Waldemar Kraft Politician

Waldemar Kraft (born 19 February 1898 in Brzustow, Jarotschin district, in the Province of Posen (today Brzostów, Poland); died 12 July 1977 in Bonn) was a German politician who served as Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the Cabinet of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer from 1953 to 1956. From 1950 to 1953 he served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, and from 1951 to 1953 as Acting Minister of Justice. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1953 to 1961, and a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein from 1950 to 1953.Kraft initially represented the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights and served as its chairman from 1951 to 1954. In 1956, he became a member of the Christian Democratic Union.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 19, 1898
Birth place
Germany , Province of Posen , Brzustów Łódź Voivodeship
Nationality
Germany
Date of deathJuly 12, 1977
Place of death
Bonn , Germany , North Rhine-Westphalia

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Office holder

office
Member of Parliament
Minister of Finance
Federal Minister for Special Affairs
Schleswig-Holstein
Managing Director of the Reich Association for Land Management in the Annexed Territories
party
Nazi Party
All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

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