Wilhelm Bünger

Wilhelm Rudolf Ferdinand Bünger (1870-1937) was a German politician and attorney who served as the Minister-President of Saxony from 1929 to 1930.

Wilhelm Bünger
Minister-President of Saxony
In office
26 June 1929 – 18 February 1930
Preceded byMax Heldt
Succeeded byWalther Schieck
Personal details
Born(1870-10-08)8 October 1870
Elsterwerda, North German Confederation
Died21 March 1937(1937-03-21) (aged 66)
Leipzig, Nazi Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyDVP

Biography

Bünger was born on 8 October 1870 in Elsterwerda, Prussia, North German Confederation (present-day Brandenburg, Germany). 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.

Bünger was the presiding judge at the Reichstag fire trial.[2]

References
  1. Pohl, Karl Heinrich (2019-05-14). Gustav Stresemann: The Crossover Artist. Berghahn Books. p. 85. ISBN 978-1-78920-218-2.
  2. Snyder, Louis Leo (1998). Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. Robert Hale. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-7090-6211-0.
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