State Secretariat Wohleb

The State Secretariat Wohleb was active in the state of (southern) Baden from December 3, 1946 to June 26, 1947 in an advisory capacity to the French military government . It did not yet have the full powers of an executive, but was merely a provisional government. It was not responsible to the Consultative National Assembly . However, it acted in close coordination with this and the French military government. The establishment of the State Secretariat was generally seen as a further step towards democracy.

The State Secretariat's predecessor was a directorate . The board of directors announced its resignation on November 22, 1946, since the consultative state assembly of the state of Baden was constituted on that day. The French military government approved the resignation on December 2, 1946 and on December 3, the Directorate was replaced by the State Secretariat, which consisted of 6 state secretaries and 4 state commissioners and whose president was Leo Wohleb.

The State Secretariat Wohleb resigned on May 10, 1947 with effect from May 17, since after the state elections on May 18, 1947, a government was to be formed on a parliamentary basis. Since the negotiations on the formation of a coalition government dragged on, the State Secretariat remained in office until August 6th and was then replaced by the Wohleb I cabinet .

Office	Surname	Political party
President of the State Secretariat	Leo Wohleb	BCSV
State Secretary for the Interior	Marcel Nordmann	SPB
State Secretary for Justice	Richard Streng (since March 31, 1947)	independent
State Secretary for Culture, Education and Training	Leo Wohleb	BCSV
State Secretary for Finance	Paul Waeldin	DemP
State Secretary for Agriculture	Anton Hilbert	BCSV
State Secretary for Economy and Labor	Friedrich Leibbrandt	SPB
State Commissioner for Nutrition	Anton Dichtel	BCSV
State Commissioner for Post and Railways	Johann Weisser	DemP
State Commissioner for Reconstruction	Erwin Eckert	KPB
State Commissioner for Political Cleansing	Richard Streng (until March 31, 1947) Walter Nunier (since April 2, 1947)	non- party

literature

• Alfred Schühly : New beginning in Baden 1945, comments on a speech by Leo Wohleb on January 7, 1947 . In: Paul-Ludwig Weinacht (Ed.): Leo Wohleb - the other political course . Verlag Rombach, Freiburg 1975, ISBN 3-7930-0102-4 , pp. 81-86.
• Martin Furtwängler: lists of ministers. In: Meinrad Schaab , Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History . Volume 5: Economic and social history since 1918, overviews and materials, complete index. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-91371-2 , pp. 497-498.
• Klaus-Jürgen Matz : The State of Baden 1945–1952. In: Meinrad Schaab, Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History. Volume 4: Die Länder since 1918. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-608-91468-4 , pp. 477-517.
• Karl Stiefel : Baden 1648 - 1952. Volume I, Karlsruhe 1979, p. 393.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see Stiefel, Volume I, p. 393