Cabinet Wendorff I

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The Wendorff I cabinet formed the state government of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from November 9, 1918 to February 22, 1919 .

On November 8, 1918, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV dismissed the State Ministry Dr. Langfeld and appointed the new State Ministry on November 9, 1918. The ministry, consisting of representatives of the majority parties in the Reichstag, was also known as the Mecklenburg People's Government at the time of its formation, and later again as the State Ministry. The division of responsibilities of the ministry was established on November 11, 1918. After the Grand Duke's abdication on November 14, 1918, the appointed Ministry of State remained in office until February 22, 1919. The Wendorff I cabinet was both the last government of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and the first republican government in the state.

Office Surname Political party
President of the State Ministry for
Foreign
Affairs 		Dr. Hugo Wendorff DDP
Finance 1 Heinrich Dethloff SPD
Justice 2 Dr. Friedrich Stratmann
November 11 to 14, 1918
Fritz Henck
from December 13, 1918 3
NL

SPD
spiritual, educational and medical affairs and for the arts Hans Sivkovich DDP
Without business area Franz Starosson
Heinrich Erdmann
Dr. Ludwig Barbasch
December 13, 1918 to January 10, 1919 		SPD
SPD

independent

1 The Ministry of Finance included the Department of Domains and Forests.
2 The Ministry of Justice comprised the departments for social policy and for press and transport.
3 Henck took over the management of the Ministry of Justice on December 18, 1918.

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