Gustav Bauer

(1870-1944)

German politician

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Gustav Adolf Bauer (listen ; 6 January 1870 – 16 September 1944) was a German Social Democratic Party leader and 11th Chancellor of Germany from June 1919 to March 1920. He served as head of government for nine months. Prior to becoming head of government, Bauer had been Minister of Labour in the first democratically elected German cabinet. After his cabinet was brought down by the Kapp Putsch in March 1920, Bauer served as vice-chancellor, Minister of the Treasury, and Minister of Transportation in other cabinets of the Weimar Republic from May 1920 to November 1922. In 1924 and 1925 he was involved in the Barmat scandal.

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Born	6 January 1870 Darkehmen, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, North German Confederation
Died	16 September 1944 (aged 74) Berlin, Nazi Germany
Zodiac	Capricorn
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