18 Facts About Gustav Bauer

Gustav Adolf Bauer was a German Social Democratic Party leader and the chancellor of Germany from June 1919 to March 1920.

Gustav Bauer was allowed to resume his seat in 1926.

Gustav Bauer kept it until 1928 when he retired from public life.

Gustav Bauer was editor of the publication and in 1903 was named head of the Central Labour Secretariat of the Free Trade Unions in Berlin.

In 1908, Gustav Bauer became second chairman of the General Commission of Trade Unions in Berlin, a position he held until 1918.

In 1912, Gustav Bauer was elected to the Reichstag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany in a constituency of Breslau in the Prussian province of Silesia.

In January 1919, Gustav Bauer was elected to the Weimar National Assembly for Magdeburg in Prussian Saxony.

The Gustav Bauer cabinet was responsible for a number of extensions of social benefits.

Gustav Bauer was succeeded as chancellor by Hermann Muller of the SPD.

Gustav Bauer joined the new cabinet as minister of the treasury, a position he held until June 1920; from May to June 1920, he was minister of transportation.

Gustav Bauer rejoined the government in the cabinet of Joseph Wirth in May 1921 as minister of the treasury and vice-chancellor.

Gustav Bauer held the positions throughout Wirth's term of office.

Gustav Bauer remained a member of the Reichstag for Magdeburg and retained his seat after leaving the government.

Gustav Bauer was accused of taking commissions from Barmat, a claim he consistently denied in spite of strong evidence against him.

Gustav Bauer returned to the Reichstag, retaining his seat until 1928, at which point he left parliament and retired from public life.

Five months after the Nazi Party took power, Gustav Bauer was arrested for supposedly having misappropriated public funds.

When it was ascertained that Gustav Bauer's marriage was childless, he was released after a week in custody.

Gustav Bauer died in Hermsdorf on 16 September 1944.