Wilhelm Bünger
Wilhelm Bünger | |
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| Minister-President of Saxony | |
| In office 26 June 1929 – 18 February 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Max Heldt |
| Succeeded by | Walther Schieck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1870 Elsterwerda, North German Confederation |
| Died | 21 March 1937 (aged 66) Leipzig, Nazi Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | DVP |
Wilhelm Rudolf Ferdinand Bünger (1870–1937) was a German politician and attorney who served as the Minister-President of Saxony from 1929 to 1930.
Biography[edit]
Bünger was born on 8 October 1870 in Elsterwerda, Prussia, North German Confederation (present-day Brandenburg, Germany)[citation needed]. He was a member of the German People's Party (DVP) from 1920 to 1930 while a member of the German Bundestag. From 1924 to 1927, Bünger was Minister of Justice, 1928 Minister of Education, and from 26 June 1929 to 18 February 1930, Minister-President of Saxony.[1] He was married to Doris Hertwig-Bünger, also a state representative in Parliament, and lived with her in the Landhaus Carp Schampel, in the Saxon town of Radebeul. He died on 21 March 1937 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.[citation needed]
Bünger was the presiding judge at the Reichstag fire trial.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Pohl, Karl Heinrich (2019-05-14). Gustav Stresemann: The Crossover Artist. Berghahn Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-78920-218-2.
- ^ Snyder, Louis Leo (1998). Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Robert Hale. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-7090-6211-0.
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