Cabinet peasant

Cabinet peasant
Second Reich government of the Weimar Republic
Chancellor	Gustav Bauer
choice	1919
Legislative period	National Assembly
Appointed by	President Friedrich Ebert
education	June 21, 1919
The End	March 27, 1920
Duration	0 years and 280 days
predecessor	Scheidemann cabinet
successor	Cabinet Müller I
composition
Party (s)	SPD, center and DDP
representation
National Assembly	330/423

The Bauer cabinet was a cabinet of the Reich government chaired by Gustav Bauer ( SPD ) during the Weimar Republic . It was formed after the Scheidemann cabinet broke up in June 1919 over the question of whether or not to sign the Versailles Treaty . The resigned DDP did not re-enter the government until October 1919, thus reestablishing the Weimar coalition . As a result of the Kapp Putsch , the government was forced to resign on March 26, 1920 and replaced by the Müller I cabinet .

composition

Bauer's cabinet June 21, 1919 to March 27, 1920
Office	portrait	Surname	Political party
Prime Minister (from August 14, 1919) Chancellor		Gustav Bauer		SPD
Deputy of the Prime Minister or the Reich Chancellor		Matthias Erzberger (until October 3, 1919)		center
		Eugene Schiffer		DDP
Ministry of Foreign Affairs		Hermann Muller		SPD
Interior		Eduard David (until October 3, 1919)		SPD
		Erich Koch-Weser		DDP
Judiciary		Eugen Schiffer (from October 3, 1919)		DDP
Finances		Matthias Erzberger (until March 12, 1920)		center
		Joseph Wirth		center
economy		Rudolf Wissell (until July 15, 1919)		SPD
		Robert Schmidt		SPD
nutrition		Robert Schmidt		SPD
job		Alexander Schlicke		SPD
Reichswehr		Gustav Noske (until March 22, 1920)		SPD
traffic		Johannes Bell		center
post Office		Johannes Giesberts		center
treasure		Wilhelm Mayer (until January 30, 1920)		center
Colonies		Johannes Bell (until November 7, 1919)		center
Reich Minister without portfolio		Eduard David (from October 3, 1919)		SPD
reconstruction		Otto Geßler (from October 25, 1919)		DDP
Prussian Minister of War until October 1, 1919, then Chief of the Army Command (with a seat but without a voice in the cabinet)		Walther Reinhardt		independent
Head of the Admiralty (with seat but without a voice in the cabinet)		Adolf von Trotha (from March 27, 1919)		independent

literature

• Anton Golecki: The Bauer Cabinet - June 21, 1919 to March 27, 1920 (= files of the Reich Chancellery 2). Haraldt Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1980, ISBN 3-7646-1750-0 . (online at: www.bundesarchiv.de )