Wilhelm Bünger

German politician

Wilhelm Bünger

Minister-President of Saxony
In office 26 June 1929 – 18 February 1930
Preceded by	Max Heldt
Succeeded by	Walther Schieck

Personal details
Born	(1870-10-08)8 October 1870 Elsterwerda, North German Confederation
Died	21 March 1937(1937-03-21) (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

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

^ 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.