutscher Rentenbank and RKA. In 1947 the military government appointed him custodian of the RKA branch in the British zone. During this time he was already a multiple trustee . The British also entrusted him with the trusteeship for the Deutsche Zentralgenossenschaftskasse .

It ensured that the RKA initially resumed business in Goslar. By decision of the Finance Division he became a trustee of RKA and Deutscher Rentenbank. He was instrumental in shaping the legal rules of the Federal Republic's agricultural credit.

In the state council , he tried to accelerate the legislation for the revival of the Deutsche Rentenbank mortgage in favor of the newly founded Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank and Deutsche Genossenschaftskasse . Despite numerous opposition, the laws were passed by the Economic Council.

In 1949, Kißler and his long-time companion Dr. Noell was appointed full board member of the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank. He stayed away from the operational business areas of the bank, which he left to his colleagues on the board; his name did not appear in the first business allocation plan. He gave the big direction. He campaigned for the bank to be relocated to Berlin in the event of reunification and brought about a withdrawal from the area of ​​settlement financing. During this time, Kißler was a member of the board of directors of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) . His statute-related resignation due to a drawing of lots was repealed by the Federal Chancellery .

Together with his board colleague Noell, he lived in a semi-detached house on Bernusstrasse in Frankfurt am Main .

Kißler was Vice President of the General Directorate of the Prussian Sea Trade , member of the board of directors of Deutsche Rentenbank, Deutsche Rentenbank-Kreditanstalt (RKA), Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank and a member of the supervisory board of Golddiskontbank. He was custodian of the branch of the Deutsche Rentenbank-Kreditanstalt (RKA) in the British zone and a member of the board of directors of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

In addition, since 1952 he has been the recipient of the Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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personal data
SURNAME Kissler, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberbehme
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1953